Mauritania: Prosecutor Demands 20 Years in Prison for Slave Abolitionists

The Mauritania state prosecutor Wednesday demanded 20-year prison sentence for members of the Mauritanian anti-slavery association arrested last month for “prompting armed protest in a slum of capital Nouakchott.” Thirteen people among whom 10 members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) have been standing trial since August 3. The defendants […]

UNESCO-Ocean Decade: Princess Lalla Hasnaa hails Moroccan King’s active & personal commitment to climate & environmental issues

Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection, has commended the active and personal commitment of King Mohammed VI to climate and environmental issues. In her address on Wednesday to the UNESCO high-level virtual meeting which launched the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Princess Lalla Hasnaa said […]

Socio-economic momentum in Sahara highlighted in Timor-Leste

The sustained socio-economic and cultural momentum underway in the Moroccan Sahara, thanks to the new development model launched by King Mohammed VI in 2015, was highlighted at a regional seminar of the UN Committee of 24 (C24), held in Dili, Timor Leste May 21-23. In an address at the seminar, Member of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab […]