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Human Rights: “Algeria hostile to freedom of speech,” Frazer Institute

Algeria which has been recently accused of rolling back human rights by the US State Department, features again among countries where human freedom is seriously at risk according to a report published Monday by the Canadian human rights think tank Frazer Institute. The think tank lambasted Algeria in its recent 116-page report called “The Human […]

Agriculture: EU & Morocco Hail Amendment of Their Association Agreement

Morocco and the European Union commended on Thursday in Brussels the signing of the amendment of the protocols of their Association Agreement, saying the move aims at strengthening the agricultural partnership between the two parties. The two sides said the new farm deal reinforces the multidimensional partnership between Rabat and Brussels. The EU has extensive […]

Turkey as a ‘Role Model’ in the MENA Region after the Arab Spring

The Arab revolutions of 2011 have brought into immediate focus the following question related to Turkey’s foreign policy: ‘Can Turkey’s economic and political model become a reference-point for the region’s post-autocratic societies, similar to the EU for east-central Europe after 1989?’. Indeed, many political observers see the revolutions in the Arab countries as a chance […]