First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Algerian president has been uttering contradictory comments since he took office showing the inconsistency of his country’s military regime as far as foreign policy is concerned. He rejects mediation in a conflict his country has created with Morocco, while seeking a role in resolving issues as far as the black sea or the Sahel! […]
Morocco’s central bank and the Moroccan government are pursuing policies that are triggering opposite impacts on inflation. As the central bank tightens its monetary policy by raising the key interest rate for the third time in a row to 3%, the government continues its expansive budgetary policy in line with its goals to spur private […]
The Moroccan embassy in Qatar has confirmed the death of a Moroccan national after a four-story building collapsed on Wednesday in Doha’s Bin Durham neighborhood. Qatari Interior ministry said the search & rescue teams pulled seven survivors from the rubble, while the one person killed was inside the building at the time of the collapse. […]
Spanish government sources rejected as unfounded the accusations against Morocco or any other country in connection with the use of the Pegasus spyware, said Spanish news agency EFE on Wednesday. The government sources described as “mere speculation” any attempt to accuse a third country, especially Morocco, of using Pegasus spyware on members of the Spanish […]
The Moroccan government has condemned the irresponsible and provocative remarks made by Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who claimed there is no such thing as Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a “Palestinian people.” Commenting this shameful statement made at a conference in France, Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita said on Wednesday […]
Rachid M’Barki, ex-journalist of French BFM TV who has been fired for having uttered the expression “Moroccan Sahara” in a reporting on a Moroccan-Spanish economic forum in Dakhla, said during his hearing at the French National Assembly: “Morocco has never given me a single penny to say anything.” The Kingdom “is a large, sovereign country […]
Morocco’s Princess Lalla Meryem received, on Wednesday in Rabat, Queen Máxima Zorreguieta of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). The visit of Queen Máxima to Morocco is a UN recognition of the progress made by the North African Kingdom in the field of financial inclusion, a key enabler to […]
Governor of Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, Abdellatif Jouahri said that Morocco lags behind in Financial Technology (FinTech), stressing the need for a change of culture to develop the country’s FinTech ecosystem that plays a decisive role in the field of financial inclusion. Jouahri made the statement at a joint press briefing, he held in […]
UK trade commissioner for Africa John Humphrey has described Morocco “a gateway to Africa and a key business partner for the United Kingdom”. Commenting his meeting held Tuesday in London with Moroccan Ambassador to the UK Hakim Hajoui, John Humphrey said, in his twitter account, that talks with the Moroccan ambassador focused on ways of […]
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita held talks Tuesday in Washington with National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, and White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk. Discussions focused on means to further deepen and diversify the strategic partnership between the United States and Morocco, in line with their shared ambitions […]