Civil Society
Moroccan journalists receive suspended jail sentences
2009-10-27
Ali Anouzla, editor of Moroccan newspaper Al Jarida Al Oula, on Monday (October 26th) received a one-year suspended sentence from a Rabat court for p...
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Arab youth call for media that reflect their interests
2009-10-09
Young Arabs want streamlined media that meets their expectations, and participants in a Tunis seminar delved into how this media model might look.
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Tunisia to host 2009 JCI World Congress
2009-10-04
Tunisia next month will host its largest world event in four years, when 5,000 delegates from 120 countries gather for the 2009 Junior Chamber Intern...
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Tunisia urges UN to empower international youth
2009-09-29
The world community can deter youth from extremism by making them "active stakeholders" in the decision-making process, Tunisian Foreign Minister Abd...
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Sahrawi refugees granted $12m from UNHCR
2009-09-11
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) granted $12m to Sahrawi refugees on Thursday (September 10th) , said UNHCR chief Antonio Gu...
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Forum gives young Moroccans tools for social change
2009-09-10
Young Moroccans exchanged ideas and mingled with their peers at the first-ever Civil Society Forum in Rabat.
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Literacy lessons change lives in Morocco
2009-09-09
Morocco renewed its commitment to fight against illiteracy, with educational programmes geared towards adult students.
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HRW criticises Morocco for rejecting Amazigh baby names
2009-09-04
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday (September 3rd) denounced Morocco for preventing citizens from inscribing children with Berber names on the civi...
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Moroccan bloggers tackle RAM strife, Ramadan, athletics woes
2009-09-03
Striking pilots at Royal Air Maroc (RAM), a subpar Moroccan performance at the World Athletics Championships, Yahoo's alleged "Americanisation" of Maktoob ... these are just a few of the topics currently attracting attention in the Moroccan blogosphere.
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Citizen groups call for sit-ins to protest food price increases
2009-09-02
Leaders of a national campaign to protest high food prices are planning sit-ins nationwide and a protest in front of the parliamentary building.
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HRW denounces jailing of Western Sahara activist in Morocco
2009-08-31
In a statement on Monday (August 31st) Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised the four-month prison sentence imposed last week on Western Sahara human r...
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Tunisian female writer named to "Future Arab Leaders" list
2009-08-31
Emirati magazine Arabian Business named Tunisian writer Samar Mezghani, 21, to its list of "30 Future Arab Leaders", Tunisia Online reported on Satur...
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Algerian human rights commission seeks to restore international status
2009-08-28
Algeria began attempting to restore the international legitimacy of its National Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNPPDH),...
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USAID allocates $4.4m to Mauritania, Senegal
2009-08-25
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will donate $4.4m to Mauritania and Senegal to reduce malnutrition and increase food security, AP...
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Mauritanian NGO denounces persistent slavery
2009-08-24
Mauritania's ethnic black H'ratines continue to be victimised by slavery in some regions of the country, a Mauritanian NGO asserted at a Nouakchott f...
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Polygamy, the economy and Ramadan pepper Maghreb blogs
2009-08-21
Topics as varied as the economic impact of Ramadan and the Tunisian debate about polygamy caught bloggers' attention this week.
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RSF condemns jailing of Mauritanian online journalist
2009-08-21
In a statement on Thursday (August 20th), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly criticised the six-month prison sentence and heavy fine handed a d...
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Role of women in Arab media spurs debate at international conference
2009-08-20
The role of women in the Arab media was a hot topic for debate at a conference on Sunday during the 31st International Cultural Festival of Asilah in Morocco.
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Arab migration seminar opens in Tunis
2009-08-19
A three-day seminar on the political and socio-economic consequences of migration in the Arab world opened on Tuesday (August 18th) in Tunis, MAP rep...
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Morocco hosts Arab Women in Media seminar
2009-08-17
Morocco's Assilah Festival on Sunday (August 16th) opened a three-day seminar focused on Arab Woman in Media, MAP reported. In his opening address, M...
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Algerian security forces kill three terrorists near Bordj Bou Arreridj
2009-08-14
Algerian joint security forces killed three terrorists in an ambush early Thursday (August 13th) between Bordj Bou Arreridj and M'sila, local press r...
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Moroccans mark International Youth Day by voicing concerns
2009-08-14
Young Moroccans seized the occasion of International Youth Day to reflect on the serious challenges they continue to face.
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Moroccans call for more and better-funded youth clubs
2009-08-07
Despite funding shortfalls, Morocco's youth clubs play an important role in providing young people with a place to go and activities to enjoy.
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Trial of Sudanese journalist alarms Tunisians
2009-08-06
Many Tunisians are voicing concerns that Sudan's prosecution of journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein for wearing trousers could mark a shift away from women's rights and towards religious extremism in the Maghreb.
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Moroccan woman to head UN Human Rights Council committee
2009-08-06
One of Morocco's first female diplomats was elected president of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, MAP reported on Wednesday (August 5t...
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