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Egyptian and Russian Foreign affairs ministers on Monday discussed bilateral and regional issues in Cairo including the resumption of flights between Russia and the North African nation. Moscow suspended passenger flights to Egypt, in the wake of the crash of a Russian jet in Egypt in November 2015. A group affiliated with Islamic State has […]
Human Rights Watch, EuroMed Rights, Amnesty International, and Front Line Defenders have condemned in the strongest terms Algeria’s discrimination against the Amazigh (Berber) minority and called for dropping all charges against Kamaleddine Fekhar, a leading human rights activist and his 40 co-defendants. The international rights NGOs recalled, in a statement published on Human Rights Watch […]
Moroccan authorities arrested, on Monday morning, Nasser Zefzafi, the fugitive leader of the protests that have been shaking the northern town of Alhoceima for more than six months. Zefzafi, 39, was on the run since Friday when the General Prosecutor ordered his arrest after his interruption of a Friday sermon at a local mosque. Zefzafi […]
The EBRD has lent €186 million the Fayoum Water and Wastewater Company to enable improve living conditions of the local three million inhabitants through the development and expansion of wastewater services. The EBRD financing will be complemented by a loan of €172 million provided by the European Investment Bank, while the EU Neighborhood Investment Facility […]
Ansar al-Sharia, a group that became famous in 2012 after the US held it responsible for killing its Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens together with three other Americans has disbanded. The group explained in a statement that it has been “weakened” by the latest round of fighting with the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa […]
Japan sees in Morocco a partner that can facilitate its cooperation efforts in Africa. An agreement was signed in this regards between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Morocco’s Equipment and Transport Ministry to develop human resources in the field of transport in African countries. Under the agreement, Japan and Morocco will cooperate through […]
Egyptian fighter jets have stricken bases of the Islamic State (Daesh) in eastern Libya after the latter claimed the attack south of Cairo on a bus carrying Copts that left 29 dead. The Copts had been travelling to the monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 85 miles south of Cairo, when their small convoy was […]
Amazigh militant and human rights activist Kamal Eddine Fekhar staged a hunger strike in protest over the unfair trial he received from a local court in Medea, Algeria, which handed him a 5 years prison sentence for writing articles slamming the Algerian regime’s atrocities in Ghardaia, critical Algerian media said. Kamal Eddine Fekhar, a doctor […]
The Moroccan police is on a manhunt to arrest Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of the popular protests in the northern town of Al Hoceima, following his interruption of a Friday sermon at a local mosque. The general prosecutor ordered the arrest of Zefzafi and the opening of an investigation in line with Article 222 of […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded to Princess Lalla Salma, Chairwoman of the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, its gold medal in recognition of her action and commitment to fighting cancer in Morocco and beyond. Princess Lalla Salma, the spouse of King Mohammed VI, is WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Promotion of […]