First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), issued an international arrest warrant that led to the arrest of drug lord Victor Manuel Lemina Cores in Lima. Lemina Cores, a Spanish national, notorious for running one of the mightiest drug trafficking networks, was arrested by Interpol on September 11 in the Peruvian capital Lima. […]
Morocco’s phosphates company saw its revenues grow by 15% in the first half of the year to 26,599 million dirhams ($2.86 billion). Revenues increased from 23,152 million dirhams last year as the company continues to invest in Africa where it plans the setting up of fertilizer plants in Ethiopia and Nigeria. “This sales growth was […]
The Government of Romania has praised the serious and sustained efforts made by Morocco in a bid to reach a definitive and lasting solution to the Sahara issue, saying it fully supports a “political solution” to this regional conflict. Bucharest voiced this stand in a press release issued after talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Spanish Association “La Libertad es su derecho” has denounced the abduction and confinement of dozens of Sahrawis women in Tindouf camps, Southern Algeria, by the Polisario separatist front. Members of this Association were received lately in Madrid by Spanish Secretary of State to Foreign Affairs Fernando Martín Valenzuela who was briefed on the plight and […]
As soon as a law criminalizing violence against women has entered into force this week, already three complaints were filed by women claiming to have been harassed. The law, passed last February, includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. Although it has been […]
Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has leapt four places in the Global Financial Centers Index 24 (GFCI24) taking the 28th position. CFC outperformed Seoul, Taipei and Doha ranking the fourth best financial hub in the MENA region behind Dubai, Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. At the international level, New York has overtaken London as the world’s […]
Morocco’s phosphates company, OCP, and the Government of Ghana signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the fertilizer value chain. The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the OCP Group as part of the Government of Ghana’s newly designed Fertilizer Expansion Program (GFEP). Under the agreement, the two parties […]
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia has renewed his country’s full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity at a meeting held Tuesday in Belgrade with visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. In a statement to the media after the meeting, President Vucic reaffirmed Serbia’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and hailed the strong ties of cooperation binding […]
Several Latin America university researchers and NGOs’ representatives have called for the immediate release of Sahrawis held against their will by the Polisario mercenaries, who are armed, funded and sheltered by the Algerian regime. During an international conference organized lately in Mexico, the speakers also called for dismantling the Polisario armed group, which is threatening […]
The Arab four-member committee in charge of monitoring the crisis with Iran and ways to deal with its interference in Arab affairs Tuesday expressed its solidarity with Morocco, which has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Tehran last May. The Committee expressed “its solidarity with Morocco regarding the dangerous and reprehensible interference of Iran and […]