Mauritanian Parliament has passed a new anti-slavery law which criminalizes “10 forms of slavery”, including forced marriage and other controversial social practices such as handing a woman over to another man without her consent after the death of her husband. Mauritania abolished slavery in 1981, but human rights activists say the practice is still alive. […]
Moroccan banks were busy treating requests by cash holders and owners of undeclared assets in exchange for a preferential tax of 5% only, in an operation that ended on December 31 with the injection of 100 billion dirhams or 10 billion dollars in the Moroccan banking system. At least 5 billion dirhams went to the […]
Algeria’s response to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 backing Morocco’s autonomy plan has exposed deep contradictions within its foreign policy apparatus, further isolating the country diplomatically. The resolution, adopted on October 31, 2025, endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan as the basis for resolving the Sahara conflict and calls on all four parties, including Algeria, to engage […]
