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Steering Committee of 5+5 Defense Initiative meets in Rabat

Morocco is hosting this March 29-30 the 34th meeting of the Steering Committee of the member countries of the 5+5 Defense Initiative that will assess the situation on the projects initiated within the framework of the Initiative, update the Action Plan for the year 2022, and draw up the draft Action Plan for the year […]

Morocco is not a cyber jungle, defense administration tells Amnesty

The department in charge of cyber security, an offshoot of the defense administration, rejected Amnesty’s allegations about a Moroccan journalist being snooped on by an Israeli software saying that Morocco has a national cyber security strategy. In an article on Arabic speaking Al Ahdath daily, the administration recalled that Amnesty fell short of presenting hard […]

Court in Comoros hands suspended nine-month in jail sentence to four journalists

Four journalists including French media RFI correspondent have received nine-month in jail suspended sentences for defamation in an alleged sexual harassment affair within State-run television ORTC. The ORTC has been reportedly marred by cases of sexual harassment by some men and senior staff members on women in exchange for promotion. The Union of Journalists of […]