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Tunisia: seven suspects receive life in prison sentence in connection with Bardo, Sousse attacks

A court in Tunis Saturday sentenced to life in prison seven people among 44 defendants suspected in separated terror attacks that killed 60 people in 2015. Charges included premeditated murder, threatening national security and belonging to an extremist-linked group. Three people received life sentences for participating in the first attack in March 2015 at Tunis […]

Algeria suffers its first 2024 diplomatic setback as it clutches at South Africa’s straw

Algeria and its ally South Africa have both ensued a painful diplomatic setback when Morocco won the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council by a comfortable majority of votes. The two resource-rich African countries have waged a campaign against Morocco’s bid using all sorts of propaganda in defiance of an African consensus backing Morocco’s […]

AFP, or the voice of cynicism and hostility against Morocco

The bureau of Agence France Presse (AFP) in Rabat often discards the ethic of objectivity when dealing with Morocco and Moroccan news or exaggerates facts to lure readers.   The agency once again evidenced this lack of objectivity when it dealt lately with what it called the “case” of young student Nezha Majdi, from the […]