The resignation of Asma Lamrabet from the league of Moroccan Muslim scholars (Rabita Mohammedia) because of her support for equal inheritance rights between men and women sent shockwaves across the country, causing the debate over gender and inheritance in Morocco to resurface. The current Moroccan inheritance law is based on traditional Islamic jurisprudence of Ta’sib, […]
Morocco has declared 59 cities slum-free as it continues to encourage real-estate developers to invest in low-cost housing, said housing minister Nezha Bouchareb. Morocco has also been using satellite technology to monitor and curb the expansion of some remaining shanty towns, she told MPs. However, she noted, much remains to be done to make housing […]
Cocaine, cannabis resin and pharmaceutical opioids are the internationally trafficked drugs most seized in the Sahel, a region used by criminal networks and armed groups as a “natural stopover point” on trafficking routes from South America to Europe, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Drug trafficking in […]
