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NGOs call on UN to investigate violations suffered by Moroccan Seasonal workers in Spain

Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women’s Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the Moroccan women seasonal workers and other migrants who work in the strawberry and red fruit harvest in Huelva, Spain. The NGOs warn of the risk that COVID-19 pandemic poses to […]

Morocco’s subsidies spending spikes to $1 bln so far this year

Morocco’s spending on cooking gas, sugar and flour subsidies hit 10 billion dirhams ($1 bln) so far this year, compared with 3.8 billion dirhams the same period last year, official figures showed.   This 170% increase is mainly due to the simultaneous post-covid recovery which created high demand on commodities, worsened by an offer shortage […]

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 […]