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Morocco to stop taking inmates to courts for a month

Moroccan penitentiary administration decided to ban inmates from attending hearing sessions for a month as the number of infections among them has surged recently. At least 1736 have been tested including 961 prisoners and 775 employees. The tests showed that 53 prisons were coronavirus free. However, cases rose in the prison of Ouarzazate to 270 […]

Morocco will come out unaffected if Algeria puts end to GME – Financial Times

The kingdom of Morocco will strive to meet its energy needs if Algeria presses ahead to terminate at the end of this month the gas transit agreement for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME), Financial Times notes.   Algeria and Morocco have seen their ties go further sour in recent weeks with Algiers adopting a string […]

Tunisia: Confirmation of a 20-month prison sentence against Ayachi Zammel

The Criminal Chamber of the Jendouba Court of Appeal has upheld the initial verdict issued by the Jendouba Court of First Instance, sentencing presidential candidate Ayachi Zamal to one year and eight months in prison. Zammel was found guilty of fraudulent practices, including falsifying recommendations and unlawfully using personal data without authorization. Abdesattar Al-Massoudi, the […]