Women Morocco

Morocco: Marrakech to host E-Prix race in place of unstable Hong Kong

The city of Marrakech will play host February next year for a Formula E race, previously planned to take place in Hong Kong, as the Chinese city has been rocked by months-long anti-Beijing protest. A council meeting of the FIA World Motor Sports held in Germany late last week chose the Moroccan city to replace […]

Press Freedom Watchdogs Slam Algeria for Stifling Independent Journalists

International media watchdogs criticized Algeria’s repressive measures to intimidate journalists and demanded the immediate release of journalist and fixer Saïd Chitour who has been held in pretrial detention on allegations of spying for over a month. Reporters without Borders (RSF) released a statement denouncing as “excessive” the pretrial detention of Chitour, and expressing concern over […]

IOM Needs Funds for Sub-Saharans

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched an appeal to aid donors to raise $ 800,000 to enable the intergovernmental organization provide reintegration support to up to 1,000 stranded Sub-Saharan African migrants who want voluntarily to return to their home on flights provided by the Moroccan government. The IOM assistance will be provided to […]