HoR speaker aguila saleh & FM nasser Bourita in Rabat

Egypt: Shoe Tossing in Parliament

Egyptian lawmakers received their colleague and television show anchor Tawfiq Okasha with shoe tossing Sunday to protest his recent meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo Haim Koren. Controversial Tawfiq Okasha came under fire by Parliament colleagues after MP Kamal Ahmad threw him his shoe on the head as he entered the House for Sunday session. […]

Kenya launches probe into alleged abuses by British troops stationed in-country

Kenya has initiated a probe into alleged rights violations and offenses against civilians committed by British troops based in the country’s central region, with torture, unlawful detention and killings being among the abuses being investigated. Kenya’s parliament announced last week it would hold four public hearings into alleged abuses by British troops stationed in the […]

UNCTAD Commends Morocco’s Role in Africa’s Development

Secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Mukhisa Kituyi, has commended Morocco’s contribution to the development of the African continent and the key role it plays in giving substance to South-South cooperation. During a virtual meeting held Wednesday in Geneva with the Group of the Non-Aligned Movement members, Kituyi praised the […]