First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco has strongly condemned as despicable terrorist attacks the cowardly aggression, which targeted Solhan, northern Burkina Faso, early Saturday, killing 160 innocent civilians. This came in a message that Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita addressed to his Burkinabe peer, Mr. Alpha Barry. Nasser Bourita denounced the despicable terrorist attacks, which targeted northern Burkina Faso, killing 160 […]
Orange Middle East and Africa and AXA Assurance Maroc have acquired a majority stake in DabaDoc, the Moroccan health-tech company digitalizing access to healthcare in Africa. The financial terms of the transaction, announced Monday, have not been disclosed. DabaDoc, which was set up in 2014, is an online platform offering access to healthcare services in […]
The Islamic state group, ISIS, Sunday claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack that killed two Libyan security forces the same day at a checkpoint in the southern city of Sebha, around 750 kilometers south of capital Tripoli, Emirati media ‘The National’ reports. A car laden with explosives exploded as it crossed a security checkpoint […]
Head of Heart of Tunisia party and Former Presidential candidate, Nabil Karoui, started Saturday a hunger strike in prison to protest against his continued detention since December 2020 on money laundering and tax evasion charges. Nazih Souii, lawyer of the media mogul and Nessma TV owner, told state-run news agency TAP that his client is […]
King Mohammed VI has bestowed on former US ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer the Alaouite Wissam of Commander’s Order, in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral relations and close friendship between the two countries. The royal decoration was presented to Mr. Fischer by Morocco’s ambassador to the United States Lalla Joumala Alaoui […]
Morocco will re-open its airports to international flights on June 15 as it continues a steady vaccination campaign in tandem with a careful lifting of measures to curb the spread of the virus. All Moroccan and foreign travelers have to submit either a proof of vaccination against coronavirus or a negative PCR test no older […]
Morocco rejects in the strongest terms attempts within the European parliament to Europeanize Morocco’s political crisis with Spain by using migration as a pretext, Lower House Speaker Habib Malki said. His reaction came as the European parliament plans to discuss a resolution blaming Morocco for using minors in its political spat with Spain. After expressing […]
The World Bank has approved a $450 million loan to support Morocco’s long-term strategy to strengthen human capital and fund the 3rd phase of the country’s National Initiative for Human Development, focusing on early childhood development (ECD). “Morocco’s future social and economic trajectory is conditioned by improving its ability to accelerate progress in accumulating human […]
The movie “Casablanca Beats” or “Haut et Fort” by Moroccan Nabil Ayouch features on the list of competitors for the Palme d’Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, held July 6 through 17. This is a première in the history of Moroccan cinema, the Moroccan Centre for Cinematography (CCM) commented. “This is a première in […]
Following the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the joint Moroccan-US exercise “African Lion 2021” will take place on June 7-18, 2021, in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir and Kenitra, and will involve thousands of troops from […]