Morocco rises one spot to 7th global ranking in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). As in the previous two years, Morocco rates high in three main CCPI categories: Green house gas (GHG) emissions, energy use and climate policy. Morocco has been at the forefront of reducing its GHG emissions and it strengthened this […]
Morocco’s National Investment Commission has approved 47 new investment projects totaling 51 billion dirhams ($5.5 billion), in a major push to stimulate economic growth and job creation across the kingdom. The approvals, announced during the 8th session of the Commission, include 36 new agreements and 11 amendments to existing ones. The projects are expected to […]
Several human rights watchdogs have denounced the use by the Algerian authorities of fabricated terrorism charges to silence journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and peaceful pro-democracy protesters. The Algerian regime has “escalated these tactics to demonize and delegitimize peaceful activists and journalists. This is merely a smokescreen to hide their bitter repression of activism,” […]
