First Independent Mena Newspaper
Italy’s deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro made it clear that the referendum option does not offer a feasible solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara and that the Algerian-Backed Polisario separatists had better give up the chimera of conducting a vote on the Sahara’s independence. The Italian official made the remarks during the presentation, […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has lent Morocco €120 million to finance the Saïss Water Conservation Project that will help protect the country’s agricultural sector from the impact of climate change. The project, which includes the construction of irrigation infrastructure, is being supported by a co-financing grant of €32 million from the Green […]
The US Department of State awarded Moroccan Judge Amina Oufroukhi the title of “Hero of the Trafficking in Persons Report 2017” in recognition of her valuable contributions in the elaboration of Morocco’s anti-trafficking law in 2016. The Moroccan judge “played a critical role in drafting and encouraging the passage of Morocco’s anti-trafficking law in 2016 […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed Boughaleb El Attar as Morocco’s first ambassador to Cuba in decades, a bold diplomatic move showing the North African kingdom’s determination to reach out to countries of all political hues in the new world order. The newly appointed Moroccan envoy to Havana, 70, excels in Spanish literature and is an […]
Fears are growing in Algeria over the possibility of the non-renewal by Morocco of the contract governing the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, which transports Algerian gas through Morocco and the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain and Europe. Concerns were voiced in the Algerian press, speculating about a potential cessation of the contract, which expires in 2021 […]
Moroccan intelligence agencies have accomplished another feat of arms as they tipped their European counterparts about the whereabouts of a senior ISIS member, commonly called the “Minister of Finance” of the terrorist group. The intelligence provided by the Moroccan agencies enabled to identify the terrorist, a Danish of Moroccan origin, who was handling huge amounts […]
Morocco was ranked the second most connected country in Africa and the 33rd globally in a study by the Internet Live Stats website. The website said in its annual internet users report 2016, that Morocco counts 20.068.556 internet users among a population estimated at 34.817.065, that is a penetration rate of 57.6%, the second highest […]
King Mohammed VI criticized, at the Ministers’ Council he chaired in Casablanca on Sunday, several ministers for the delay in the delivery of a set of development and social projects included in the Al Hoceima Lighthouse of the Mediterranean program. Long before the wave of popular protests outbroke in the Rif, King Mohammed VI Launched […]
Morocco sent a fire-fighting plane, Bombardier Canadair, of the Royal Armed Forces to Portugal to help extinguish an inferno that ravaged large swathes of forests north of Lisbon. Portugal’s worst forest fire broke out a week ago in the central municipality of Pedrógão Grande before spreading to neighboring areas including Góis, Pampilhosa da Serra and […]
Morocco recalled its ambassador to The Hague after Dutch authorities failed to extradite a drug dealer wanted by the Moroccan justice and allegedly accused of funding unrest in the northern Rif region. Morocco’s foreign ministry released a statement explaining that contacts have been made in recent days with Dutch authorities at the level of Heads […]