Egmont Institute Highlights Morocco’s Counterterrorism Success Story

The Egmont Institute, an independent Think-thank based in Brussels, has praised Morocco’s counterterrorism policy, saying the North African Kingdom has been successful in preventing terrorist attacks and getting intelligence information, which has been helpful locally and internationally. In its latest report entitled: “Returnees in the Maghreb: Comparing Policies on returning Foreign Fighters in Egypt, Morocco […]

Morocco’s King Grants Pardon to 201 African Inmates for Humanitarian Reasons

King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 201 African inmates, who had been convicted by Moroccan courts for various offenses.   King Mohammed VI, Commander of the believers, granted an exceptional royal pardon to a group of 201 African inmates, condemned by the various Courts of the Kingdom, said the Ministry of Justice in a […]

Senegal: court bars opposition leaders from presidential vote

Two leading opposition figures have been barred from running in presidential elections next month, the Constitutional Council said on Monday. Karim Wade, the son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of Dakar are barred from running the Feb. 24 poll as they were both jailed for graft and corruption […]