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Law Criminalizing Violence against Women Enters into Force in Morocco

As soon as a law criminalizing violence against women has entered into force this week, already three complaints were filed by women claiming to have been harassed. The law, passed last February, includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. Although it has been […]

Jihadi violence takes root in Benin, its spread worries West Africa

The jihadist violence, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than the past seven years, is now spreading into the coastal states with Benin having recorded more attacks than any other coastal state in the region, experts say. Violence by extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in […]

Algeria Rejects Pro-Morocco Spanish Ambassador

In a move that shows that hostility to Morocco remains a guiding line in Algeria’s foreign policy, Algerian authorities have refused to accept the nomination of the new Spanish Ambassador in Algiers José Maria Ridao because he is deemed “too close to Morocco.” Ridao, Spain’s former ambassador to the Unesco, is an intellectual close to […]