Governance Bound

Cairo, Jan 27, 2020 - A top Egyptian court has ruled in favour of banning female academic staff at Cairo University from wearing the Muslim face veil, known as the niqab, lawyer Ahmed Mahran said Monday. The decision taken by the Supreme Administrative Court last week...

Rabat, Jan 25, 2020 - A Moroccan court has sentenced a cleaner to 15 years in prison for the theft of dozens of luxury watches belonging to King Mohammed VI, her lawyer said. The 46-year-old woman worked in a royal household and the judgement was handed down overnight...

In a note addressed to its clients, advisory firm MEA Risk LLC said the apparent easing in political tension in Algeria is not evidence of a return to normal and the end of the anti-regime protest movement.  The appointment of Tebboune as president after a massively...

Rabat, Jan 17, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Morocco of holding a dual Belgian-Moroccan  citizen in "inhuman" and "abusive solitary detention" for more than three years following his 2009 life sentence on terrorism charges. Abdelkader Belliraj was the...