First Independent Mena Newspaper
The European Parliament adopted this Thursday by an overwhelming majority an emergency resolution whereby it denounces the violations of human rights in Algeria and the deterioration of freedoms. The resolution, adopted by an overwhelming majority of 669 votes in favor, 3 against and 22 abstentions, also calls for “the emergence of a democratic Algeria ruled […]
After several human rights watchdogs denounced the recurrent violations of human rights and harassment of activists and journalists in Algeria, the European Parliament is set to debate in emergency a resolution on the deterioration of freedoms in the North African country. The resolution was tabled by the centrist political groups, namely “Renew Europe” and “Socialists […]
Since the intervention of the Royal Armed Forces on Nov.13 against Polisario militias to secure the Guerguarat crossing point and restore the free movement of people and goods between Morocco and Mauritania, many countries continue to show their solidarity with the North African Kingdom and voice their strong backing to the Moroccanness of the Sahara […]
After its humiliating retreat from the Guerguarat passage on Morocco’s borders with Mauritania, the Polisario separatist movement threatened to bring the war into Moroccan lands by inciting its “dormant cells” to carry out attacks using the same language as terrorist groups like ISIS, Italian magazine Insideover said. The Polisario has blocked the vital border crossing […]
A Moroccan court Wednesday ordered the breakup of the Moroccan Airline Pilots’ Association (AMPL), which has been in conflict with the national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) for months. The ruling was issued by Casablanca’s court of first instance following a lawsuit filed by RAM in September against the AMPL accused of violating the association […]
The President of the Moroccan Electricity Regulatory Authority Abdellatif Bardach was elected Vice-President of the Association of Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG). This came during the 30th General Assembly of MEDREG held remotely on Wednesday. The General Assembly also elected the members of the Presidency Council, composed of the President and three Vice-Presidents, for the 2020-2022 […]
After the global outpouring of solidarity and support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and action against the polisario mercenaries’ obstruction of the Guerguarat crossing point, the Moroccan diaspora in several countries as well as Jews of Moroccan origin have voiced their strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and its actions at Guerguarat to ensure […]
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has expressed, on behalf of its member states, its support “for the measures taken by the Moroccan Government to preserve peace and stability in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, and to secure the free movement of people and goods to the African continent.” In a statement published on […]
The Republic of Haiti has decided to open a consulate general in Dakhla, extending thus the list of countries having opened consulates in the Moroccan Sahara. The decision to open the Haitian consulate in Dakhla was announced by Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in a letter addressed to his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita. The […]
Algeria’s state news agency APS has spent the last few days relaying fake-news claiming fictional Polisario victories and decisive responses to Morocco’s actions to reopening its border crossing with Mauritania. In a story, the APS admitted that now Morocco has built a security wall that extends to the Mauritanian border. Morocco has deployed its army […]