Sahara: First briefing of de Mistura before Security Council amid growing support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

The UN Security Council holds this Wednesday a behind-closed doors meeting on the Sahara. The Council will be briefed by Minurso Chief Alexander Ivanko and UN Envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura. It is the first time that de Mistura addresses the Security Council members since his appointment as the Personal Envoy of the […]

Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh Promotes Women Entrepreneurship at G20

Leading Moroccan businesswoman and president of the Moroccan Confederation of Businesses (CGEM), Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh, took the stage at the G20 Summit in Hambourg along with Global business leaders at the launch event of the Women’s Entrepreneur Finance Initiative (We-Fi), a World Bank facility focused on promoting women’s entrepreneurship in developing countries. Invited by the […]

Algeria: HRW’s head of communication arrested, kicked out

The head of communication of the US-based Human Rights Watch was expulsed out of Algeria Sunday after his detention early this month. Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers charged the Moroccan journalist Ahmed Réda Benchemsi for entering the country illegally in view of rolling a foreign agenda. Benchemsi was arrested August 9 on the sidelines of […]