First Independent Mena Newspaper
French ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier started Monday an official visit, the first of its kind, to the Moroccan Saharan cities of Laâyoune and Dakhla. He is the first European ambassador to visit Moroccan Sahara and the second diplomat of a major global power recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, after the visit paid by […]
The enraged Algerian military regime is beating the drums of war again in reaction to consecutive Moroccan inroads in defending its sovereignty over the Sahara and its autonomy plan for the territory. Unable to swallow a painful blow dealt by the UN Security Council in its recent resolution on the Sahara issue, Algeria seems to […]
Morocco has reaffirmed in Sochi (Russia) that there can be no peace or prosperity in Africa without the respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of African states. Addressing the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, convening in the Black Sea city of Sochi Nov.9-10, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita also called for […]
Algeria has ordered the resumption of trade with Spain as it installs trade curbs with France in retaliation for Paris support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory. The trade wars with European powerhouses reflects Algeria’s standing as the main adversary of Morocco on the Sahara issue, in which Algiers has used the Polisario proxies […]
Saint Lucia has reiterated steadfast support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying this plan is the ONLY realistic and viable solution to the Sahara regional dispute. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement issued in Rabat following the meeting held Friday between Foreign minister of this Eastern Caribbean […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a firm and straightforward message to the delusional and lunatic enemies of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara, telling them wake up to reality and cease pursuing an elusive dream for nearly five decades. The Monarch’s firm stand over the Sahara issue comes in a speech he delivered Wednesday […]
Algeria celebrates the 70th anniversary of its revolution against the backdrop of a series of diplomatic setbacks that left the country in a state of diplomatic isolation. The celebrations this year coincide with a debacle in the security council in a series of diplomatic blows and tension with almost all neighbors, save cash-strapped Tunisia. UN […]
King Mohammed VI urged the UN to assume its responsibility over the Sahara issue in a context where the reality points to Moroccan sovereignty over the territory amid growing international support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and for its autonomy plan for the Sahara. “Now is time for the United Nations to assume its responsibility and […]
Royal Moroccan Navy is taking part in the multinational maritime exercise “Phoenix Express 24” sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and executed by the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVAF). The exercise, organized in the Tunisian waters November 4 to 15, brings together 1,100 maritime forces and observers from 12 countries including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, […]
Algeria tried in vain to omit itself from being mentioned in the latest UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara that called on it to resume roundtables as a main party to the Sahara conflict. The resolution renewing the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara, considered 2007- the year Morocco submitted its autonomy […]