First Independent Mena Newspaper
French authorities have rejected categorically an Algerian request for the extradition of Ferhat Mehenni, president of the provisional government of Kabylie and leader of the Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie, a movement set up in France to demand the territory’s independence. Mr. Mehenni lives currently in France where he has been benefitting from […]
Africa has positioned itself as a central player in the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, said Wednesday Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Even though African migration is stigmatized, overloaded with stereotypes and associated with binary conceptions, Africa has positioned itself as a central actor in the implementation of the […]
Royal Moroccan Navy frigate “Lieutenant Colonel Arrahman” and India’s third Talwar-class frigate “INS Tabar” have conducted last weekend a joint maritime partnership exercise off the Casablanca port. The drill focused on communication procedures, replenishment at sea procedures and naval maneuvers. The exercise concluded with the traditional steam past between the two ships to bid farewell […]
UK Sound Energy Company announced Tuesday the completion of its acquisition of Schlumberger Silk Route Services Limited (SSRS), which holds a 27.5% participating interest in the Anoual and Greater Tendrara exploration permits in Eastern Morocco. Thanks to this transaction, Sound Energy will control operated working interests of 75% in the exploration permits and in the […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed French national Antoine Sallé de Chou new Head for its office in Morocco. Based in Casablanca, Mr. Sallé de Chou replaces Marie-Alexandra Veilleux-Laborie. He will be responsible for the EBRD’s investments and operations in the country and report to Heike Harmgart, the Bank’s Managing Director […]
Morocco’s OCP Group, the world leader in the fertilizers market, posted sales of 32.5 billion dirhams, in the first half of 2021, up 18.5% compared to the same period last year when sales amounted to 27.4 billion dirhams. In the second quarter of 2021, the turnover reached 18.19 billion dirhams, compared to MAD 15.13 […]
Spain has refused to host again Polisario Chief Brahim Ghali who is suffering from cancer to avoid a new crisis with Rabat. According to several press reports, the head of the polisario-armed militia has been airlifted from the Ain Naadja military hospital in Algiers to Cuba, where he was admitted to intensive care following the […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, the UK’s London-based national broadcaster, has just adopted Morocco’s undivided MAP including the Sahara, a move signaling an upcoming shift in the UK stand on Morocco’s territorial integrity and first national cause. The undivided map is posted on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14121438 showing the Sahara as an integral part […]
Tunisia has secretly handed over a prominent Algerian political refugee to Algiers few days after Algerian government arrested and is expected to extradite former Tunisian presidential candidate and business tycoon Nabil Karoui. Slimane Bouhafs, who had been living in Tunisia since August 2018 under the protection of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), […]
Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, suspended the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanallah, from work pending an investigation of the violations attributed to him, reports say. Aoun has dismissed Sanallah for breaking a government rule that all leading government employees must seek permission before travelling abroad. The minister also […]