First Independent Mena Newspaper
As if the embezzlement of human assistance destined to the Tindouf camps populations was not enough, the Polisario leaders also set eye on fuel as evidenced by the recent interception of a truck carrying fuel diverted by a Polisario leader. Young Saharawis have actually intercepted, at the exit of the Tindouf camps, a fuel tank […]
Fitch agency has awarded Morocco ‘BB+’ rating consolidated with a stable outlook thanks to the country’s sound macroeconomic policies that has supported resilience to shocks, a favorable debt composition and a comfortable external liquidity buffer. Economic growth slowed in 2022 to 1.2% from 7.9% in 2021, as agricultural output contracted by 15% due to a […]
Morocco’s King inaugurated on Friday in Tangier the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, a new medical facility offering to the inhabitants of the Northern region comprehensive healthcare services and advanced training to nurses, doctors and phamacists. The new medical complex has a 797-bed capacity. It is built on a 23-hectare site located near the regional […]
A third plane of Royal Air Maroc coming from Sudan landed early Friday afternoon at Mohammed V International Airport, carrying 154 Moroccan nationals and a Senegalese student evacuated from Sudan, after the deterioration of the security situation in this country. A total of 293 Moroccans had arrived Wednesday from Sudan in two RAM flights carrying […]
Two Moroccan cycling adventurers remain missing after entering Burkina Faso on their way to Niger, raising many questions on their whereabouts and sparking fears over their fate. The Moroccan Embassy in Ouagadougou is working with local authorities to solve the mystery of the two Moroccan nationals, Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi, who vanished between Burkina […]
A support group for Morocco’s autonomy plan in the Sahara has been set up at the Peruvian Parliament, showing the firm backing of the lawmakers of this South American country to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Saharan provinces. Members of this group affirm that the autonomy plan is the only solution to the […]
The Morocco-UAE Joint Economic Commission held its first ministerial session In Rabat this Thursday, under the chairmanship of Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah and her Emirati counterpart Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri. In an address at the opening of the session, Mrs. Fettah welcomed the level of distinguished relations between the two brotherly […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested 13 ISIS-affiliated suspects on Thursday in several Moroccan provinces. The arrests, conducted in coordination with national police, took place in the cities of Casablanca, Beni Mellal, Mohammedia, Khenifra, Temara, Tiflet, Ksar el Kebir, Rissani and Berkane, the BCIJ said in a statement. The searches conducted in the […]
The assessment of the security situation at the regional level and the challenges arising from the growing terrorist threat were at the focus of a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat between Director General of Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Director of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Thomas Haldenwang, who […]
Morocco and Germany announced on Wednesday in Geneva a joint financial contribution for the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). By joining their efforts, the two countries confirm their commitment made during the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration organized by the […]