Moroccan authorities have announced Friday the arrest of a group of seven Islamist militants linked to Islamic State, including the group’s leader, who has been recruiting fighters. The seven members of the Islamist group, captured in Morocco, were active in the town of Dar Bouazza, near Casablanca. They were planning attacks inside the North African […]
King Mohammed VI, President of the Supreme Council of the Judicial Power (CSPJ), received three new members of the Council at the Royal Palace in Rabat on Monday. These are Hicham Balaoui, appointed by the Sovereign as Prosecutor General of the King at the Court of Cassation and head of the Public Prosecution Office; Hassan […]
A Cairo criminal court Wednesday pressed a 12-year jail sentence against former deputy governor of Alexandria, the country’s second largest city, on corruption charges. Souad el-Kholy, appointed in 2015, was locked up two years later in a case linked to misappropriation of state lands and other charges including corruption and bribery. In addition to 12 […]
