First Independent Mena Newspaper
Malawian police have arrested the stepson of former President Peter Mutharika in connection with the discovery last month of a mass grave, which contained 30 bodies believed to be those of illegal Ethiopian immigrants. Tadikira Mafubza who is a son of former President Peter Mutharika’s wife, turned himself in to police, according to the Malawian […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Tourism & Handicraft, the Moroccan Society of Tourism Engineering (SMIT) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) signed, on Friday in Marrakech, a partnership agreement for the promotion of investment and digitalization in the tourism sector in Morocco. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the thematic session of the 117th Executive […]
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, commended the efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, to defend Al Quds and support the Palestinian cause. Ibrahim Taha made the remarks during a meeting earlier this week in Jeddah with a delegation from Bayt Mal Al-Quds […]
A Moroccan peacekeeper, severing in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was killed Thursday in an attack in the southeast of this African country. The announcement was made Friday by the UN Mission in CAR, without identifying those responsible for the deadly assault. “A blue helmet from the Moroccan […]
Morocco has lent Qatar a helping hand to secure the World Cup besides the contribution of its citizens in the artistic promotion of the event. Some 6000 Moroccan security staff have travelled to Qatar to help the country ensure the World Cup takes place in best conditions. Qatar has also hired security officials from the […]
Algeria has handed 49 death sentences to people convicted of killing Jamal Ben Smail in a town in the Kabylie region, in a verdict denounced as sham by rights activists. Ben Smail was killed by a mob in the village of Larbaa Naith Irathen accusing him of arson as the region faced a brutal wildfire […]
Morocco and Saudi Arabia’s tourism ministers agreed to work together to promote sustainable tourism and promote the exchange of expertise notably in the field of training human resources. The deal was signed in Marrakech by visiting Saudi tourism minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb and his Moroccan peer Fatim-Zahra Ammor. It was sealed on the sidelines of a […]
Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, former President of Comoro Islands, could receive life in prison sentence after Comorian Government Commissioner to the State Security Court requested Thursday the condemnation against him during his trial for high treason. Sambi who ruled the African country between 2006 and 2011 has been since Monday in the box on charges of […]
Belgian aerospace company SABCA opened on Wednesday in Casablanca new assembly line of aerostructures of PC-12, a single-engine aircraft made by Swiss Pilatus Company. Built over a 16,000 m² area, the $16 million plant employs 240 skilled workers and engineers. Its inauguration ceremony was attended by Taoufiq Moucharraf, Secretary General of Industry ministry, Stephane Burton, […]
The UK government has dedicated £4 billion (€4.7 bn) for strengthening further trade exchanges and economic cooperation with Morocco, a longstanding friend and partner of the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by UK Export Finance (UKEF), a government agency which appointed a new International Export Finance Executive (IEFE) in Casablanca. Up to £4bn is […]