First Independent Mena Newspaper
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected this Wednesday in Morocco for a two-day visit during which he will meet his Moroccan peer and sign cooperation agreement. Lapid will also inaugurate the new Israeli liaison office in Rabat after the two countries agreed to resume their diplomatic ties last December. The visit, the first by […]
Morocco’s Industry Minister Moulay Hafid Alamy flew to the US where he plans to meet aeronautic manufacturers to showcase Morocco’s competitiveness and its growing network of aeronautics suppliers. The visit is expected to attract investments to further boost Morocco’s supply chain, the industry ministry said in a statement, adding that the minister’s agenda includes meetings […]
The toll of the fires ravaging northern Algeria, especially Kabylie, continues to grow heavier. At least 42 people, including 17 civilians and 25 soldiers, have lost their lives due to asphyxiation after fires ravaged vast areas of the Kabylie region, where an independence movement is growing. The fires, which started Monday evening, killed 17 civilians, […]
The National human rights council (CNDH) issued a report on the trial of two journalists Omar Radi and Soulaimane Raisouni in which it deplored the slander campaign that targeted the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs suffered from an “ardent defamation campaign of an unprecedented scale,” said the council, adding that fame or profession were not at stake […]
The Sahraoui Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEDH) has issued an official press release denouncing the “harsh repression suffered” by the Maichan family in front of the premises of the General Secretariat of the Polisario Front in the refugee camp of Rabbouni, in Algeria. ASADEDH exposes the alleged abuses committed by the […]
Morocco tops the list of the five fastest-growing economies in Africa in 2021, Global Data, an international consulting and data analysis firm, said Monday in its latest report. Global Data expects the Kingdom to record a 5.19% growth rate, i.e. the highest rate on the continent in 2021. With this predicted GDP growth […]
Sudan, which has a large electricity deficit, wants to obtain supplies from Ethiopia, which is completing the construction of the GERD, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Despite the conflict between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, over the distribution of the waters of the Nile, it seems that Addis […]
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, founder of the divided Ivorian People’s Front (FPI), proposed on Monday the creation of a new political party, according to a FPI statement issued after a meeting of its leadership. Mr. Gbagbo denounced during this meeting “the behavior” of his former Prime Minister, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, president of the so-called […]
Russian security forces have been dispatched to sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada Airports in Egypt as direct flights from Moscow and two resort destinations in the Sinai resume. EgyptAir flight MS724 took off from Moscow with 300 people on board and landed in Hurghada without incident, the airline said. Russia last month said direct flights between […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has highlighted, in a research study, the key factors of the success of the Moroccan Green Plan (PVM) and the lessons to be drawn from this strategy. These key factors include the institutional environment and legal reforms that have attracted the private sector, as well as the experience of […]