94% of Moroccan Inmates Receive no Government Assistance for Reintegration
Morocco World News
Lede: A study carried out by the Moroccan General Delegation of the Penitentiaries and Reinsertion Administration shows that 42% of Moroccan prisoners have committed the same crime twice.
Nut graph: The study focuses on inmates’ tendency to repeat the same crime. The report reveals that cases, where inmates have reoffended, are the highest among people aged between 25-29, reaching 88% for male convicts.
Why this is newsworthy: Explores the correlation between poverty and crime in Morocco.
Lede: Upon his arrival in New York, Sabri Boukadoum, the new Algerian Foreign Minister, met, Sunday, with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. Although the current political situation in Algeria was at the heart of the meeting, the Western Sahara conflict was also part of the discussion, Algerian French-language newspaper El Moujahid reports.
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Why this is newsworthy: With this strong headline, the writer implies that Morocco and Algeria only have one thing to talk about when they convene at a UN conference: the ongoing dispute over the Western Sahara. See below for an example of the significance of the disagreement.
Foreign interference fears after Sydney University cancels Western Sahara speaker
The Guardian
Lede: The cancellation of a speech by a Western Saharan human rights advocate at the University of Sydney has reanimated concerns over foreign interference on Australian campuses.
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Why this is newsworthy: Brings the political disagreement over the Western Sahara to an international level, and exposes Australia’s unwillingness to involve themselves in the conflict.
