First Independent Mena Newspaper
Former Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Piqué has criticized his country’s decision to host secretly and under a false identity the polisario separatists’ leader Brahim Ghali, urging Madrid to rectify its “error”. The decision “was undoubtedly an error that must be rectified as soon as possible,” said the former Spanish politician and businessman, who was Minister […]
The World Bank has welcomed Morocco’s new development model (NMD), proposed by the Ad-hoc Committee on the Development Model (CSMD), as an unprecedented participatory plan that lays the groundwork for a forward-looking model. This model establishes the role and responsibilities of each actor, including citizens, in building a “prosperous, plural and open” Morocco, Director of […]
Egypt is targeting between $6 billion and $9 billion in tourism revenues in 2021 as the country reports a rise in arrivals of Eastern European and Gulf holidaymakers, Bloomberg reports quoting tourism minister Khaled El Anany. Late last month, Deputy Minister Ghada Shalaby said Egypt is expecting to generate between $6 billion and $7 billion […]
The European Union will release €300 million on June 1 to assist Tunisia in its fight against the global pandemic that has caused the death of 12,451 in the North African country. Marcus Cornaro, the envoy of the EU commission to Tunisia informed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of the release of the funds, the first […]
Critical voices are mounting against the Algerian regime and its attempts to stifle the peaceful demonstrations, known as Hirak, demanding a clean break with the military rule that left the country underdeveloped and dependent on oil revenues, democratic change, independence of the judiciary and construction of genuine legitimate institutions. The Hirak that gained momentum in […]
A draft bill to legalize cannabis passed the test of the house of representatives with 119 votes in favor and 48 PJD MPs voting against, putting the party in a standoff against the rest. The stand of the co-ruling PJD against cannabis legalization was expected. Its former leader Abdelilah Benkirane had freezed his membership in […]
Morocco’s ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich said Morocco deplores the inappropriate and fallacious statements uttered by Spain’s foreign minister, adding that Rabat blames Spain for undermining neighborliness and mutual trust. Speaking to the media in Rabat, Benyaich said Spain’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya has given over the past few days deplorable statements that are […]
Morocco is expected to emerge as the fifth best performing economy in Africa this year despite adverse international economic juncture, says Forbes Middle East list 2021 drawn on basis of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank data. The IMF expects Morocco’s real GDP to grow by 4.5 pc this year, after a contraction […]
Ex-Spanish PM José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and former foreign minister José Manuel Garcia Margallo have slammed the management of Pedro Sanchez government of the diplomatic row with neighboring Morocco. Tension mounted between the two countries over Madrid’s recent decision to host Polisario militia chief Brahim Ghali with an Algerian passport bearing a false name, Mohammed […]
Moroccan Master Corporal Rachid Lamzaatar, who died on January 18, 2021 in the Central African Republic, was among the peace-keepers who were awarded posthumously the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal by the UN. Master Corporal Rachid Lamzaatar had served in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The Dag Hammarskjöld Medals […]