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African Union: Morocco ratifies treaty establishing African Medicines Agency

Morocco has ratified the treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA), stemming from the African Union, during a ceremony, Tuesday, at the headquarters of the pan-African organization in Addis Ababa. The treaty is meant to strengthen the capacity of African countries to regulate medicines in order to improve access to good quality, safe and effective […]

UN urged to send international committees to monitor human rights in Tindouf camps in Algeria

Human rights activists have launched an urgent appeal on the United Nations to lift the blockade on the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria and allow access to the camps, which are witnessing an unprecedented deterioration of human rights conditions, as reported by several international organizations. On the sidelines of the 56th session of the Human […]

Algeria: civil society mobilizes against torture practiced by security services

Algerian NGOs have announced Saturday in Algiers the setting up of a committee to fight torture and violence suffered by prisoners of conscience, after accusations of rape shocked the public opinion.   The testimony in early February of Walid Nekiche, a 25-year-old pro-democracy activist, who claims to have been tortured and sexually assaulted by members […]