First Independent Mena Newspaper
Israel has described Algeria’s accusations of igniting fires in the Kabylie region as “unfounded” and “unworthy” of responding to, inviting Algeria to concentrate on resolving the problems it faces, in particular its serious economic problems, rather than seeking scapegoats to pin all its failures on. Algeria has accused Morocco and Israel of igniting wildfires […]
Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone David Francis announced this Thursday from Morocco that his country will open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla. Mr. Francis made the announcement at the end of talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita Thursday afternoon in Rabat. According to press reports, Sierra Leone’s consulate […]
UN Secretary General António Guterres meets this Thursday Head of the UN Mission for the Sahara (MINURSO) Colin Stewart, whose mandate ends on October 31, 2021, according to UN sources. This meeting comes as the Sahara talks are at a standstill since the two round-table meetings held in Geneva more than two years ago, while […]
Algeria’s unilateral decision to severe diplomatic relations with Morocco has been deplored by several countries, international organizations and analysts as harmful to the interests and stability in North Africa. In this context, the French government had expressed its regret over the Algerian hasty decision, calling for restraint and a return to dialogue, urging Algeria to […]
Israel and the U.S. plan to build on the regional alignment under the Abraham accords in order to counter Iran’s influence, US media reported. The renewed Israel-U.S. cooperation to curb Iran’s influence in the region will be discussed between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is paying his first visit to Washington, and President Biden. […]
Mired in conspiracy theories that hit an absurd level, Algeria has cut diplomatic ties with its only stable and prosperous neighbor, Morocco, further complicating its self-isolation in the region and the continent. The Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra ascribed in a diatribe all the woes and self-inflicted problems facing Algeria to Morocco, blaming the Kingdom […]
Morocco presses ahead with its clear energy diversification plan with an ambitious hydrogen project that aims to produce locally 4% of global supply. In a note published by the government, hydrogen will be used in Morocco’s plan to increase the share of renewable energy in overall energy consumption. Morocco has set the target of producing […]
The statement by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at a conference held two weeks ago in Morocco on Algeria’s ties with Iran contains “accurate information,” spokesperson for the Israeli foreign ministry for Arab media Hassan Kaabia said. “Algeria has become, since the beginning of the Arab Spring, a passageway for terrorist movements, at the […]
Morocco and Libya will hold in the coming days a joint consular meeting to address the issues of Libyan and Moroccan nationals living in both countries. The announcement was made by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a joint press conference held Wednesday in Rabat with vice-president of the Libyan presidential council Abdallah Al-Lafi. Talks […]
Moroccan authorities have issued a stern warning to the scammers and holders of a fake health pass or false negative covid test certificate against the use of fraudulent health documents, saying this is a serious offense liable to criminal prosecution. A high-level meeting was held Tuesday at the ministry of the Interior to discuss measures […]