First Independent Mena Newspaper
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell hailed on Thursday in Rabat the sound friendship ties and the strategic partnership existing between Morocco and Spain, which are sharing, he said, common history and interests. The two countries “are not only friends and neighbors, but they are also strategic partners determined to strengthen further their bilateral […]
UN Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler, who is currently touring the region, met Wednesday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Köhler, a former German president and ex-director of the International Monetary Fund, arrived in Morocco within the frame of his second regional tour […]
Danone CEO was pushed to pay a visit to Morocco where a local subsidiary Centrale Danone is hit by a consumer boycott slashing sales and triggering layoffs. The CEO Emmanuel Faber met with families and youth who expressed their views on prices and quality. He then held a press conference in which he promised to […]
Morocco stressed the need for stepping up and adapting the efforts of the global coalition for a joint action to defeat ISIS. Speaking to the press after the Regional Meeting of Political Directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, hosted in Skhirate (Rabat’s suburbs) Tuesday, Morocco’s Foreign Minister pointed to the scale of the […]
US Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk commended Morocco’s leading role in the global fight against terrorism. “We appreciate Morocco’s leadership and contributions” within the global coalition to defeat ISIS, said the US official in a statement to the press following a meeting in Skhirate, near Rabat, of the political directors from the member countries of […]
The 53 people who were arrested last year following the protests and violent events that took place in Al Hoceima were given prison terms ranging from one year suspended sentence to twenty years in prison. The protest leader, Nasser Zefzafi and three of his colleagues were sentenced to twenty years in prison. Zefzafi was arrested […]
Morocco has called for a rational approach to history to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that is nurtured by misconceptions, feeding on false, misleading ideas, and governed by narrow-minded perceptions. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict “can be resolved if delusions and nostalgia for the past are abandoned, and provided a sense of realism and confidence in the future […]
Morocco and the United States held Monday in Rabat a final coordination meeting to review the good practices document developed as part of the Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism. The meeting was convened under the auspices of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and in partnership with the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law […]
Japanese group Mitsui & Co. has injected over $27 million in the capital of Zalar Holding, an operator of grain, feed, and broiler integration businesses in Morocco and Senegal. The two sides also agreed to set up a strategic business alliance. Through this transaction, Mitsui & Co. looks forwards to contributing to food supply in […]
The Atlas Lions delivered one of the most enjoyable and thrilling performances in Russia 2018, dominating Iran and Portugal but losing to both due to bad lack and unfair refereeing. In their last game in group B, they almost beat Spain if it wasn’t for the unfair use of the VAR, which ironically was called […]