The new governments formed in the aftermath of the Arab Spring are facing the challenge of creating rights-respecting democracies, says Human Rights Watch in its “World Report 2013”, wondering whether these new Arab governments will produce a genuine democracy and fall back into dictatorships. In its 665-page report, HRW says “the creation of a rights-respecting […]
The Egyptian club, Pyramids FC, which belongs to the Chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, has angered Morocco after the team posted on social media a map of the North African kingdom without the Sahara. Pyramids FC owned by Turki Al-Sheikh, is based in Cairo and plays in Egypt’s football top league. The 37-year […]
Abderrahman El Youssoufi, the former leader of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), who served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002, died this Friday morning at the age of 96 following a long illness, according to local media. El Youssoufi, an emblematic figure of the Moroccan left, passed away at a Casablanca Hospital […]
