First Independent Mena Newspaper
More European, Latin American, and African countries have joined the scores of states from these continents which expressed support to Morocco following the Moroccan army’s peaceful action carried out Nov.13 to secure the free movement of people and goods at the Guerguarat crossing, on the border between Morocco and Mauritania. In this connection, the Commonwealth […]
While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing […]
Just a couple of days after she reiterated Spain’s official, clear, and unwavering standpoint on the Sahara issue which is based on full support for the UN process, the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya affirmed again that Madrid advocates a “political and just” solution to the Sahara issue on the basis of UN parameters. […]
According to several specialized sites, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) has appointed one of its militants to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, killed last June during a French military operation in northern Mali, with American help. The new leader is called Abu Oubéïda Youssef. He is an influential member of AQMI. The appointment of […]
Moroccan security services announced on Monday the arrest of three terrorists with ties to extremist ISIS group. Aged between 26 and 28, the three-member cell was active in the Moroccan cities of Inzegane and Ait Melloul, in Agadir region. The three jihadists, who pledged allegiance to ISIS leader, were planning terrorist attacks aimed at undermining […]
José de la Mata, a Spanish judge, has launched a probe against two former politicians accused of criminal activities including bribing in foreign countries, Algeria in particular, reports say. Pedro Ramón Gómez de la Serna and Gustavo de Arístegui, two former popular parliamentarians according to De la Mata headed a criminal organization to “obtain contracts […]
Moroccan born American referee Ismail Elfath has earned the Major League Soccer Referee of the year award, the first ever recognition in his career. The Casablanca-born 38-year old man was nominated by the Professional Referee Organization, the award promotor. Elfath was in competition with three others and the candidates were voted on by MLS club […]
Libyan Tripoli-based administration, Government of National Accord (GNA), has inked a deal with European multinational aerospace corporation, Airbus, for the purchase of 10 helicopters to be used in the fight against criminality. Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord Fathi Bashagha announced the deal Saturday following his visit to France last week. The aircraft, […]
The repetitive acts of banditry on the Guerguarat road in recent years mirror widening cracks within the Polisario edifice amid a growing dissent among a disenchanted youth whose ambitions to a dignified life are held hostage by a cold-war minded leadership controlled by Algiers, said Bachir Dkhil a founder of the Polisario front. In multiple […]
Members of the internationally-recognized Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) both from Tripoli and Tobruk will hold a deliberations session in the Moroccan northern city of Tangier Monday, at the invitation of the Moroccan Parliament in an attempt to help unite the Libyan Parliament. The initiative is meant to gather the MPs from both the […]