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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has stated that armed groups fighting in the Libyan war are increasingly targeting human rights defenders since mid-May. Some of the human rights activists have already fled the country while others have gone underground to save their lives. Attacks on civilians are also on the […]
The Prime Minister of Tunisia’s technocratic government, Mehdi Jomaa, has highlighted that Parliamentary and Presidential elections should be followed by economic reforms that should last for at least 3years during an interview at Reuters Middle East Investment Summit. Tunisia’s political transition towards democracy has been relatively smooth but its economy has been faced with challenges […]
The King of Morocco has urged Members of parliament to avoid petty party politics, to pay utmost attention to citizens’ needs, to be honest with voters and to adopt a charter of ethics. Opening the Fall session of Parliament on Friday, King Mohammed VI called all MPs and politicians to show a sense of […]
Algeria’s Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi has given assurances that the country’s oil and gas production decline did not require worries during an energy conference held in western Algerian city of Oran. His latest statement came as gas production reached growth level for the first time since the 2013 In Amenas plant terrorist attack. The developments […]
The turnover of the sector of information and communication technology (ICT) in Morocco jumped from € 750 million in 1999 to € 3 billion in 2013, revealed the National Agency of telecommunications Regulation (ANRT). The sector has thus become the biggest tax-payer in the country and grabs much of the foreign direct investments injected in […]
A Moroccan diplomat accredited to South Africa has been reportedly killed and his lifeless body was found in his home in Pretoria on Tuesday. According to Morocco’s Embassy in South Africa, the victim, M. Noureddine Fatmi, who was in charge of consular affairs, was apparently murdered in his apartment in the district of Monument Park […]
The tug-of-war between Ankara and Cairo is reaching new heights after Egypt’s foreign Ministry labeled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest attacks as “insulting comments.” Erdogan has always described the removal of Mohammed Morsi as a coup d’état and continues to consider the government led by Al-Sisi as unconstitutional. President Erdogan told the Turkish parliament that […]
Morocco’s unique approach to defusing terrorism and countering incitement to terrorist acts within the context of Islam was highlighted this week at the United Nations during a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Some officials from the North African country, including Minister of religious affairs, Ahmed Toufik, made the trip to […]
Energy companies are all trying to get a share of Algeria’s oil and gas reserves as the country tries to boost its production capacity. The latest company to join the energy companies in Algeria is Dragon Oil Company based in the Emirates. It is an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company. The […]
Ennahda has begun seeking for external support ahead of the legislative elections scheduled to be held in October and the presidential elections in November. The leader of the party, Rached Ghannouchi, currently in the US said Tunisia will be an example for the Middle East as its transition towards democracy reaches its final stages. Ghannouchi […]