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Africa should do more to monitor, respond to human rights abuses — rights group

African nations need to do more to address the widespread displacement, killings and other abuses that have come about from the continent’s many conflicts, according to a new report published this week by Human Rights Watch. The report that summarizes human rights trends in 23 African countries has found that in many countries on the […]

Morocco: Government to raise its budget by 6.3% in 2024

The Moroccan government has increased its general budget by 6.3% to about 62 billion dollars to meet increasing spending on social safety nets, earthquake reconstruction, job creation, and economic development. Speaking to members of Parliament, Finance Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said the government will also increase its public investment budget by 35 billion dirhams to […]

Police in Dublin launches probe into killing of 18-year old Moroccan

Police in Dublin have launched an investigation into the killing of a Moroccan teenager stabbed to death last week in Dublin, as he was in his way to mosque, Morocco World News reports. An unknown assailant attacked and stabbed Azzam Ragragui to death in the Irish capital, on Friday as the Moroccan young man was […]