First Independent Mena Newspaper
A large delegation of Polish businessmen was on a visit to Morocco this week during which it made a trip to Laayoune to explore investment opportunities in the Moroccan southern provinces. At a meeting later in Rabat with the Foreign Minister, head of the Polish economic mission, Robert Jędrzejczyk, said the potential of the southern […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed Friday “the deepening of diplomatic relations” between Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel a year after the signing of the Abraham Accords with “benefits that continue to grow”. “Today, one year after the signing of the Abraham Accords, their benefits continue to grow. We are witnessing […]
Exports of Morocco’s watermelons to the EU exceeded that of Spain for the first time in the first half of 2021 as the Kingdom’s pursues an agricultural development strategy to bolster overseas sales. Morocco exported 203 million kilos of watermelons to different EU countries compared with 196 million kilos the same period last year, EU […]
One of the world’s leading liner shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd, opened its own offices in Morocco on Thursday, September 16 as part of its development strategy in the refrigerated container transport sector. The international container transportation company announced the opening of more offices in Morocco to keep up with a growing demand as the North […]
The historic Abraham Accords show that “peace is possible”, said on Wednesday, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price. Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords at the White House in September of last year. The following month, Israel and Sudan normalized their relations. Morocco subsequently signed the US-brokered accords in a tripartite Israel-Morocco-US […]
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, is set to finance the upgrading of a fishing port in Mauritania to boost the local industry. The ADFD’s funding, $7.9 million, will be used to renovate the Tanit Fishing Port including the building of an ice factory, the Gulf country’s state-run news agency WAM reported. The project, […]
Morocco has renewed its call on South Africa to cooperate together in order to serve the continent’s best interests. The two countries have the most diversified economies in the continent and an advanced infrastructure that enable them to extend their clout beyond their borders. They are also the two largest African investors in the continent. […]
The Head of Government-designate Aziz Akhannouch announced on Monday that he had started “an immediate process of withdrawing from all management within the family holding’ AKWA group. Akhannounch, whose liberal party, the National Rally of Independents, ranked first in the parliamentary elections with 102 seats, was appointed by the King as Head of Government and […]
Libya lost one trillion dollars due to the instability that engulfed the oil rich country from 2011 to 2020, Libyan Minister of Economy Mohamed Hwej has revealed. Libya descended into chaos in 2011 following a NATO-backed revolution that ousted and murdered leader Muammar Gaddafi. Subsequent efforts to unify the country had failed due to rivalry […]
Governor of Morocco’s Central Bank Abdellatif Jouahri maintained his ranking among the 10 best performing peers in the globe, Global Finance said in its Central Banker Report Cards 2021. The Central Banker Report Cards, published annually by Global Finance since 1994, grade the central bank governors of 101 key countries and territories including the European […]