First Independent Mena Newspaper
Head of the Moroccan government Aziz Akhannouch defended the achievements of his government at half-term, focusing on social projects including direct subsidies, mandatory health coverage, and the reform of the health and education sectors. Akhannouch-led government has come under fierce criticism by the opposition which decry a surge in unemployment and a lack of communication […]
An inaugural International Forum on the Moroccan Sahara opened on Wednesday in Dakhla. The forum is meant to catalyze scholarly discourse and forward-looking analysis concerning the emerging geo-economic landscape in the region. The agenda of the forum, that is attended by scores of academics and researchers from various disciplines, features several topics, including the Sahara’s […]
RS Berkane was declared winner of an African Confederation Cup game opposing it to USM Alger although it did not play due to Algerian authorities’ refusal to hand them their jerseys. Algerian customs withheld jerseys because they bore the full map of Morocco including the Saharan provinces. CAF had asked Algerian football federation to make […]
Algeria’s U17 handball team has withdrawn from an Arab championship to avoid playing against a Moroccan squad with jerseys bearing the Kingdom’s full map including Sahara provinces. The decision is the second in a row involving the Moroccan map, after Algerian customs detained jerseys of RS Berkane football team. The African football federation had judged […]
Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council Mohamed Yunes El-Menfi has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI following the 2nd tripartite summit convened by Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in the absence of Morocco and Mauritania. The Libyan message was handed over to Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita by El-Menfi’s brother and personal envoy during a […]
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance agencies Abdellatif Hammouchi paid a working visit to Qatar as part of a regional tour to several Middle Eastern countries. Hammouchi and his accompanying delegation met in Doha with several high-ranking Qatari security officials, including the head of State Security. According to a statement from the […]
Paris is looking forward to learning from Morocco’s extensive Imam training experience as it plans to stop hiring religious preachers from abroad, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin visited Rabat on April 22 and met both interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit and Morocco’s religious affairs minister Ahmed Taoufiq. Following talks with Taoufiq, Darmanin said “the […]
Sierra Leone, which has a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council, said the autonomy plan is the only “credible, serious and realistic” solution to end the dispute over the Sahara. This came in a joint statement following talks in Rabat between Sierra Leonean and Moroccan foreign ministers, Timothy Musa Kabba and Nasser Bourita. […]
French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has commended, Monday in Rabat, the excellent security cooperation between France and Morocco. Cooperation between France and Morocco in the field of security is excellent, with many common stakes, including the fight against drugs, terrorist networks, and crime, said Darmanin at a press briefing following talks with his […]
Morocco’s efforts in combating terrorism were under the spotlights during the High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting held in Abuja this April 22 – 23, under the theme “Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institutions to Address the Evolving Terrorist Threat in Africa.” Ismaël Chekkori, Director of Global Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made a presentation on […]