The price of throttling the Internet
During the beginnings of the Arab Spring a couple years back, I wanted to write a blog post about the impossibility of shutting down the Internet in our modern digital world. All of the failing Arab dictatorships tried to suppress revolt by cutting off access to...
Maghreb news 2013-08-12
Magharebia Protests | 2013-08-12 Tunisia political crisis deepens Political leaders in Tunisia attempt to come out of the deadlock brought on by the recent assassinations of opposition figures. Tourism | 2013-08-12 Tunisia tourism sees modest gain Tunisia's tourism...
Morocco electoral system under scrutiny
Political upheaval in Morocco is bringing the issue of election reform into the spotlight. The crisis testing Morocco's coalition government is stirring a national debate over the need to reform the electoral process and the way in which party alliances are created....
Maghreb News 2013-08-11
Magharebia Latest News Latest Discussion 2013-08-11 Morocco electoral system under scrutiny Political upheaval in Morocco is bringing the issue of election reform into the spotlight. Protests | 2013-08-11 Mauritania gold mine workers begin strike Workers at the...
A Generation Of Young Moroccan Politiicians: Integrity And Wide Vision – OpEd
Usually, “Good” is not the adjective that springs to mind when most people think about politicians. Unscrupulous, self-serving, incompetent, sure—but good? Not so much. As Moroccan political landscape grows ever more polarized— ordinary Moroccans feel increasingly...
16 Moroccan royal guards killed in accident after bus plummets from road
MARRAKECH, Morocco – Morocco's official news agency says 16 royal guards have died in a bus crash after the vehicle drove off a road and plummeted 650 feet (200 meters). The MAP agency reported that the accident happened early Saturday on a road linking two cities on...
Microsatellites: What Big Eyes They Have
PEOPLE already worried about the candid cameras on Google Glass and low-flying drones can add a new potential snooper to the list: cameras on inexpensive, low-orbiting microsatellites that will soon be sending back frequent, low-cost snapshots of most of Earth’s...
In the Arab world, U.S. is low on leverage
The "Arab Spring" may not have succeeded in bringing democracy to the Middle East. But it has provided powerful evidence of a different phenomenon: the illusion of U.S. influence over governments we once considered our clients. Take Egypt. Before 2011, the Bush and...
Morocco is working toward solving the Sahara dispute
The July 8 news article “In Western Sahara’s forgotten struggle, women lead the way” noted that women were playing a major role in helping to chart the future of the Sahara but excluded the critical point that this activism has been made possible largely because of...
Sahel crisis / CT : Belmokhtar, al-Qaeda vie for spotlight
After an African-led intervention ousted al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from northern Mali, fewer resources are available for extremist militants looking to wreak havoc in the Sahel. Militants in Mali were either killed or dispersed, fleeing towards Algeria,...