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King Mohammed VI appoints Chakib Benmoussa head of new development model committee

King Mohammed VI appointed Chakib Benmoussa head of the new ad-hoc committee for the development model, an advisory body that is tasked with making proposals and suggestions to improve the development reforms and increase their effectiveness.   Chakib Benmoussa served as interior minister from 2006 to 2010 and head of the social economic and environmental […]

What the latest intelligence change in Algeria says about a dysfunctional governing style

The installation of General Abbas Ibrahim as head of the Central Directorate of Army Security (DCSA) on December 13, under a presidential decree dated December 8, is the latest move in a pattern of rapid rotations across Algeria’s security and executive branches. He replaced Mahrez Djeribi, who had led the military intelligence service since March […]

Suicide of Raped Teenager Leads to Major Breakthrough in Moroccan Penal Code

Almost two years after the suicide in March 2012 of a Moroccan teenager who had been forced to marry her rapist, Moroccan MPs unanimously passed earlier this week an amendment to the penal code that is hailed by NGOs, civil society activists and women’s rights advocates as a major breakthrough. The amendment that was long […]