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Côte d’Ivoire: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights calls for restoration of Guillaume Soro to electoral list

With 46 days to go before the presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has asked Abidjan to “stay the execution” of the sentence of Guillaume Soro, and to restore him to the electoral rolls. The president of the GPS party, exiled in France for several months, saw […]

Morocco: Journalist Radi sentenced to six years on rape, security charges; sentence too lenient for plaintiff

Journalist and activist Omar Radi was given a sentence of six years in jail on the charges of rape and undermining national security. His case has created rifts within human rights groups in Morocco between leftist hardliners who consider his case as a revenge for his work and NGOs defending women’s rights who denounce rape […]

Morocco, UAE Ink Executive Program of Cooperation on Islamic Affairs

Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed, on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, an executive program of cooperation in the field of Islamic affairs. The program is part of the implementation of a memorandum of understanding between the Moroccan Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and the General Authority of Islamic Affairs & Endowments. The […]