First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Spanish parliament’s recent approval of a law granting citizenship to Sahrawis born under Spanish colonial rule before September 1977 and to their direct descendants has been welcomed by many within the Algeria-sponsored Polisario front’s orbit. This reaction alone should end any remaining illusion that Polisario constitutes a national liberation movement as they wish to […]
Morocco is taking part in the 33rd Arabian Travel Market (ATM), held in Dubai this September 14-17 under the theme “Travel 2040: Driving New Frontiers through Innovation and Technology,” with the participation of over 180 tourism and travel professionals from around the world. Morocco’s participation brings together 17 tourism operators, including hotels and travel agencies, […]
Stellantis Morocco has launched a solar-powered charging station at its Motor Village Bouskoura headquarters, developed through the group’s Star*Up intrapreneurship program and designed by a Morocco-based Stellantis engineer, La Vie éco reports. The station offers a fully autonomous, off-grid charging and energy-storage system meant to expand access to clean mobility in areas where charging infrastructure […]
OCP Green Energy has switched on a large battery storage system at its mining site in Benguerir, capable of storing electricity for up to five hours to work alongside the site’s existing solar plant, supplying power when solar output drops and during peak-demand hours, 7News Morocco reports. The 25 MW/125 MWh lithium iron phosphate battery […]
Libya plans to increase its natural gas production to 4 billion cubic feet per day within the next three to five years, Oil and Gas Minister Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek said. Speaking at a forum in Bangkok Tuesday, Abdulsadek said Libya had significant opportunities to expand production using already discovered associated and non-associated natural gas resources. […]
Algerian authorities have sentenced rapper Zakaria Kara Slimane, known professionally as ZD4, to one year in prison over a song that called for closer ties between the Algerian and Moroccan peoples and highlighted their shared social hardships. Police in Tlemcen arrested him on 28 August 2026. The following day the Tlemcen Court tried him under […]
J.P. Morgan has placed Morocco among the core countries set to receive some of the highest weightings in its new GBI-EM Edge index, which tracks local-currency sovereign bonds across 26 frontier market economies. The international financial services firm will launch by end of September its “Government Bond–Emerging Market Index” (GBI-EM) covering almost $ 330 billion […]
Moroccan security services have arrested a 28-year-old Danish national of Israeli origin in Tangier who is considered one of the most wanted individuals in Denmark and the broader Scandinavian region. The operation, carried out on Saturday 12 September by officers from the Tangier prefecture of national security on the basis of precise intelligence provided by […]
Mauritania’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday Iran’s ambassador in protest over his actions and movements inconsistent with diplomatic norms and traditions. The Mauritanian protest comes following the ambassador’s visit to a village in the Trarza region without informing the local authorities. Three individuals were detained for hosting the Iranian diplomat. In a press release, the […]
Libya generated about $15.2 billion from its oil and gas sector during the first eight months of 2026, according to data released by the Ministry of Oil and Gas. The revenues, covering January 1 to August 31, 2026, included approximately $11.9 billion from crude oil exports and $2.4 billion from oil-related taxes and royalties. Another […]