First Independent Mena Newspaper
Two leading British politicians have reconfirmed the direct involvement of the Algerian regime in the continuing regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara through its strong and steadfast backing to the polisario separatist movement. Algeria created the polisario and continues to support it politically, financially and militarily, said members of the UK ruling conservative party, Mark […]
The Arab League Council has reaffirmed its full backing to the UN-brokered agreement signed by Libya’s warring factions in 2015 in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat, a peace deal which remains the basis for any solution to the Libyan conflict. During its emergency meeting held Tuesday via videoconference with the participation of Moroccan Foreign […]
The World Bank announced on Tuesday a $500 million funding to help Morocco speed up its digital transformation and enhance its economic and social inclusion. The WB financial support will serve to improve financial inclusion and access to more competitive digital infrastructure and services for businesses and individuals. It also aims to spur private sector […]
Oil and gas rich southern Algeria has in recent years been boiling with a spate of protests that often turn violent such as the recent protests in the Touareg city of Tin-Zaouatin where a man has been killed by live fire. Protests in Tin Zaouatin, near the borders with Mali, erupted after Algerian authorities imposed […]
As soon as the medical containment was lifted, several hundred people took to the street for the weekly Friday demonstrations in several wilayas, notably in Kabylia (northwest), despite arrests, convictions of activists and risks related to the coronavirus. The Algerian regime has actually multiplied in recent days the arrests and convictions of militants of Hirak […]
A gradual easing of the COVID-19-induced lockdown measures will be extended throughout Morocco, including in Rabat and Casablanca, as of June 24 at midnight, with the exception of five provinces where new clusters have been reported, the Interior and Health Ministries said in a joint statement. The excluded provinces are Tangier, Asilah, Marrakech, Larache, and […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Algerian authorities to end the harassment and prosecution of journalists in a bid to gag the media and throttle freedom of the press. In a statement issued Friday, RSF says the crackdown on independent journalists and bloggers has intensified despite the coronavirus epidemic, noting that four journalists […]
Moroccan economy has so far shown resilience and agility in responding to the coronavirus pandemic making it one of the least impacted in the MENA region by the pandemic, MENA and Central Asia director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour said. “Morocco is one of the countries that knew how to efficiently manage […]
The Chinese government has excluded the polisario from the extraordinary China-Africa summit 2020, dealing a hard blow to the polisario and Algerian rulers who are disoriented and disheartened to see that all schemes hatched against Morocco’s territorial integrity are falling apart. Fearing to irk Beijing, Algerian President, Abdelmajid Tebboune did not utter a word on […]
The royal initiative to provide humanitarian aid to African countries to help them in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic has attracted world attention and continues to prompt praise for King Mohammed VI and for Morocco. African leaders have commended the royal gesture, Western capitals have praised it, and international media have largely relayed […]