First Independent Mena Newspaper
Human Rights Watch has once again derailed from its watchdog mission issuing a politically-motivated heinous report on the state of human rights in Morocco in which allegations are taken as facts! In a 129-page report that is more of a diatribe than an objective compilation, HRW rehashed one-sided stories and statements from a group of […]
The United States government has called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the protection of MONUSCO sites and personnel, following the killing of three UN peacekeepers, one from Morocco and two from India. The call was made by State Department Spokesperson Ned Price during his daily briefing held Thursday […]
Tunisia’s independent electoral commission, ISIE, has fired its chief of staff for professional mistakes in connection with figures of the July 25 referendum that was largely boycotted. Maher Jedidi, Deputy President of the body, told local Mozaique FM radio that the chief of staff was guilty of serious professional misconduct, requiring sanctions. The sanction comes […]
Morocco plays a “key and important” role in the Middle East region thanks to the wise policy of King Mohammed VI, Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation Issawi Frej said Thursday in Rabat. Speaking after talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the Israeli official stressed that this meeting was an opportunity to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue. […]
The United Nations General Assembly adopted, Thursday, a historic resolution tabled by Morocco and four other countries, recognizing access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a universal human right. Besides Morocco, the resolution was co-initiated by Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland. It received the support of 161 member states while 8 abstained. […]
Morocco and the United Kingdom are building thriving partnerships, including in trade, green finance and education, said the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for South and Central Asia, North Africa, the UN and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad. “Our kingdoms are working together to deliver a shared vision of economies that are […]
The UN Security Council, the European Union, the Arab Parliament and several Arab countries, including Bahrain and Jordan have strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on Moroccan peacekeepers serving in the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of three MONUSCO peacekeepers: two from […]
Government forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) are training militias and working with private military companies behind possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a fresh UN report. The paper published by the United Nations Human Rights Office and its Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) detailed a massacre that took […]
Morocco has during the past two decades strengthened its foothold and won support for its crucial causes from old and new allies as it marches on a steady diplomatic track engineered by King Mohammed VI. The foreign policy achievements are reflective of the growing clout of the country and its credibility and growing soft power, […]
More cooperation was needed among developing nations to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions, according to business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh. Representatives from Egypt, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh under the banner of D-8, or developing eight countries, were discussing […]