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Morocco reiterates its full attachment to its legitimate right to sovereignty over all its territorial waters including off the Sahara coast. Government spokesman Hassan Abyaba confirmed that Morocco has full right to assert sovereignty over its waters through enacting legislation accordingly governing its territorial waters. Two draft laws have been approved by the foreign affairs […]
Morocco has won international recognition for its steady efforts to eradicate torture domestically and internationally. Morocco ratified the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in 1993 and deposited its ratification instruments in 2014. The North African country has also launched a national preventive mechanism against torture (NPM). […]
The office of President Kais Saied Thursday issued a statement rejecting allegations the Tunisian leader has abandoned the country’s neutrality in the Libyan crisis after he reportedly promised to support the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) during his Wednesday meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “Tunisia will never accept to be part […]
Morocco is expecting to host about 8,000 visitors during the 9th edition of the “Solar Expo Morocco” that will be held February 25 to 27, 2020 in Casablanca. Launched in 2012, the “Solaire Expo Maroc” is an annual exhibition of solar technologies and one of the most important of its kind in Morocco. Over the […]
Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]
Côte d’Ivoire has issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro, a one-time rebel leader and former Prime Minister. Soro, 47, former speaker of the country’s parliament, is accused of attempting to undermine the government, embezzling public funds and laundering money worth more than €2 million. The former Prime Minister was expected in Abidjan, […]
Ugandan musician-turned-lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as as the “ghetto president” has vowed to rock the halls of power with a run for the top job in the East African nation. According to Bobi Wine, incumbent President Yoweri Museveni’s 33 years in power was “a dictatorship”. Museveni has described Wine as an enemy of prosperity, […]
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that his country will send troops to Libya at the request of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), facing a military offensive launched by Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s forces. “Since there is an invitation (from Libya) right now, we will accept it” Mr. Erdogan said in a […]
Moroccan Central bank and police have urged vigilance after card skimming devices were found lately in cash machines in the city of Marrakech. Skimmers are using tiny hidden cameras planted in ATMs. They are barely visible but allow fraudsters to film people entering their pin number. The skimmers often encase the normal card slot on […]
Moroccan security forces have arrested in two separate operations six supporters of the Islamic state group (ISIS) in Safi, near the city of Marrakech. Three men, including a 20-year old who is member of the international terror group, were nabbed by Royal Gendarmerie forces in the first operation, conducted on the basis of intelligence provided […]