Hamid Chabar

Morocco: Mother & son nabbed for drug trafficking; sub-Saharan woman for illegal sale of alcoholic beverages

Moroccan interior security authorities have nabbed in capital Rabat a mother and her 44-year-old son charged of drug trafficking. The suspects were arrested Friday morning at Kamra bus station in the Moroccan capital after arriving from a town in the north part of the kingdom. They were nabbed on tipoffs provided by the internal security […]

Mozambique’s forgotten war: over 120 children abducted by Islamist insurgents

At least 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s northern oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, adding that they were reportedly being forced into labor, used to transport looted goods, and in some cases turned into child soldiers or forced into marriage. The kidnappings mark […]

Morocco Urges World Leaders to Adopt Concrete Plans to Help LDC at COP22

Morocco is set on making COP22 a summit of action and concrete plans to help least developed countries, notably in Africa adapt and mitigate climate change effects, writes the UK paper the Guardian. “As the host country for the COP22 climate change talks, which open in Marrakech on Monday, Morocco is determined to make this […]