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Algeria: European Parliament calls for immediate release of writer Boualem Sansal; more tough measures looming

The European Parliament has called on the Algerian regime to release immediately and unconditionally the 75-year-old novelist who was arrested at Algiers airport in November after saying, in an interview with a French TV channel, that western territories of today’s Algeria have been part of Morocco. The literary figure is facing charges of terrorism and […]

Covid-19: Wearing facemasks compulsory, recalcitrant people face sanctions

Moroccan public authorities have announced that wearing facemasks in public and at work place will be compulsory as of this Tuesday March 7 for all people authorized to go out of their homes and that breakers of the decision will face sanctions.   The measure, taken as part of efforts aimed at stopping the spread […]

Turkey: Erdogan Defies Terrorists following Ankara Bombing

Following the Sunday attack in Ankara which killed more than 30 people, Turkey’s President vowed to defeat terrorists who are wreaking havoc on his country, become one of their targets because of instability in the region. After a briefing with his Interior Minister Efkan Ala, Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was in Istanbul condemned the attack […]