Bouteflika & gaid-salah

Historic UN ‘oceans treaty’ set to have major benefits for Africa’s struggling fishers

The new legally binding “high seas treaty” to protect marine life in international waters, which cover around half of the planet’s surface, but have long been essentially lawless, will positively affect struggling fishers in Africa and the Global South, according to experts involved in the decade-long negotiations. Conservationists welcomed an agreement over the weekend on […]

BCIJ dismantles 5-member terror cell in Tangier, others in Safi, Rabat & Casablanca

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, on Saturday, a terrorist cell linked to ISIS, composed of five extremists, aged between 24 and 36. One of the cell members had fought in the ranks of terrorist groups in Syria and had been convicted in Morocco for terrorism. Elements of the terrorist cell were in […]

Mali: Former Defense Minister Bah N’Daw officially designated transitional president

Former Defense Minister Bah N’Daw was officially designated Monday transitional president of Mali, and President of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), Assimi Goita, was nominated transitional vice-president. The two men were appointed by a 17-member commission set up by the junta to oversee an 18-month transition before elections, Assimi Goita […]