Maina Kiai, UN special rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

Morocco-US: Morocco trouble-free country in 2016, US State Department

US State Department’s 2016 predictions for troubled zones in world points at the Middles East as the most dangerous zone while it categorizes Morocco as the safest place in the MENA region, reports say. The US State Department has classified Morocco among countries to enjoy peace in 2016 contrary to most countries in the North […]

European court backs Spain’s rapid expulsion of migrants

Spain won the support of the European Court of Human Rights over its rapid deportation of two African migrants from the enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta it occupies in Northern Morocco. In a verdict that may anger rights groups, the court considered that there has been no violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. […]

Libya: GNA appoints Defense Minister, new Chief of Army Staff

The head of the Libyan government of national unity (GNA) on Saturday appointed a new Minister of Defense and a new Chief of Army Staff. Fayez al-Sarraj, at the head of the GNA, appointed Colonel Salah Eddine al-Namruch to the Defense portfolio and Mohamad Ali al-Haddad as Chief of Staff of the Libyan army. Ali […]