Boycott Brings Danone CEO to Morocco

Danone CEO was pushed to pay a visit to Morocco where a local subsidiary Centrale Danone is hit by a consumer boycott slashing sales and triggering layoffs. The CEO Emmanuel Faber met with families and youth who expressed their views on prices and quality. He then held a press conference in which he promised to […]

Uganda court removes part of controversial law used to silence government critics

Constitutional Court in Uganda on Tuesday removed a key part of a controversial communications law, which rights groups charged has been used to prosecute government critics, journalists and writers, including two who fled to exile in Germany. The Constitutional Court found the article in the 2011 law contravened the East African country’s constitution and was […]

Nearly six tons of cannabis seized in southern Morocco; Six dealers arrested in Casablanca

Moroccan security services have seized 5.8 tons of cannabis in a major drug bust operation carried out over the weekend near the Southern Moroccan city of Laayoune. Fourteen people, including a Mauritanian and a Senegalese national, were captured during this anti-drug operation. Search of their premises led to the seizure of an AK-47, a hunting […]