Former French PM manuel valls

King Mohammed VI to Resume Normal Activity without Restrictions after Heart Operation

King Mohammed VI of Morocco underwent a successful operation on Monday (February 26) following a heart rhythm disorder, the Moroccan official news agency (MAP) said. The King had suffered an atrial flutter last January. A radio frequency ablation of this arrhythmia, performed Monday at the Ambroise Paré clinic in Paris, enabled the normalization of the […]

Senegal: court bars opposition leaders from presidential vote

Two leading opposition figures have been barred from running in presidential elections next month, the Constitutional Council said on Monday. Karim Wade, the son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of Dakar are barred from running the Feb. 24 poll as they were both jailed for graft and corruption […]

Mired in corruption, European Parliament scapegoats Morocco

As it seeks a scapegoat to pin its corruption scandals, the European Parliament picked Morocco by issuing a hostile resolution that interferes with Morocco’s judiciary. The resolution picked the cases of three journalists indicted on sexual assault charges to denounce Morocco for violating press freedom in a blatant disrespect for the victims as well as […]