First Independent Mena Newspaper
The crime rate in Morocco has dropped by more than 9% over the first nine months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. The figures were disclosed by Junior Interior Minister Charki Draiss at a briefing before the parliament’s interior committee on Monday. Draiss told the lawmakers that the number of overall crimes […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €200 million loan to state-owned “Société Nador West MED” to enable it finance the basic infrastructure for a new port on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco in the city of Nador. The development of the port is a major boost for eastern Morocco and […]
The King of Morocco Mohammed VI has reiterated his call to African countries to believe in their potential and to trust themselves in the pursuit of shared progress for their peoples. “Africa should learn to trust Africa,” said King Mohammed VI in an address before the India-Africa Forum Summit that opened this Thursday in New […]
India, the world largest democracy and regional superpower, is looking into ways of tapping into Morocco’s growing economic and political influence in Africa for building a strategic partnership with the African continent during the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit which opens this Thursday in New Delhi. According to some experts, India wants to counter China’s dominance […]
Spain and Morocco started Tuesday a joint exercise to enhance sea safety transport of a radioactive material from Algeciras port to Tangier-Med port. Dubbed “Gate to Africa,” the three-day exercise, first of its kind, is organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It seeks to assess and improve the two neighbouring countries’ […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco is expected in New Delhi to take part in the third India-Africa Summit scheduled for this October 26 to 29. The royal trip to India, the third since King Mohammed VI came to power in 1999, translates the importance Morocco attaches to strengthening its relations with the Asian country. It […]
The United Arab Emirates has backed Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy status to Western Sahara in a bid to resolve the decades-old territorial regional and artificial conflict which is undermining the Maghreb union. In a joint communiqué released after talks held between UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Moroccan peer […]
The Joint Committee under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement Protocol which met lately in Brussels pointed out that the use of the fishing possibilities was satisfactory for both the EU and Morocco and that the absorption rate of the sectoral support funds has reached 72 pc. “Both parties expressed their satisfaction with the results, in […]
The Moroccan Government pledged a €100 million package to support disabled children through grants and scholarships. The move, part of the government’s policy to reduce social disparities, was announced by Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane who threw the Government’s full support behind the first Forum for people with disabilities held in Casablanca earlier this week. Addressing […]
The King of Morocco has urged the members of Parliament and political parties to shoulder their responsibility and to honor the commitments they made to their voters, to heed their claims and respond to their pressing concerns and to avoid trivial disputes. “Representing the citizens is a great responsibility. It must be shouldered by elected […]