First Independent Mena Newspaper
Mauritania whose economy has been hit by Polisario’s banditry is set to reinforce its military presence in its northern borders in a move that signals Nouakchott’s determination to avert the Polisario’s incursions into its territories. The Algeria-backed Polisario separatists have blocked a critical border passage linking Morocco to Mauritania for three weeks. The passage which […]
Moroccan and Mauritanian education ministers held talks in Rabat to examine the prospects to broaden their bilateral cooperation. Said Amzazi and Sidi Ould Salem agreed to further strengthen ties between Moroccan and Mauritanian universities. Over 1200 Mauritanian students pursue studies in different Moroccan universities and higher education institutions this year, Morocco’s education ministry said in […]
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has announced that it has helped Mauritania complete the deployment of the country’s first national backbone network. As an important part of the world-bank financed WARCIP (West African Regional Communications Infrastructure Program), Mauritania’s national broadband network construction project […]
Senior officials of the Moroccan and Mauritanian armies held their second joint committee in Nouakchott focusing on the means to reinforce cooperation to secure their shared borders. The meeting comes after a three-day visit by Moroccan chief of staff Abdelfattah Louarak to Mauritania leading a senior level delegation. The importance of this meeting also stems […]
The recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara by the United States has prompted many comments and reactions in Mauritania, where several figures have hailed the move as a historic turning point and a historic diplomatic victory for Morocco. The recognition by the US of Morocco’s full sovereignty over the entire Moroccan Sahara region marks […]
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki called on the Sahrawis of Tindouf to move to Morocco instead of continuing to chase an unrealizable dream, nurtured by the Algerian regime. “The declining Algerian regime sells illusions to the Sahrawis it holds as hostages in the service of a biased political choice,” said Moncef Marzouki during a recent […]
The blocking of the free movement of people and goods by the “polisario” undermines peace and security in the Maghreb and Sahel region, said the deputy speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies (lower house) and Chairman of the Czech-Morocco Friendship Group Vojtech Filip. The blocking of the free movement of people and goods […]
Algeria’s state news agency APS has spent the last few days relaying fake-news claiming fictional Polisario victories and decisive responses to Morocco’s actions to reopening its border crossing with Mauritania. In a story, the APS admitted that now Morocco has built a security wall that extends to the Mauritanian border. Morocco has deployed its army […]
Algeria and its creation the Polisario are sensing an inevitable Moroccan-Mauritanian alliance cemented by mutual respect, centuries-old ties and win-win economic partnership. Therefore, Algeria sent Polisario emissary to warn the Mauritanian presidency against such a move. But the Polisario envoy mission to Nouakchott was a diplomatic fiasco. Mauritanian officials treated the Polisario emissary Mohamed Salem […]
Moroccan businessmen will have a preferential treatment to obtain Mauritanian visa, as Mauritania looks to closer economic ties with its northern neighbor Morocco. The Moroccan employers’ federation (CGEM) announced the news saying that its members can submit their membership document to get visa facilities. The news comes as Morocco and Mauritania brace for a new […]