Social & Human Affairs Bound

Algeria has set a new record for electricity demand as a punishing heat wave drives temperatures close to 49°C and wildfires burn across multiple regions. The state utility Sonelgaz says power use climbed above 21,300 megawatts on July 13, continuing a steep, year‑over‑year rise in summer load on the grid.

Morocco’s courts are facing major delays as a nationwide strike by attorneys over Draft Law 66.23 enters its third week, with lawyers arguing that the proposed overhaul of the legal profession was prepared without adequate consultation and fails to protect defense rights, while the Justice Ministry defends the bill as a necessary modernization of access, training, and client protections.

Morocco sends 14,000–18,000 women to Spain’s farms each year under a growing seasonal work program, even as domestic training and wage gaps persist.

Moroccan lawyers have begun an open‑ended sit‑in outside Parliament in Rabat to protest draft law 66.23 on the organization of the legal profession, saying the bill was prepared without their participation and does not reflect constitutional and institutional safeguards they consider essential to professional independence and fair‑trial rights