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Morocco Approves Law Protecting Women from Violence

Morocco has made a major stride forward for the rights of women with the new law passed by the Parliament, criminalizing harassment, aggression, sexual exploitation of women or their ill-treatment. Drafted five years ago, the text was adopted with a majority vote of 112, against 55 and one abstention. It provides for harsher penalties for […]

FIFA: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad suspended for 5 years for violating the organization’s Code of Ethics.

While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing […]

Morocco’s King Renews Commitment to Palestinian People’s Legitimate Rights

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has reiterated his full commitment and his frank support for the lofty cause and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people. This came during a phone conversation the King had with President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. King Mohammed enquired about the health of the Palestinian leader and […]