Tuesday May 12, 2026 After more than two years in detention in Somalia, six Moroccan nationals have finally made it home, their return marking the end of a long and closely watched ordeal, according to their families and the Joint Committee for the Defense of Islamist Detainees. The men arrived in Morocco last week and were then held in police custody at the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations in Salé for questioning over the circumstances of their detention in Somalia’s Puntland State region.…

A generation protests in Morocco: from delivery-room tragedies to demands for dignity What began as local outrage over the deaths of pregnant women during Caesarean sections has rippled into a broader youth-led movement in Morocco, forcing the kingdom to confront persistent gaps between its gleaming skylines and the battered public services most citizens rely on. Under the banner of GenZ 212 — a name that nods to Morocco’s international dialing code and a generation connected online — young people are calling for better…