First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Spanish parliament’s recent approval of a law granting citizenship to Sahrawis born under Spanish colonial rule before September 1977 and to their direct descendants has been welcomed by many within the Algeria-sponsored Polisario front’s orbit. This reaction alone should end any remaining illusion that Polisario constitutes a national liberation movement as they wish to […]
Morocco is taking part in the 33rd Arabian Travel Market (ATM), held in Dubai this September 14-17 under the theme “Travel 2040: Driving New Frontiers through Innovation and Technology,” with the participation of over 180 tourism and travel professionals from around the world. Morocco’s participation brings together 17 tourism operators, including hotels and travel agencies, […]
Stellantis Morocco has launched a solar-powered charging station at its Motor Village Bouskoura headquarters, developed through the group’s Star*Up intrapreneurship program and designed by a Morocco-based Stellantis engineer, La Vie éco reports. The station offers a fully autonomous, off-grid charging and energy-storage system meant to expand access to clean mobility in areas where charging infrastructure […]
OCP Green Energy has switched on a large battery storage system at its mining site in Benguerir, capable of storing electricity for up to five hours to work alongside the site’s existing solar plant, supplying power when solar output drops and during peak-demand hours, 7News Morocco reports. The 25 MW/125 MWh lithium iron phosphate battery […]
J.P. Morgan has placed Morocco among the core countries set to receive some of the highest weightings in its new GBI-EM Edge index, which tracks local-currency sovereign bonds across 26 frontier market economies. The international financial services firm will launch by end of September its “Government Bond–Emerging Market Index” (GBI-EM) covering almost $ 330 billion […]
Moroccan security services have arrested a 28-year-old Danish national of Israeli origin in Tangier who is considered one of the most wanted individuals in Denmark and the broader Scandinavian region. The operation, carried out on Saturday 12 September by officers from the Tangier prefecture of national security on the basis of precise intelligence provided by […]
Algeria’s decision this week to cut diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates has once again highlighted Algiers’ deepening tilt toward Iran and its regional proxies, including Hezbollah, at the expense of broader Arab consensus. Algeria cut ties with Abu Dhabi over vaguely defined “provocative or hostile” actions in a move that fits a familiar […]
Morocco’s national karate team won a total of 26 medals (five gold, 14 silver and seven bronze), finishing0 third in the final standings of the African Karate Championship, which concluded Sunday evening in Algeria. The national team added to its medal tally on the fourth and final day of the championship, winning a gold medal […]
A total of 76 surgeons and operating-room nurses have completed Morocco’s first university program dedicated to robotic surgery, with the Mohammed VI Interventional Simulation and Robotic Surgery School (M6-ISRSS) in Casablanca marking the end of its inaugural year at a ceremony held over the weekend. The program, launched in January at Mohammed VI University of […]
Morocco, a country with a diversified economy, has outpaced hydrocarbon-rich Algeria in foreign exchange reserves, reaching approximately $50 billion in September, according to central bank data. This milestone underscores the success of Morocco’s diversified and productive economy, while exposing the costs of Algeria’s rentier economy which led to restrictive import policies and heavy reliance on […]