First Independent Mena Newspaper
The head of the Libyan government of national unity (GNA) on Saturday appointed a new Minister of Defense and a new Chief of Army Staff. Fayez al-Sarraj, at the head of the GNA, appointed Colonel Salah Eddine al-Namruch to the Defense portfolio and Mohamad Ali al-Haddad as Chief of Staff of the Libyan army. Ali […]
Spain has excluded Morocco from a list of extra-EU countries that can enter its airspace for commercial and passenger traffic. Spanish authorities evoked reciprocity but observers see the move as a retaliatory measure against Morocco’s sovereign measure to close borders with the two enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla during the pandemic. Spain was one of […]
Morocco has registered on Saturday 1567 coronavirus infections and 26 death bringing the total tally to 6056 cases and 1078 deaths. The number of recoveries rose to 44618 people with a recovery rate of 74.3% while the death rate rose to 1.8%. Cases in critical condition increased to 198 including 41 on artificial respiration amid […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant Al Amana Microfinance NGO a €3 million loan destined to support the development of Moroccan micro-enterprises and very small enterprises (VSEs), with a special focus on supporting women entrepreneurs. The agreement between the two sides seeks to facilitate access of micro-enterprises and VSEs to finance, the EIB explained […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has recently submitted a report on the Sahara issue to the UN General Assembly, covering the period from 2011 to 2020, reaffirming Algeria’s role as the main party to the regional dispute, as established by the Security Council, in several of its resolutions, and the preeminence of the Autonomy […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative the UN, Omar Hilale, and the Swiss Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl on Friday held a working session in Geneva with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and her team. The meeting, held as part of the two diplomats’ mandate to facilitate the process of strengthening the UN Human Rights […]
Morocco has successfully completed the perforation of the Al Massira dam, with the aim of improving the drinking water supply for the residents of Marrakech. The African Development Bank (AfDB), which contrinuted to the undertaking, and Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) described the feat as a breakthrough and the first of […]
Australian ambassador to Morocco Berenice Owen-Jones has hailed Morocco’s role and leadership in Africa amid the health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, commending the Kingdom for the medical aid it sent to fifteen African countries to help them in the fight against the coronavirus. “Morocco has shown leadership and solidarity through providing massive medical […]
Moroccan engineers managed to make a prototype of an intensive care bed that shall be produced en masse for export purposes, according to the industry ministry. The bed was made by private companies in partnership with the Moroccan industry ministry, which spurred the project. It has been designed to meet international intensive care standards and […]
The planned potash project in Khemisset (Northern Morocco) will create 2,385 direct and indirect jobs, and will increase the local GDP per capita by an estimated 40 pc. The figures were revealed by the UK fertilizer group Emmerson Plc, the Moroccan focused potash development company, when unveiling the findings of a socio-economic study of the […]