First Independent Mena Newspaper
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Barroso has voiced his country’s satisfaction with the pace of implementation of the roadmap drawn with Morocco. The implementation of the roadmap developed during the visit to Morocco of President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, early April “is advancing at a steady […]
The Arab League has appointed Moroccan diplomat Ahmed Rachid Khattabi to head its mission to observe the legislative elections in Lebanon, due on May 15. Rachid Khattabi serves as the League’s Deputy Secretary-General in charge of the media and communication department. The mission will hold a series of meetings with the authorities involved in the […]
Mohamed Taher Issa, a Libyan businessman and ally of Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has launched Med Sky (short for Mediterranean Sky) to operate flights between the oil-rich country and Europe, Libya Update reports. Med Sky is based in Malta and Misrata. A source who asked not to be named because not allowed to […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Endowments & Islamic Affairs has launched, at the order of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, a digital platform compiling more than 10,000 Hadiths of the Prophet Sidna Muhammad (PBUH). This platform is accessible via the websites “hadithm6.com” and “hadithm6.ma”, as well as on Play Store. It will soon be […]
Egypt reiterated its position in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and UN efforts in line with UN Security council resolution 2602 which stressed the preeminence of the autonomy plan. This came in a joint statement following talks in Rabat between Moroccan and Egyptian foreign ministers, Nasser Bourita and Sameh Choukri. The two countries expressed in […]
The Academy of the Kingdom will proceed, next Monday, May 16, to the inauguration of the recently set-up Chair of African Literature and Arts. The Chair’s activities will start with a two-day international symposium, May 16-17, in tribute to Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem entitled: “From the Duty of Violence to the Duties of Literature”. Yambo […]
The military regime in Algeria is tightening the noose around human rights activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) curbing freedoms, arresting peaceful dissidents and issuing travel bans, as the economic and social outlook of the country darkens. Between January and April 2022, the authorities have prevented at least three Algerian-Canadian citizens, only one of whom […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is holding its first in-person annual meetings since 2019 in Marrakech with the war in Ukraine expected to dominate discussions. The event will bring together representatives from the Bank’s 73 country and institutional shareholders on May 10-12. King Mohammed VI has given his high patronage to the EBRD’s […]
The Tunisian tennis woman Ons Jabeur made history Sunday as she lifted the Madrid Open title, her greatest victory so far in history, after she defeated US opponent Jessica Pegula. It took 2 hours for the 27-year old woman to overcome Pegula by score of 7-5, 0-6, 6-2. With this win, Ons Jabeur becomes the […]
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan U.S. government advisory body, has recommended maintaining Algeria on the U.S. Department of State’s Special Watch List for engaging in or tolerating severe religious freedom violations. In its 2022 annual report, the USCIRF, which monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad and makes policy recommendations […]