A group of 17 NGOs including Amnesty International Wednesday called for the immediate release of two Mauritanian anti-slavery activists arrested one year ago and handed a two-year prison sentence by a Mauritanian court. “Mauritania must immediately set free the two anti-slavery activists who have been in custody for one year while one of them is […]
Morocco, host country of the 22nd UN conference on climate change (COP22), will fit its mosques with energy saving light bulbs, solar thermal water heaters and photovoltaic systems. The move dubbed “Green Mosques” is part of the North African strategy to encourage renewable energies. Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created in the country […]
The September 8 elections in Morocco were propitious to the liberal RNI party, chaired by Aziz Akhannouch, as it won 102 seats in the 395-member House of Representatives. Such was not the case for the Islamist PJD party, which led the government for two successive terms, since 2011. The PJD actually suffered a crushing defeat, […]
