First Independent Mena Newspaper
Chile reiterated, through the voice of its Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren Stork, “constant support for the process led by the United Nations towards a just, pragmatic, lasting, realistic, viable, definitive and mutually acceptable solution to the question of Western Sahara, within the framework of the initiative presented by Morocco to the United Nations in […]
President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania flew from capital Nouakchott to Rabat on Wednesday evening, reported the Mauritanian News Agency AMI. The Mauritanian President’s trip to the Moroccan capital, falls within the framework of a “private visit,” said the agency, without disclosing additional details about the nature or agenda of the trip. It […]
President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita by Zambia’s peer Mulambo Haimbe during a meeting held Friday in Laayoune on the sidelines of the 1st session of Moroccan-Zambian cooperation commission. Zambia’s top diplomat has reiterated on this […]
A group defending Polisario separatism in the European parliament has been disbanded, in yet a new set back for Algeria which has used the same group as a platform for anti-Morocco propaganda. The intergroup was long used by Algeria as an interference tool in the European Parliament, which has its own delegation in charge of […]
The Atlantic gas pipeline that will connect Morocco to Nigeria has a potential to boost economic integration across 13 African states, boost energy supply in West Africa and power the region’s economies, head of Morocco’s mines and hydrocarbons agency ONHYM Amina Benkhadra said. The pipeline, to be achieved at an estimated cost of $26 billion, […]
Finance minister Nadia Fattah Alaoui said the introduction of cryptocurrencies in Morocco would help promote financial inclusion provided they are governed by a sound legal framework. The Moroccan central bank said a draft law was undergoing the process of adoption ending a ban that has been in place since 2017. The central bank was also […]
A new study into global wealth creation and redistribution has revealed a noteworthy trend in Africa and the Middle East, which are now attracting a growing share of the $400 billion in wealth brought along by migrating ultra-rich individuals. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, billionaires worldwide have been relocating more frequently, with Switzerland, […]
Several disgruntled South Africans gathered outside the African National Congress’s (ANC) Headquarters in Johannesburg to protest against the ANC’s hostile diplomatic approach to Morocco, signaling a growing rift within South Africa’s politicians over relations with the North African Kingdom and the Sahara issue. With Morocco’s rising economic power in Africa, increasing voices in South Africa […]
Several sections of the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa, have called for strengthening bilateral relations with Morocco, for recognizing the Kingdom’s invaluable support for the fight against apartheid. They also urged South Africa to refrain from supporting parties advocating military action, alluding to the Algeria-backed polisario and its military plans, […]
Panama’s recent decision in favour of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara has dealt another hard blow to the Algerian military regime as the Central American country will take its seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council starting January 1, 2025. This is a major diplomatic setback for Algiers as Rabat has gained […]