Libya

UN: Morocco Gets Top-Notch Rating for its Anti-Torture Law

Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]

Sierra Leonne: An IPP to provide solar kits to 2 million people

Independent power producer (IPP) Ignite Power has announced that it will provide electricity to 2 million people in rural Sierra Leone through solar home kits. The $50 million investment will allow the power producer to install small networks to cover the needs of households in the West African nation. They consist of a solar panel […]

Rabat Forum Launches African Open Parliaments Network to Rebuild Institutional Trust

The African Network of Open Parliaments, a framework for the exchange of experiences between parliaments of “Open Government Partnership (OGP)” member countries and those seeking to join it, was set up on Wednesday at the headquarters of Morocco’s House of Representatives. The African Open Parliaments Network is meant to be a continental framework for inter-parliamentary […]