Mounia Boucetta

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 […]

Comoros: President Assoumani tipped to win fourth term amid controversy

The Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Comoros will vote in an election on Sunday (14 January) that is widely expected to deliver a fourth term to incumbent President Azali Assoumani, a former military officer, whose opponents accuse him of stifling dissent. In 2019, the 65-year-old Assoumani was re-elected president after constitutional reforms that extended presidential […]

Algeria: another soap opera episode to nurture acrimony towards Morocco

As if relations between Algeria and Morocco were not strained enough, Algiers created out of nothing another uproar, announcing that it will start repatriating the Moroccans heading to Libya via Algeria as their number has been constantly increasing lately. To give the issue an official dimension, Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel summoned on […]