Omar Hilale

UK’s new PM scraps Rwanda deportation scheme, declaring it ‘dead and buried’

The newly elected British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has said he is scrapping his predecessor’s controversial policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, describing the scheme “dead and buried before it started”. On his first full day as a Prime Minister, Starmer announced that the Rwandan deportation scheme will be nullified, noting that it was expensive […]

North Africa: Creating Jobs for Millions of Young People Remains Daunting Challenge

The modest economic growth made by North African countries during the past decade preceding the Arab Spring did not help them to create enough jobs for the young. In this region, the unemployment rate among the 15 to 24 year-old age group is on average 23 pc, which is three to four times higher than […]

Morocco: King appoints Major General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of FAR, Commander of Southern Zone

King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), has appointed Major General Mohammed Berrid as Inspector General of FAR, Commander of the Southern zone, in replacement of Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk, the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced, Saturday, in a statement. The […]