Opinion

Why has there been increased interest in evaluating public policy when in the past this has incurred huge costs? Let's suppose these were judged as a waste. Will we continue to make new policies using the State's resources? Truly, there is…

So much is being written on the regional and international problems in the Middle East and North Africa that I thought it might be useful to hear what a head of state had to say about his country's future. Last week, King Mohammed VI gave…

It has taken Africa just over a decade to conclude that the International Criminal Court (ICC), established in 2002 by the Rome Statute, is simply unfit for purpose. That certainly is the conclusion of the South African government following…

It has been just over four years since Moroccans voted to officially consolidate nearly two decades of reform with a new Constitution designed to establish a constitutional monarchy with separation of powers; delegate enhanced…

According to the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Reintegration of Detainees, Morocco’s rate of recidivism is on the decline, dropping from 3% to 2.3% over the last year. There are several plausible explanations for this. For one, Morocco has…

It is quite interesting to see how the observance of Ramadan and its practices has evolved in the US since I first began interacting with Muslim communities in the late 60s. At that time, and well through the early 80s, mosques and Islamic…

RABAT, Morocco — Debate on Salafism emerged in Morocco after the infiltration of North Africa by the Islamic State (IS). Although there are more than 1,000 Moroccans fighting for IS on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria, the group enjoys…

Morocco is a country in the North Africa; it is a member of the Maghreb Union. The country shares geography, culture and language with its neighboring countries, but it has an Islamic government. Morocco has a chance of being unique by…

Morocco has once again shown the world its unequivocal commitment to environmental stewardship. On Tuesday, Morocco’s Environment Minister promised that the Kingdom will cut down on its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 13 percent by…

Those who were born around 2002 are now about to finish their high school and becoming an adult. Nevertheless, the long string of deadlines and talks set, since 2002, between P5 and Iran, have not yet been able to extinguish Iranian…