egypt-military

Algeria: Military Spending Hits $ 9.6 Bln in 2018

Despite deepening political crisis and growing social woes, the Algerian authorities continued their spree spending on weaponry instead of funding socioeconomic development projects. With a total of $9.6 billion in 2018, Algeria had by far the highest military spending in Africa, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in latest report. The rich oil-gas […]

Morocco Re-elected Co-Chair of Global Counterterrorism Forum

Morocco has been re-elected for the third consecutive time to the co-Chairmanship of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), which seeks to reduce the vulnerability of people worldwide to terrorism by preventing, combating, and prosecuting terrorist acts. During its third mandate, Morocco will co-chair this international forum with Canada from 2020 to 2022, after it co-chaired […]

NGOs call on UN to investigate violations suffered by Moroccan Seasonal workers in Spain

Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women’s Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the Moroccan women seasonal workers and other migrants who work in the strawberry and red fruit harvest in Huelva, Spain. The NGOs warn of the risk that COVID-19 pandemic poses to […]