Since Monday, student organization Attajdid Attolabi chaired a series of conferences at the faculty of Islamic law in Fes, despite the refusal of the Dean. After Abdellah Nhari and Jamila Ziyane, students at the university attended a conference of Salafist scholar Adil Reffouch.
In 1629, French navy member Isaac de Razilly sailed to Morocco to free Christian subjects, enslaved by Rabat and Salé’s corsairs. Razilly blockaded the two cities, leading to a civil war that weakened the country’s pirates.
The 2019 Algerian presidential election, scheduled for April the 18th, will not be taking place. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced, in a letter addressed Monday to Algerian, that he will not seek a fifth term.