First Independent Mena Newspaper
Nordic human rights NGOs are focusing their attention on Moroccan Sahrawis living peacefully in Morocco, while they turn a blind eye to the situation of an entire population victim of polisario abuses in the Tindouf camps. Forced marriages of underage girls are among the most blatant violations of human rights perpetrated by the Polisario in […]
The royal family and the Moroccan people are commemorating this 10th of Ramadan 1441 AH the 61st anniversary of the death of King Mohammed V who had passed away of heart failure during a surgery procedure. On this commemoration, King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, visited, Monday, […]
The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, is considering cancelling the suspended Arab Champions Cup, dubbed the Mohammed VI Cup, over the continuous spread of covid-19 in the countries of the four finalist teams. The competition was suspended in February after the first leg of the first semi-final between Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Egypt’s Ismailia […]
Battered by falling oil prices and lack of pro-activeness in addressing the coronavirus and its social and economic repercussions, Algeria’s President Abdelmejid Teboune has attention geared primarily to undermining Morocco’s territorial integrity through generous handouts to the Polisario separatists. When asked by reporters whether Algeria will seek foreign debt to deal with the crisis, Teboune […]
A draft law governing social media that has spilled so much ink because of clauses that were described as detrimental to the freedom of speech was finally put off by the Moroccan government citing inconsistencies with the constitution. A version leaked online of the draft decree included provisions incriminating calls for consumer boycotts on social […]
Morocco and Tunisia stressed the need for a political solution to the Libyan crisis few days after renegade General Khalifa Haftar declared himself military ruler and withdrew from the UN-led Skhirate agreement. Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Noureddine Erray had talks in that respect with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita showing convergence of view on the need […]
Over the past few weeks, Morocco has been making headlines in international media and receiving nothing but praise for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, its effective management of the health crisis, and the anticipation and leadership of its King. This time the laudable comments were made by France Soir, which pointed out that Morocco, […]
A new aid embezzlement scandal emerged in the Tindouf camps after the Polisairo-administered Red Crescent was found guilty of sending aid to stores run by the trade division of the militia to be sold instead of being distributed for free to the targeted vulnerable civilians. This comes amid international concern at reports of a coronavirus […]
Morocco registers a volatility in the number of cases which rose on Saturday to 4729 of whom 3% are receiving medical care in intensive care units, head of Morocco’s counter pandemic department, Mohamed EL Youbi said. Total deaths slowed to 173 while recoveries jumped to 1256 as Moroccan medics adapt to the chloroquine-based treatment, which […]
The US government announced Friday that it has provided $5.7 million in aid to Morocco to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This aid includes $4 million from the Economic Support Fund (ESF) to support the socio-economic recovery among marginalized and vulnerable populations in urban and rural areas through a cash transfer program, […]