moroccan US army officers prepare African Lion drills

Tunisia: Two outgoing ministers kept in new cabinet

Tunisia’s nominal Prime Minster Thursday unveiled his long awaited cabinet with only two ministers of the former cabinet kept. Habib Jemli appointed by his party, the Islamist Ennahdha party, in October following parliamentarian elections has proposed a 28-member cabinet including four women. The team approved by President Kais Saied is almost made of new faces […]

Morocco: An FTZ in Northern Town of Fnideq to Combat Smuggling?

Moroccan MPs have called for the setting up of a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the northern town of Fnideq in a bid to combat the smuggling of goods and end the ordeal of the women who carry heavy packages as they cross the border between the city of Sebta, under Spanish control, and Morocco. […]

Amnesty International Calls on Algeria to Release Arbitrarily Detained Journalists

Amnesty International has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained journalists targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Abdelwakil Blamm, Hassan Bouras and Christophe Gleizes. The call came ahead of the 14 May trial of Abdelwakil Blamm on bogus terrorism charges. The Rights Watchdog has also denounced […]