Kidnapped Libyan MP Siham Sirgiwa

Morocco’s Army deploys two additional field medical-surgical hospitals in earthquake-hit areas

On the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander, and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the FAR have deployed two additional field medical-surgical hospitals (HMCC) in the rural commune of Mejjat in the province of Chichaoua and the rural commune of Ighrem in the province of Taroudant. This action, […]

Morocco’s role in inter-Arab solidarity highlighted at Algiers summit

Morocco’s leading role in promoting inter-Arab solidarity was highlighted at the Arab League summit in Algiers where light was particularly shed on Rabat’s initiatives to bring assistance to grieved Arab people in Palestine, Yemen and Comoros. Morocco has by the past set up a field hospital in the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan as well […]

Hope for jobs rather than religion drives recruitment by armed groups in Africa — UN report

The lack of employment more than religious belief is what is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN Development Program (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters across East, West and the Horn of Africa. The new UNDP report’s findings thus challenge traditional […]