King with Mohamed-Bachir-Rachdi President of anti-corruption body

Suspected ISWAP terrorists kill civilians, troops in northeast Nigeria

Unidentified gunmen attacked an army base and a town in northeast Nigeria during the night from Friday to Saturday (18-19 November), killing nine soldiers, two policemen and scores of civilians in the latest violence in the region. Riding in trucks fitted with machine guns, the fighters, suspected to be members of the Islamic State West […]

UNHRC establishes advisory council on gender equality at Morocco’s initiative

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) launched, at the initiative of the Moroccan presidency of this UN body, an Advisory Council on Gender Equality, aimed at providing advice and suggestions on promoting gender equality and parity and helping to mainstream a gender perspective during Morocco’s presidency. This body, the first of its kind, was set […]

Morocco calls for leveraging more private funds in African infrastructure

Morocco reiterated its call for the setting up of a new African investment model that leverages capital from private and institutional investors to make up for a drop in public investments on the back of the successive crises. Speaking at an event by Africa50, an infrastructure investment platform operating under the umbrella of the African […]