A Quest for North Africa’s Economic Recovery: Lessons from Post-Communist Europe

In May 2012, leaders of the G8 countries met in France in order to discuss an eventual support of the ongoing revolutionary processes of the Arab Spring. Although a number of countries have already helped financially or otherwise, the current amounts of aid implicitly suggest that another Marshall Plan in not going to take place. […]

OCP Africa supports Zambia’s agricultural transformation

OCP Africa, a subsidiary of Morocco’s OCP Group, has signed two cooperation agreements with Zambia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The first agreement aims to accelerate the shift toward sustainable agriculture by focusing on farmer empowerment, capacity building, and tailored fertilizer solutions. The initiative will leverage digital tools such as soil mapping […]

UNHRC: Algiers accountable for repression, torture & abduction in Tindouf Camps

The systematic human rights violations committed against the Sahrawi population in the Tindouf camps, southern in Algeria, have been exposed at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council convening in Geneva from Feb.22 to Mar. 23. Algerian authorities must be held accountable for the repression, torture and abduction of opponents in the polisario-controlled camps, […]