First Independent Mena Newspaper
Mauritania’s unemployment rate increased to 13.12% in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 12.29% during the same period in 2024, according to the Central Bank’s annual report for 2025. The report also showed a decline in the employment rate, which fell to 43.45% from 44.37% a year earlier, with the services sector remaining the […]
Libya’s House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh received the country’s final state accounts from the Head of the Administrative Control Authority, Abdullah Qaderbouh. The meeting, held in Al-Qubbah on Wednesday, August 5, focused on strengthening oversight mechanisms, improving institutional performance and enhancing transparency in the management of public resources. According to the Speaker’s Media Centre, […]
For decades, launching an innovative business in Morocco meant being in Casablanca, Rabat or Marrakech, where investors and major clients were concentrated. That model is starting to shift, according to Ali Kettani, an investment banker specializing in startup and SME financing across Morocco and Africa, who argues artificial intelligence and digital tools are opening new […]
The FIFA Management Board has reaffirmed full support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino as the only official elected by the 211 FIFA Member Associations. The supportive standing was made during an emergency crisis meeting convened Wednesday in Rabat, Morocco. In turn, the FIFA President reiterated his full support for the FIFA Secretary General and the […]
More than 2.74 million Moroccans settled abroad arrived in the kingdom by August 3 as part of this year’s Marhaba operation, a 0.45 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Omar Moussa Abdellah, Marhaba operation supervisor at the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. Speaking on Radio Tanger-Med, Moussa Abdellah said 287,518 vehicles […]
Morocco reaffirmed on Wednesday in Amman its unwavering commitment and continued support for the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people to regain their freedom and establish an independent state within the June 4, 1967 borders, with Al-Quds as its capital, reiterating its call for an end to all practices and aggressions targeting them and […]
Bubista has resigned from his post as Cape Verde head coach to take charge of Moroccan RS Berkane club. Bubista, 56, leaves after a successful six-and-a-half-year tenure during which he guided Cape Verde to their first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance. The Blue Sharks reached the last 32 of the 2026 World Cup before losing 3-2 […]
Moroccan Managem mining group is preparing to bring a new copper deposit into production by 2029, at Bouskour in Jbel Saghro massif east of Ouarzazate, a site first worked in medieval times and now being revived as global copper demand and prices climb, according to Medias24. The move follows Managem’s 2025 launch of Tizert, currently […]
King Felipe VI of Spain has extended his warmest greeting to King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of his accession to the throne. In his message of congratulations, the Spanish Sovereign expresses, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Spanish government and people, his best wishes for happiness and […]
A vocational training institute in Rabat is set for a major upgrade under a new 19.03 million dirham project designed to help young people learn technical skills and find jobs in Morocco and Germany. The project is led by the Chamber of Crafts of the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region with support from the German-backed Invest for Employment […]