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18,000 'Made in Uganda' Phones Exported to Morocco
May 25, 2020 | 15:03 pm[Observer] Uganda has exported the first batch of 18,000 locally-made mobile phones to Morocco.
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Saharawi People Mark 47th Anniversary of Outbreak of Armed Struggle Tomorrow
May 21, 2020 | 16:37 pm[SPS] Chahid Al Hafed (Refugee Camps) -The Saharawi people commemorates todays, May 20th, the 47-year anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle in Western Sahara, to reiterate their commitment and attachment to regain their legitimate rights by all means.
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Morocco Charts a Robust Post-COVID Recovery Strategy
May 15, 2020 | 11:43 am[Moroccan American Center] Morocco, with strong leadership from King Mohammed VI, is committed to finding opportunities to restructure and redirect its economy to be better prepared for other potential calamities such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The economy is already facing[…]
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Instagram Influencer Apologises for Role in Outing of Gay Men
May 14, 2020 | 07:19 am[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London/Tunis -Gay men in Morocco were blackmailed and thrown out of family homes, after Naoufal Moussa, known as Sofia Taloni, told her Instagram followers to download dating apps to find them
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Liberian Students Still Stranded in Morocco, 'GOL Yet to Paid Eight-Month Areas'
May 12, 2020 | 12:06 pm[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -Liberians students studying in Morocco are once again raising alarm that they are still stranded in Morocco while "government is yet to apply any effort in addressing the eight-months arrears owed by them.
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Pandemic Compounds Challenges to Tunisian Democracy - Jean R. Abinader
May 12, 2020 | 12:03 pm[Moroccan American Center] Although it is the birthplace of the Arab Spring and has been called the only country to create a democracy as a result of that disruption, Tunisia still faces very tough challenges in implementing economic and political[…]
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Western Sahara - Time to Stop Waiting, Part IV - Beginning in the Sahara - Robert M. Holley
May 12, 2020 | 12:01 pm[Moroccan American Center] I accompanied scores of delegations of Congressional staff, journalists, and prominent think tank members to Western Sahara over the course of 14 years between 2003 and 2017. The purpose of these trips was to let delegation members[…]
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Will COVID-19 Change Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia?
May 12, 2020 | 11:56 am[Morocco On the Move] Since the spread of the pandemic to North Africa more than two months ago, there has been speculation among observers that the effects on society, economy, and political life of the countries may be changed in[…]
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Sahrawi People Will Continue Legitimate Struggle Until Restoration of Full Rights (President of Republic)
May 11, 2020 | 13:29 pm[SPS] Shaheed Al-Hafed -President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, reiterated that the Sahrawi people will continue its legitimate struggle with the same conviction and will until the restoration of full rights.
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Sahrawi Civilian Prisoners in Morocco Are Subjected to Harassment and Racial Discrimination
May 4, 2020 | 13:13 pm[SPS] Ait Melloul (Morocco) -Local prison administration Ait Melol 1, on the outskirts of the southern Moroccan city of Agadir, imposed several restrictions on Sahrawi civilian prisoners of the student rank group and integrated them with prisoners of public rights[…]
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Online Attacks Over Same-Sex Relations
Apr 28, 2020 | 12:11 pm[HRW] Beirut -A campaign of online harassment in Morocco has trampled the privacy of presumed gay and bisexual men, possibly subjecting them to physical harm, prosecution, and discriminatory measures, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should both enforce the[…]
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Polisario Front Calls On UN to Intervene Urgently for Release of Sahrawi Political Prisoners
Apr 27, 2020 | 11:08 am[SPS] Shaheed El Hafed -The Polisario Front called Friday the United Nations to take an urgent action for the release of the Sahrawi political prisoners, underlining that Morocco is fully responsible of the serious consequences that may result from its[…]
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Gay Men Face Blackmail, Bullying After They Were Outed Online
Apr 24, 2020 | 06:43 am[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Tunis -Gay Moroccans on gay dating apps were targeted in an online "outing attack"
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Western Sahara - Time to Stop Waiting, Part III - Preparing the Terrain Abroad
Apr 23, 2020 | 14:59 pm[Moroccan American Center] Robert M. Holley, Senior Policy Adviser, MACP
