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Algerian Activist Gets One Year Sentence for Criticizing Government on Facebook

Amazigh activist Salim Yezza received a one year suspended sentence after he criticized on Facebook the Algerian government’s treatment of minorities. Yezza criticized the authorities’ discriminatory policy against the Mozabites, an Amazigh or Berber – ethnic minority in the Ghardaia region. The France-based activist was arrested on July 14 at the Biskra airport as he […]

Will Morocco & The Netherlands Conclude an Extradition Treaty ?

The Netherlands and Morocco are looking into the possibility of signing an extradition treaty, according to Dutch daily NRC which cites a letter sent by Foreign minister Ben Knapen to the Lower House of the European country’s parliament. The treaty is part of a broader action plan agreed last July between the two countries to […]

Ramadan lecture: Mufti of Tanzania highlights symbolism of Commandery of the Faithful, its presence in the religious thought of African countries

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, on Sunday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the fifth religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan that was delivered by Mufti of Tanzania Aboubakr Zoubeir Mbwana. The lecture focused on the […]