Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Minister Cheikh Oumar Diagne on Tuesday, December 31, following public outrage over comments he made labeling Senegalese riflemen, who served in France’s colonial campaigns, as “traitors.” The remarks ignited widespread condemnation in Senegal, a former French colony. During a December 21 interview on the local television station Fafa TV, […]
Morocco’s Youth Day, celebrated this Friday July 21, offers an occasion to take stock of King Mohammed VI’s long-standing focus on young people as a pillar of national development spanning education, employment, entrepreneurship, sport, culture, environment and civic participation. Since acceding to the throne, the King has framed investment in human capital as a condition […]
Morocco’s General Directorate for the Surveillance of the National Territory (DGST) has provided Belgian authorities with specific information on a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in inciting, planning and preparing imminent terrorist projects. “The information made available by the DGST to the Belgian security and judicial authorities allowed the arrest of the […]
