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UN: Morocco Gets Top-Notch Rating for its Anti-Torture Law

Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]

A nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East, fundamental for peace, Morocco says

Morocco has called on Tuesday for the creation of a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, seeing it as fundamental to peace and security in the region. The call was launched by Morocco’s permanent representative in Vienna, Azzeddine Farhane, when he was presenting the Kingdom’s statement […]

EU Signs four Financial Guarantees to Unlock Investment in Africa, EU Neighborhood

The European Commission (EU) signed four guarantee agreements worth €216 million that will help unlock €2 billion to be invested in renewables, urban infrastructure and start-ups in Africa and the EU Neighborhood. The guarantees were signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the German KfW Group and […]