UNCTAD: Illicit financial flows costs Morocco, Africa billions of dollars

A United Nations report, issued this week, said that illicit financial flows out of Morocco amounted to about 16.6 billion dollars during the years 2013-2014.   This came in a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which revealed that the African continent loses about 88.6 billion dollars annually due to […]

Morocco-France cooperation in the fight against terrorism & organized crime, exchange of intelligence discussed in Paris

Means and ways to strengthen Moroccan-French cooperation in the fight against terrorism and organized crime, and to promote coordination and exchange of intelligence on various threats posed by extremist organizations and transnational crime networks were at the focus of talks held in Paris this week between Director-General of National Security (DGSN) and Territorial Surveillance (DGST), […]

Algeria: Frustrated with growing repression, lawyers demand independent justice

Several Algerian lawyers have staged over the weekend a sit-in at the country’s capital city to protest against lack of freedoms, growing restrictions and escalating oppression. After their protest rally, the lawyers started a week-long strike demanding independence of justice, respect of the right to defense, and release of pro-democracy activists jailed by the authorities […]