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Lebanon: Army gears for new ISIS and Al Nusra attack

Lebanon is reinforcing its military presence along its border with Syria especially near the villages of Qalamoun and Qusayr after receiving information that the Islamist extremist groups in Syria are planning to launch another attack. 29 Lebanese soldiers were kidnapped by the Islamist militants in August when they attacked the town of Asral. The kidnapped […]

Morocco, a Gateway for Canadian Exports to Africa- Ambassador

Ottawa’s Ambassador to Rabat Nathalie Dubé said that the North African kingdom offers a platform and a gateway to Canadian investments and exports towards the rest of Africa. In a letter sent to the Moroccan chamber of commerce in Canada, Dubé praised diplomatic ties with Rabat and called on Canadian businessmen to grab the investment […]

Divides widen among leftist right group AMDH

The accumulation of ethical practices and the conflation of far-left political agendas with human rights has triggered a spate of criticism targeting one of Morocco’s largest rights groups, the Moroccan Association for Human rights (known by its French acronym AMDH) No less than 17 members of the AMDH’s administrative board threatened to leave the NGO […]