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Moroccan Media Professionals Sound Alarm over Disinformation Crisis Threatening Society

Moroccan Media and regulatory authorities have mobilized against surging fake news, emphasizing need for coordinated public action to combat disinformation threatening national cohesion and democratic functioning. The Ministry of Communication organized a conference addressing multiple challenges confronting media and digital spaces, particularly fake news impacts on individuals and society. High Authority for Audiovisual Communication President […]

Morocco: Police Nab Four ISIS Operatives

Moroccan authorities announced on Monday the arrest of four members of the terror group ISIS who were operating in the cities of Casablanca, Nador, Tangier and Tiznit. The arrests were made by Morocco’s counterterrorism bureau, Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). The captured agents of the Jihadist group, aged between 19 and 24, were seeking […]

Budget crisis, Structural Challenges Delay Completion of Algeria’s Mega Mosque

The plummeting oil prices propelled Algeria in an economic crisis marked by a sharp decrease in exports and a deepening budget deficit threatening to halt several mega projects in the country, chief among which is Algeria’s mega mosque. In 2011, when global oil prices were at their peak, works started to build the mosque overlooking […]