Mule Women Of Melilla: Carrying Heavy Bales Of Contraband From Spain Into Morocco
International Business Times By David Sim Known as the Mule women of Melilla, hundreds of women carry heavy bales of goods across the border between the Spanish enclave of Melilla and Morocco every day. The law states that anything that can be carried by hand across...
The EU Welcomes Increased Role Of CNDH In Western Sahara
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The 28 Member States of the European Union have welcomed the strengthening and the constitutionalization of the role of the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights in matters of human rights monitoring and defense, through the creation of...
Western Sahara: US Congress Disavows Algeria
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The recent decision of the US House of Representatives to include the Western Sahara in the areas where US military aid to Morocco can be used dealt a blow to Algerian leaders who are reportedly readying to launch a wide...
Maghreb News 2015-01-26
Magharebia Sports | 2015-01-26 Algeria suffer surprise loss at CAN Algeria and Tunisia face decisive matches, while Morocco fans regret the ban on their national team. Terrorism | 2015-01-26 Ansar al-Sharia in Libya leader dead After wreaking havoc in Benghazi, one of...
Morocco Toughens Terrorism Laws
By Hassan Benmehdi in Casablanca for Magharebia Morocco multi-pronged approach to security includes new laws, regional co-operation efforts and attention to religious tolerance. As Morocco toughens its counter-terrorism laws, government figures and civil society...
Spain Arrests Moroccan Brothers
Magharebia Four terror suspects of Moroccan origin were arrested Saturday (January 24th) in Ceuta, AFP reported. The two pairs of brothers had "a very similar profile" to the terrorists behind the deadly attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Spanish...
Morocco Arrests Suspected Algerian Member Of IS-Linked Group
The Associated Press Morocco's Interior Ministry has announced the arrest of an Algerian citizen suspected of belonging to a group linked to the Islamic State militant organization which was responsible for the beheading of a French hiker. In September, French hiker...
Western Sahara: US Congress Disavows Algeria
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The recent decision of the US House of Representatives to include the Western Sahara in the areas where US military aid to Morocco can be used dealt a blow to Algerian leaders who are reportedly readying to launch a wide...
Morocco Arrests Suspected Algerian Militant Tied To Frenchman’s Murder
Reuters Moroccan authorities said on Sunday they arrested a suspected Algerian member of the militant group responsible for kidnapping and beheading French tourist Herve Gourdel east of Algiers in September. An al Qaeda splinter group known as Caliphate Soldiers...
Scholar Studies Arab Spring At Edinboro University
GoErie.com By Erica Erwin Hamdi Echkaou, a Fulbright scholar from Morocco, poses Jan. 20 for a portrait in the Baron-Forness Library at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Echkaou is spending the academic year at the university, as he works on his dissertation about...