Morocco: call centres on the spot

In this edition: it was a daring voyage that never quite got there - a Libyan aid ship, the Amalthea, tried to breech the naval blockade of Gaza, but changed course to finally dock in Egypt; in Morocco, French-owned call centres are ten-a-penny, but for how much longer? and in a country where abortion is stigmatized, we meet the Moroccan women fighting to bring terminations out of the backstreet.

Programme prepared by Stephanie Cheval and Gregory White

18/10/2009 - MOROCCO

A year's jail for writing about the Moroccan King's health

In this edition: A Moroccan journalist is jailed for a year for publishing articles about the King's health, Tunisia's election campaign and Sharia adoptions in Algeria.

10/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Gaddafi mediates Tuhareg peace deal

In this edition: Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi has helped negotiate a peace accord with Tuhareg rebels from Mali and Niger ; and Morocco's slums are still squalid five years after the launch of an anti-poverty programme.

05/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MAGHREB

Ben Barka affair resurfaces

In this edition: Interpol releases arrest warrants for four officials wanted in connection with the kidnapping of politician Ben Barka back in the 1960s; press censorship in Morocco; a focus on Algeria's Socialist Forces Front.

27/09/2009 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Gaddafi's show at the UN Assembly

in this edition: Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi's rambling performance at the UN assembly; the end of Ramadan gets pricey in the economic crisis; Moroccan wine is starting to rival European bottles.

21/09/2009 - MOROCCO

French immigration policy blamed for woman's death

In this edition: Justice is still not done for the families of those killed in 1995 terrorist attack in Paris; speed-dating Ramadan-style, and a report on French immigration, where a woman seeking medical treatment in France died waiting for a visa.

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