The Moroccan cities of Laayoune, Benguerir and Chefchaouen have been declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “learning cities”. The Moroccan National Commission for Education, Science and Culture said in a statement Wednesday that the three cities are now part of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. The Network of […]
Moroccan security services have announced the arrest Saturday of an engineering student with ties to the jihadist terror group, ISIS. The arrest was made in the city of Mohammedia (near Casablanca) by Morocco’s FBI, Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ). According to Moroccan authorities, the captured ISIS member was planning a terrorist plot to undermine […]
The Algerian presidential elections took place amid a steady erosion of human rights and a relentless crackdown on opposition figures, Amnesty International said. Tebboune unsurprisingly won the vote with more than 94% of votes. “In recent years, Algeria has experienced a steady erosion of human rights through the authorities’ dissolution of political parties, civil society […]
