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Mauritania: UN Expert Concerned over Civil Society Freedom

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly & of association, Maina Kiai, has voiced serious concerns over a draft law on Ngos & civil society associations, approved last month by the Council of Ministers. This bill “threatens the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the country, in particular the right to freedom […]

IS threat coming to Morocco

Morocco should be advising the West right now on how to go about breaking IS while we all wait for its appalling acts of terror to come to the Maghreb The news which has even reached as far as Lebanon that Morocco is cracking down on its extremists who, despite doing the kingdom a great […]

Morocco’s Royal Navy seizes 5 tons of drugs off Nador

Moroccan Royal Navy has foiled a major drug smuggling operation off the coast of Nador, Northeastern Morocco. The Coast Guards of the Navy, patrolling the Kingdom’s Mediterranean coastline, spotted on Tuesday a suspicious speedboat at 3:00 AM and chased it part of routine security checks. After a hot pursuit in the sea, the occupants realized […]