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Algeria sentences journalist Ihsane El-Kadi to 5 years in prison on charges of receiving foreign funds

A court in Algeria on Sunday sentenced Ihsane El-Kadi, a prominent journalist in the country, to five years in prison, accusing him of receiving foreign funds with an aim to threaten state security. In addition, the court ruled that Interface Media, which operates the news website Maghreb Emergent and Radio M station, be dissolved and […]

Sweden Thanks Morocco for Capturing Wanted Criminal & Drug Dealer

Sweden’s authorities have announced the arrest of a 27-year-old Swedish citizen in Morocco at their request. The man was captured Monday at Ibn Battuta Airport in Tangier, said Sweden News Agency TT, citing the National police of this Nordic country. “The Moroccan police have done a really good job here”, says Anders Wiberg, Head of […]

Russian Companies Willing to Tap into Morocco’s Gas Projects

Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Russian companies are interested in Morocco’s gas projects, notably the liquefied gas terminal in Jorf Lasfar and the Moroccan-Nigerian gas pipeline. “Our companies are interested in participating in those projects. We are ready to supply LNG, construct gas pipeline and terminal,” said the Minister in an interview with Russian […]