British secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox with Morocco’s Aziz Akhennouch in Rabat May 2019

Rights groups lambast Libyan Interior Minister for discriminating against women

Libya’s interior ministry based in Tripoli sparked rights groups’ outcry when he unveiled a plan to install morality police that would enforce Hijab for women. The interior minister announced that patrols would start next month to ensure women wear “descent clothing,” prevent gender mixing in public spaces, and target young men with “strange” haircuts. He […]

ECOWAS maintains sanctions against Mali

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to keep the pressure on the ruling junta in Mali, where sanctions remain in place, while Guinea and Burkina Faso are threatened with new sanctions. ECOWAS “urges the transitional authorities to enter into a complementary period of 12 to 16 months” before the organization of elections […]

EU willing to co-finance vaccine production unit in Morocco

The European Commission is ready to co-finance a vaccine production unit in Morocco, a spokesperson for the EU Commission said on Thursday, indicating that the unit would serve as a distributor of vaccines in Africa.   “In the event that pharmaceutical companies would make a clear and structured proposal, meeting all the conditions for a […]