First Independent Mena Newspaper
Few days after Spanish media recount the horrors suffered by a young lady who managed miraculously to escape to Barcelona after she was sold like a slave by her father to an older man in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, Italian media turn the spotlight to the prevailing slavery practices in the camps that have been […]
Morocco has expounded its energy strategy and its approach to the fight against climate change before the 10th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), held in Abu Dhabi this January 11-12. Morocco has adopted an ambitious energy strategy meant to enlarge its renewable energy capacity and performance to strengthen its position as […]
The Algeria-backed polisario separatist group is furious to see the 12th edition of Africa Eco Race Rally going ahead as planned without a glitch despite their threat to disrupt this annual off-road rally race. After arriving in Tangiers (Northern Morocco) coming from Monaco on Januray 7, the 688 competitors with their 266 vehicles (trucks, cars […]
The World Bank expects Morocco’s economic growth to jump from 2.7% in 2019 to 3.5% in 2020, the World Bank said citing Morocco’s reforms to curb fiscal deficit and boost exports. Morocco’s GDP should increase at a slower pace to 3.6 in 2021 and 3.8 in 2022, the World Bank said in its Global Economic […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, commended again Morocco’s commitment to advancing women rights through improving their access to land ownership. “On my last #WGDP trip, Morocco committed to changing laws to advance land rights for women and have now legally formalized these major reforms! “Congratulations to the Moroccan government and […]
To protect tourism industry from unfair competitors, the Moroccan authorities warned local travel agencies against hiring unlicensed Chinese guides and threatened to remove their names from the list of accredited agencies if they do not abide by the regulations. “All Moroccan travel agencies should designate a certified Moroccan tourist guide to accompany groups of Chinese […]
The number of Moroccans legally settled in Spain grew to 734,402 in 1st semester of 2019, a 2.9 pc increase compared to same period of last year, says the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) in its latest survey. Moroccans maintained their top position as the first foreign community legally living in this EU member country. […]
French telecom giant Orange this week inaugurated an operational head office in Morocco to transfer operational management of its African and Middle Eastern activities from Paris to Casablanca. The new headquarters is located in Casablanca Finance City Tower (CFC) in the heart of Casablanca. In Africa and the Middle East, Orange is benefiting from strong […]
Moroccan footballer Abderrazak Hamdallah will not join English side Aton Villa as rumored because he does not qualify for English Premier League condition demanding non-European players to have at least played 75 per cent of their national teams’ matches over the past three years. Hamdallah, Saudi domestic club Al Nasr’s striker, ended in November his […]
King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Spain’s caretaker socialist PM Pedro Sánchez for winning a confidence vote in parliament, enabling him to govern in coalition with far-left Podemos. In his message, the Sovereign wished success to Mr.Sanchez in his mission to meet the Spanish people’s aspirations for more progress and prosperity. […]