First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
TikTok has deleted 530,652 videos in Morocco during the first quarter of 2026. These videos were removed for violating Community Guidelines of the social media platform, according to a TikTok report showing the platform’s efforts made to maintain a safe digital environment. Morocco recorded a proactive removal rate of 99 % before being reported by […]
Morocco is implementing new statutory mechanisms across its electoral framework to strengthen women’s representation in Parliament ahead of the 2026 general elections, reserving certain regional constituencies exclusively for female candidates while requiring greater gender balance within political parties’ founding structures. The overhaul aims to improve procedural transparency, boost civic turnout and deliver more balanced gender […]
NGO Promotion of Economic and Social Development (PDES) drew attention during the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council on Friday in Geneva to vulnerability factors linked to situations of prolonged displacement, particularly in the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria. Speaking on behalf of PDES during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary […]
Morocco is accelerating its strategy to eliminate slum housing, restructuring priority metropolitan areas with tens of billions of dirhams in funding as it works to close the file on shantytowns and buildings at risk of collapse by 2028, according to an analysis puvlished by L’Economiste daily. Housing Ministry figures show the number of households living […]
Morocco and the European Union have closed out the PASS III program supporting the health sector, marking what both sides describe as a new stage in a strategic partnership stretching back to 2002, local media report. Health and Social Protection Minister Amine Tehraoui and EU Ambassador to Morocco Demetrios Tzantziev presided over the closing ceremony […]
As political pressure mounts in Madrid over the July 30–31 2026 mass crossings into Ceuta, the Spanish border and migration center (CENIF) report continues to circulate without any official reaction from Morocco to the scandalous methodological amateurism that anti-Moroccan circles in Spain have eagerly amplified. The 55-page analysis, prepared for a National Court judge, relies […]
Remittances from Moroccans settled abroad reached 74.78 billion dirhams by the end of July 2026, up 8.1 percent from 69.17 billion dirhams over the same period last year, according to the latest monthly external trade bulletin from Morocco’s Foreign Exchange Office. The increase continues a steady upward trend in transfers from the Moroccan diaspora recorded […]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, that it had helped 535 migrants voluntarily return from Libya to their countries of origin during the week, with support from the European Union. The returnees included 180 migrants from Chad, 102 from Guinea, 79 from The Gambia and 174 from Bangladesh. Under […]
The union of Aragon and Castile against Moroccans has been reincarnated in a union between left and right to scapegoat Morocco over Ceuta while ignoring their own failures. Once again, Spanish politicians from across the spectrum have chosen the easy path of accusing Morocco rather than confronting the uncomfortable truths about migration, pull factors, and […]