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Tunisia: Parliament Speaker calls on EU to establish Marshall Plan for Tunisia

Tunisia’s Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur Monday called on EU to put in place a “Marshall Plan” to help secure his country’s struggling economy. Ennaceur was speaking at a parliament plenary session attended by EU parliament President Martin Schulz. For Ennaceur, the EU plan could be in the form of intensification of financial support to Tunisia’s […]

Interior ministry urges MPs to speed up adoption of cannabis legalization bill

Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit has made the case for a rapid adoption of the cannabis legalization bill citing notably the development aims of the project and the need to tap into a growing legal cannabis market. Laftit who was speaking to MPs argued against PJD members mainly who are the main opponents of cannabis […]

Morocco’s rights council asks Spanish ombudsman to investigate migrant abuses in Ceuta

Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has asked Spain’s Ombudsman to open an investigation into alleged violations of the rights of Moroccan migrants in Ceuta, the council’s president Amina Bouayach said. Bouayach told Moroccan broadcaster 2M that she had sent a letter to Spain’s Defensor del Pueblo, the institution responsible for protecting fundamental rights, requesting […]