Egypt: UN Human Rights Boss Charges al-Sisi’s Approach against Terrorism

The Head of UN Human Rights Commission has lambasted President al-Sisi’s strategy against terrorism as he argued that crackdown on human rights groups and activists fuels the surge in radicalization. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein speaking in Geneva Monday noted that even though Egypt deserves to stamp out terrorism, the limitation on human rights rolls out a […]

Air Europa to Launch two Weekly Madrid-Marrakech Flights

Regional Spanish airline, Air Europa, said it will launch two weekly flights on the Madrid-Marrakech air route starting from December. The low-cost carrier, subsidiary of the Spanish tourism holding “Globalia, said that the flights will be served by an Embraer E190 aircraft with a capacity of 120 passengers. The inaugural flight will take place on […]

Morocco moves to institute unemployment benefits

Moroccan authorities, the employers’ association, CGEM, trade unions and the social security fund, CNSS, have finally agreed to institute unemployment benefits to ease the strain of the global financial crisis that is sparing no country. The project to set up such an allowance was first tabled some 12 years ago but several obstacles have so […]