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Suicide of Raped Teenager Leads to Major Breakthrough in Moroccan Penal Code

Almost two years after the suicide in March 2012 of a Moroccan teenager who had been forced to marry her rapist, Moroccan MPs unanimously passed earlier this week an amendment to the penal code that is hailed by NGOs, civil society activists and women’s rights advocates as a major breakthrough. The amendment that was long […]

Tunisia: Head of state Television sacked for “wrong covering of terrorism”

The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]

Morocco on way to Leave EU Tax Grey List

Morocco took a series of measures to fight tax evasion, which would eventually lead to taking the country off the EU’s so called tax haven grey list. Morocco will no longer be part of that list starting January 2020, local media La vie Eco reported, citing the multiple efforts by the country to improve financial […]