Mali: Former Islamic Police Chief receives decade-long sentence for war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued a 10-year prison sentence to Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud for war crimes committed during his leadership of Timbuktu’s Islamic police. The 47-year-old defendant was found guilty of orchestrating torture and overseeing brutal punishments during the 2012 occupation by the Ansar Dine group. While convicted of […]

International community hails outcome of Libyan dialogue in Morocco

Morocco’s efforts to facilitate inter-Libyan dialogue that were crowned by the meeting convened in Bouznika September 6-10 and that gathered delegations from the Tripoli-based Libyan High Council of State and the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives were commended by the international community. The negotiations aimed to help solve the Libyan crisis have actually reached a […]

Morocco’s Aicha Chenna Wins Monte Carlo Woman of the Year Award

Aicha Chenna, a Moroccan civil society activist defending for more than five decades the rights of unwed mothers and their babies to a decent life, has received the Monte Carlo Woman of the Year Award in Monaco in recognition for her lofty actions in promoting civil rights for a vulnerable social category. Aicha Chenna was […]