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Algeria warns El Watan and draws more red lines for its co-opted press

Algeria’s Ministry of Communication this week formally warned the independent daily El Watan, over a front page headline describing parliamentary debate on a new highway code. Citing the controversial 2023 information and press laws, the ministry threatened further measures should the newspaper fail to comply, in the latest attack on what remains of independent media […]

Russia approves nuclear cooperation agreement with Morocco

The government of the Russian Federation has just approved a cooperation agreement between Moscow and Rabat in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The ordinance enacting this decision was signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Michoustine, on Wednesday, reported the Russian news agency Tass. The agreement, providing for cooperation between […]

Morocco Deplores France’s Lack of Communication on Carcassone Hostage-taker

Head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame wondered why France did not flag up Radouane Lakdim before he moved into action, wreaking havoc on March 23 and taking lives in a supermarket in Trèbes and Carcassonne in southern France. The chief of Morocco’s FBI deplored the lack of communication by French intelligence authorities on […]