First Independent Mena Newspaper
The United States and Egypt stressed the importance of holding elections in Libya on the scheduled date, i.e. on December 24. This was stressed in a joint statement released on Tuesday evening by the State Department following the US-Egyptian strategic dialogue held on November 8 – 9, under the chairmanship of Secretary of State Antony […]
Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced on Tuesday the launch, as of December 12, 2021, of a new direct route connecting Casablanca to Tel Aviv, with three frequencies per week. Flights will be scheduled from Casablanca every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday while flights from Tel Aviv to Casablanca will be scheduled every Monday, Wednesday, […]
The Moroccan government has decided to lift the nighttime curfew that has been in place throughout the country for several months. The decision comes into force from this Wednesday, November 10, 2021. However, the vaccination pass remains compulsory. This decision comes in accordance with the favorable opinion of the Technical and Scientific Committee and following […]
Italy’s foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has reiterated his country’s strong backing to “the serious and credible” efforts made by Morocco within the framework of the UN for a peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. In a joint statement issued following telephone conversation held Tuesday with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Mr. Luigi urged all […]
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has been elected lately member of the Geneva-based Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), representing the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI). During the latest General Assembly of NANHRI, CNDH was also re-elected member of the Sub-Committee of Accreditation (SCA) of GANHRI and member of […]
Morocco has reinforced further its airspace defense with the acquisition of Thales Ground Master 400 radar, offering the Royal Armed forces tactical advantage as the mobile radar system can easily deploy and detect all types of aerial threats. The delivery of the long-range radar was made end July 2021 under a contract signed in […]
Attijariwafa bank, one of Morocco’s leading banking institutions, has expanded its “Dar Al Moukawil” network with the inauguration of its 16th center in the city of Laâyoune, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Green March. The institution is thereby strengthening its support for small businesses and project leaders in the Moroccan […]
Egypt will inaugurate in the second half of 2022, the world’s largest spinning factory led by eight companies. Hisham Tawfik, Minister of the Public Enterprises Sector made the announcement during a meeting with the contracting companies to review the project progress. The project to be developed by Gama Construction Company encompasses 65 buildings and a […]
The forecasts of the investment program of the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF) for the period 2022-2024 amount to more than 7.72 billion DH, according to the report on public establishments and enterprises supplemented to the 2022 draft finance bill. This program, spread over 2022 with 2.9 billion dirhams, 2023 with 2.22 billion dirhams and […]
UGTT, Tunisia’s most powerful workers’ union, has called for a general strike for this Tuesday to denounce the stabbing of a high school teacher by a student in the costal town of Ezzahra, south of capital Tunis. Sahbi Ben Slama, a high-school History and Geography teacher was assaulted by a student who stabbed him multiple […]