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Morocco at the helm of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

The President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, has been unanimously elected as the new chairperson of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). The election took place during GANHRI’s General Assembly on Tuesday in Geneva, on the sidelines of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Vladen […]

Sound Energy Receives Approval to Expand Sidi Mokhtar Onshore Licenses

Sound Energy PLC has won regulatory approval from Moroccan authorities to take control of 75% interest in the Sidi Mokhtar onshore licenses. Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, said in a statement that the deal consists of three onshore gas permits (the “Sidi Moktar Licenses”) covering 2,700 square kilometres in the […]

Three British holidaymakers still unaccounted for after fire caught boat in Red Sea

Three British tourists went missing Sunday after a fire broke out in their yacht during a trip near the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam. A yacht dubbed “Hurricane”, Ahram Online reports, caught fire on Sunday during a trip scheduled for 6-11 June in the Fuston area, about 25 km north of Marsa […]