UN Mission of Algeria Tricked Staff into Work Until Death Now Gets Sued in SDNY

UN Mission of Algeria Tricked Staff into Work Until Death Now Gets Sued in SDNY by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 18 – A lawsuit has been filed against the UN Mission of Algeria, by the estate of a woman who worked as a cook for the Mission for 46 years until her death by a heart attack in 2023.   The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York which Inner City Press closely covers and where it found it, says that the woman, Fatouma Gulum, told the Mission about her health problems and desire to retire. But the Mission "misrepresent[ed] that Ms. Gulum would forfeit her retirement benefit if she stopped working."    It cites the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and says the Mission is not immune because the action arises from Defendant's commercial activity in the US.     Like the UN's fake-news operation... The case is Gulum v. Permanent Mission of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United Nations, 1:26-cv-3079 (Cronan) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com