Background Note: Libya (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Location: North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, southern border with Chad, Niger, and Sudan. Area: 1,759,540 million sq. km. Cities: Tripoli (capital), Benghazi. Terrain: Mostly barren, flat …
Women in Morocco; progress but ‘could do better’ (Middle East Online)
Five years after Morocco reform, women’s rights ‘positive overall’ but still fall short of expectations.
Migrants feared drowned off coast of Libya
More than 300 Africans, including women and children, are feared to have drowned after their boats capsized off Libya during a new upsurge of illegal migration to Europe.
Teacher accused of throwing kettle at boy
Egyptian police have arrested a teacher who allegedly threw boiling water in a pupil’s face.
Women in Morocco progress but ‘could do better’: activist (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) – It was backed by the king and finally passed, a hotly disputed reform to empower women, cast off their vulnerability and set a trend in Muslim North Africa — Morocco's landmark 2004 family law.
Women in Morocco progress but ‘could do better’: activist (AFP via Yahoo! News)
It was backed by the king and finally passed, a hotly disputed reform to empower women, cast off their vulnerability and set a trend in Muslim North Africa — Morocco’s landmark 2004 family law.
