corruption

Algeria: UN calls for impartial, rapid investigations in claims of sexual abuse, torture against Hirak activists

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has officially called on the Algerian authorities to conduct “prompt and impartial investigations” into the allegations of torture and sexual abuse suffered by several inmates arrested during the Hirak who openly denounced the ill-treatment inflicted on them by the security services while in police custody. Rupert Colville, […]

Morocco’s CFC, Leading Financial Center in Africa, GFCI ranking

Casablanca Finance City has outstripped Johannesburg and Mauritius to become the leading financial center in Africa as it topped the continent’s ranking established by the Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI.) At the global level, CFC stands on the 33rd position of the ranking established by GFCI which ranks financial centers according to one main criteria: […]

States militarily involved in Libya ignore UN injunctions to leave the country

The states militarily involved in Libya have totally ignored the UN injunctions to leave the country before Saturday, January 23. The Libyan political agreement signed in Geneva last October called for the departure of all foreign mercenaries within 90 days of its signature. However, the deadline passed unfulfilled. “All regional and international parties must respect […]