First Independent Mena Newspaper
“Morocco united against Covid-19” is the theme of a new commemorative postage stamp that has just been issued by Barid Al-Maghrib, the Moroccan postal service, to pay tribute to the mobilization and commitment of all institutions and all the components of the Moroccan society to face the coronavirus pandemic. The stamp illustrates the representatives of […]
The African Development Bank approved an additional funding of €12.33 million in favor of the ECOWAS Commission to cover part of the costs related to the study of the Abidjan – Lagos motorway corridor development project. This corridor links the capitals of five West African states – Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria – […]
The Royal Family and the whole of the Moroccan people are celebrating this Friday, May 8, the 17th anniversary of Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, a celebration that translates the strong ties binding the people and the Alawite throne. This anniversary is an opportunity for Moroccans to cheerfully remember the birth of the first child […]
The United States Government transferred, Wednesday, the ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces’ Special Operations (MSOF), the American embassy in Rabat said Thursday in a press release. The operation is valued at $1 million, the release added. The “Security Cooperation Office of the American Embassy and the Utah National Guard […]
The Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday the arrest in Barcelona of a radicalized Moroccan with ties to the terror ISIS group in a coordinated operation carried out with Morocco’s internal intelligence agency (DGST) and the FBI. According to Spanish investigators, the ISIS operative flouted the coronavirus lockdown in Spain “probably looking for targets”. He […]
The European Commission has set up an EU humanitarian air bridge to transport humanitarian workers and emergency supplies for the coronavirus response to some of most critical areas around the world. The first EU flight, operated in cooperation with France, is flying from Lyon to the Central African Republic this Friday. It will transport around […]
The European Union has removed Tunisia from its list of countries that pose threats to the financial system over money laundering and terrorism financing because of lack of legislation at home. The European Commission reviewed on Thursday the list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their regime regarding anti-money laundering and countering terrorist […]
A report by a UN working group has blamed Wagner Group, a Russian security company, for smuggling inside war-torn Libya up to 1,200 mercenaries who have been on the side of rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar. The report, drafted by independent sanctions monitors and submitted to the UN Security Council Libya sanctions committee, stressed that the […]
Morocco managed to slow the outbreak of the coronavirus thanks to a set of restrictive measures that helped the country avert the death of 200 people daily, head of the government Saad Dine El Otmani said in an interview with the media Thursday evening. Morocco has imposed a nation-wide lockdown since March 20 that was […]
The Moroccan government maintained the halt on the import duty on soft wheat until yearend to prevent prices from soaring in the domestic market amid attempt by exporters to limit sales. Russia, the world’s top soft wheat exporter, limited sales through June to protect its own supply as the coronavirus crisis sparks food-security concerns around […]