First Independent Mena Newspaper
The issue of the diversion by Algeria and the Polisario of the European Union’s humanitarian aid destined to to the Tindouf camps populations has been officially referred to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE) on Thursday. At a hearing of the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, held at the European Parliament in […]
Morocco’s BCP banking Group has partnered with Chinese telecom giant Huawei to provide various e-banking and mobile banking services to their clients in the African continent. A cooperation agreement was inked on Thursday in Casablanca by Kamal Mokdad, BCP Director for international operations, and Cao Jibin, Huawei manager for North Africa. BCP pledges to provide […]
Morocco deplored the biased approach adopted by Amnesty International, which alleged Moroccan authorities spied on a journalist Omar Radi without being able to provide proof. Amnesty proceeded to an international defamation campaign mobilizing dozens of international papers which relayed the report without fact-checking to harm Morocco’s reputation, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said at a joint […]
The French Development Agency (AFD) will extend the Moroccan National Ports Agency (ANP) a loan worth €100 million loan (MAD 1.1 billion) destined to improve the competitiveness of Moroccan ports. The loan agreement was signed Thursday in Rabat in the presence of French ambassador to Morocco, Helene Le Gal. The two sides, which also signed […]
Tough times ahead for Morocco to cushion the impact of the coronavirus after head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani asked public administrations to freeze hiring in all sectors next year with the exception of education, health and security. The move will follow a review of the budget law, which shall attach importance to […]
Morocco’s trade deficit shrunk 12% in May as the coronavirus pandemic reduced demand both for imports and exports, the foreign exchange agency said. The 16.9% drop in imports to $17 billion from January to May came as a result of a fall in all imports except cereals, the agency said. Exports however dwindled 20% to […]
The coronavirus has imposed the need for an amendment of the budget law that will gear focus to education, health, social protection and digital transformation. A cabinet meeting was chaired in this respect Wednesday by head of the Government Saad Eddine EL Othmani to discuss the broad line of the new appropriation bill. The restrictive […]
Humania, a private healthcare company, has secured a $108.5 million funding from international financial institutions to launch medical care projects in Morocco and Egypt. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) contributes $45 million to this project, while $ 63.5 million were mobilized from other investors, including $43.5 million from the Danish Investment Fund for Developing countries […]
Five Moroccan NGOs have benefited from the support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable local communities. The beneficiary civil society organizations are Association Ennakhil, Mouvement Alternatives Citoyenne (ALCI), Association Colombe Blanche pour les Droits des Personnes en Situation de Handicap (White Dove), Association […]
Algeria and its puppet, the Polisario Front, continue to divert the humanitarian aid sent by the EU for the populations in the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, revealed an investigative article published by London-based news outlet EUToday. “Unfortunately, and despite promises from the European Commission to put an end to the diversion of humanitarian aid sent […]