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Morocco celebrates Public Service Ombudsman Day on Dec. 9

Morocco is celebrating Public Service Ombudsman Day on Dec. 9, after King Mohammed VI gave approval for the celebration. The date carries symbolic and human-rights significance as it marks the establishment of the Diwan Al Madhalim in 2001, and holds a special place in the institution’s memory, a press release from the Kingdom’s Ombudsman said. […]

Morocco freezes public sector hiring due to Covid-19

Head of the Moroccan government Saad Eddine El Otmani asked all public sector administrations to put off hiring new employees until the end of the coronavirus crisis. In a sign of austerity measures, El Otmani also ordered in a letter delaying all promotions planned in the current budget. The Prime minister said that the job […]

Sahel: armed groups, illicit arms trade fuels drug trafficking — UNODC report

Drug trafficking continues to thrive in the Sahel, home to 300 million people and a buyer’s market for guns, because of non-state armed groups which are very active there, according to a new 2023 report published Monday June 26 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report explores the fight against […]