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Tunisia expels Venice Commission members over report on constitutional referendum

The Tunisian President Kais Saied Monday expelled members of the Venice Commission after the advisory body of the Council of Europe issued Friday a report criticizing the leader’s plans to hold a referendum on a new constitution. The report branded urgent opinion posits that it was unrealistic to hold a credible referendum in the absence […]

Morocco’s fisheries exports up 7% by September

Morocco’s exports of sea food rose 7% to 570,000 by September this year compared to the same period last year, agriculture and fisheries ministry said. Canned sardine exports alone grew 6% to 116,850 tons, worth 3.6 billion dirhams, thanks in particular to higher sales in Mauritania, the US and Ghana. Frozen fish exports rose 28% […]

Personal freedoms pit rights activists against Islamists

A debate has been triggered in the Moroccan civil society over the need to amend laws incriminating consensual sex between adults after a journalist has been arrested on charges of premarital sex and abortion. The arrest of Hajar Raissouni angered human rights activists at the national and international level who demanded her immediate release in […]