Department of State’s Report Lauds Morocco’s Efforts to Guarantee Civil Liberties The U.S. Department of State’s 2016 Country Report on Human Rights Practices highlights the efforts led by Moroccan authorities to uphold civil liberties. The annual report highlighted Morocco’s commitment to guarantee the freedom of speech and the press noting that “in July the parliament […]
A man described as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (EIGS) has been captured by French forces in Mali, in a joint Nigerien-French operation against the group’s militants. Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on June 11 in the flashpoint “tri-border” region between Niger, Mali and […]
Morocco has vehemently denounced the latest repeated provocations of the Polisario in several areas east of the Sahara security wall, and warned that the escalated violations of the ceasefire and the military agreements in force constitute a casus belli. The transfer of any civilian, military, administrative or any other structure by the Polisario from the […]
