Lives lost, internet blocked as Zimbabwe protests turn violent

Violent protests in Zimbabwe claimed lives on Monday as soldiers were deployed to quell protests after the government more than doubled fuel prices. At least 13 people had sustained gunshot wounds in and around Harare, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said. Owen Ncube, the minister of state for national security, said the […]

Morocco-UN: Rabat Starts Scaling Down Participation in MINURSO

Rabat started as of Wednesday implementing the measures it announced the previous day in response to the “outrageous behavior” and “inappropriate” remarks made lately by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sahara issue. Morocco which had decided to significantly scale down its participation in the civilian component of MINURSO, particularly in the political section, […]

Algerian-Chinese strong partnership waning in favor of Morocco

Longtime China’s strongest economic partner in the Maghreb, Algeria is seeing its western neighbor, Morocco, steadily stealing the show as Beijing is increasing investments and initiating mega projects in the kingdom, a more stable and futuristic country. Algeria since February last year has slid into political uncertainty and things are not getting any better as […]