Many security pundits have repeatedly warned that the political unrest, the eroding security situation and the flourishing weapons, human and drug trafficking in the Sahel/Sahara region have made of the area a terrorism breeding ground, an exploding powder keg, or what some have called ‘an arc of instability.’ The warning has just been echoed in […]
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) joined a long list of rights watchdogs that alert to the growing repression of the Algerian regime against peaceful dissidents abroad after a brutal crackdown on criticism at home. In a report dubbed “The Noose is Tightening Around Us: Algeria’s Use of Transnational Repression to Crackdown on Dissent”, […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed this Saturday economist Driss Guerraoui President of the Competition Council, in replacement of Abdelali Benamour. Driss Guerraoui, an expert on social issues, has been holding, since February 2011, the position of Secretary General of Morocco’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council. During the appointment ceremony, King Mohammed VI “emphasized the importance […]
