First Independent Mena Newspaper
President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that Morocco stands out as “one of the most distinguished models” of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. “Morocco is one of the most distinguished models of the Women’s Global Development & Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP)”, President Donald Trump said, in a message made public on […]
Côte d’Ivoire has inaugurated this Tuesday a consulate general in the Moroccan Southern city of Laayoune, after it set up a honorary consulate in the city in June last year. The opening ceremony of the consular representation was chaired by the Ivorian Minister for African Integration and Ivorian Expatriates, Ally Coulibaly, in the presence […]
Morocco is hosting 71 Japanese companies operating in the automotive industry and renewable energy. These firms are employing nearly 40,000 people, making Japan the largest foreign private employer in the North African Kingdom. The remarks were made by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union (CGEM) Chakib Alj during a networking meeting between Moroccan economic […]
Ivanka Trump, adviser to the president of the United States, commended, Sunday in Dubai, Morocco’s efforts in the field of women’s empowerment. Speaking at the opening session of the Global Women’s Forum 2020, Ivanka Trump said Morocco has succeeded in recent years in “introducing important legislative reforms that serve the interests of women and increase […]
The Ennahda movement on Saturday afternoon announced their decision to pull out of the Fakhfakh government formation and not to give it confidence in parliament. Ennahda Saturday refused to back Fakhfaskh’s proposed government on the grounds that it excludes parliament second largest party, Heart of Tunisia of former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui. Prime Minister-designate […]
The parliament of Mauritania has opened a parliamentary inquiry into the regime of ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The inquiry will probe alleged corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources. Last December, 30 out of the 157 lawmakers in the National Assembly requested to form the panel after calls from opposition parties to […]
The Polisario last week gave another proof of its totally flawed perception. Faithful to its tactics to proclaim imaginary diplomatic victories in the Sahara issue, declared to great trumpeting and chest beating that a “Western Sahara inter-group” was set up at the European Parliament. The news was of course relayed by the Algerian news agency […]
The European Union and Morocco share the same determination to further develop their economic and trade partnership, notably through a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement. This shared determination was expressed by European Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, and Moroccan Minister of Industry & Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy, at a meeting held Friday in […]
King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday in the province of Chtouka Ait Baha, Agadir region, a ceremony setting out new strategies for the development of the sectors of agriculture and forestry to enable the Kingdom take up future socioeconomic and global warming challenges. Speaking during the ceremony, attended by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Minister […]
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were in a long list of countries the CIA spied on using encryption company for 50 years, in a case that came to be known as the century’s intelligence coup, the Washington Post reported. Over half a century, from the 1970s on, governments and their intelligence security agencies across the globe […]