Diplomatic Passports for Sale? Malawi’s Honorary Consul Nir Gess and the Rot in the System

Although not accused in the Mmobuosi saga, Nir Gess embodies the structural rot. As Malawi’s Honorary Consul to Israel, Gess is not entitled under law to a Malawian diplomatic passport. Yet questions swirl about whether he, and others in similar positions, have enjoyed privileges well outside official regulations.

At the same time,

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Session on Israeli Push to Occupy Gaza City

The meeting, urgently requested by several Council members, comes amid what diplomats have described as an “unprecedented intensification” of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 2023. The densely populated enclave has been the epicenter of heavy bombardments, mass displacement, and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.

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