People gather during a protest over President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to postpone elections and extend his fourth term in office, in Algiers

Morocco Climbs Six Places in Global Innovation Index

The Global Innovation Index 2016 has been released, with Morocco climbing six places from 78th (2014) to 72th in a ranking of 128 surveyed countries. The report, published by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. In gaining […]

Tunisia: Two officials of trade ministry arrested taking kickbacks

Two officials of the Tunisian trade ministry have been arrested for taking kickbacks, a prominent lawmaker told the media Saturday. The officials, according to Badreddine Gammoudi, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Administrative Reform, have been arrested for taking TND60,000 (around $18,000) from a businessman in the governorate of Mahdia. Gammoudi said the businessman was […]

Morocco’s human rights council debunks fallacies surrounding Al Hoceima protests

The national human rights council (CNDH) demystified an array of issues that characterized the Al Hoceima protests in late 2016, which were blurred by fake news and disinformation campaigns by groups outside Morocco. In a 400-page report, CNDH looked from a human rights perspective at AL Hoceima’s protests and investigated torture and violation claims in […]