First Independent Mena Newspaper
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has corrected its mistake by removing the name and flag of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) from the official ticketing website of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due in Egypt from June 21 to July 19. It’s never too late to make it right. Following […]
Spanish far-right party Vox raised fears of Moroccan presence in the occupied city of Melilla as it continues to stir fear of Muslims and migrants to win votes in May 26 regional elections. Jesús Delgado Aboy, who leads Vox in Melilla, said that the rising numbers of Moroccans in the city endangers the Spanish presence […]
A regional conference on the promotion of oases in North Africa and Mauritania held in Tozeur, Tunisia, last week underlined that $24 million funding was needed to preserve the green areas in the region desert. Participants in the conference, recognizing oases as a historical, cultural, environmental, civilizational, national and international heritage that must be preserved, […]
The government of Senegal is interested in learning from Tunisia best practices in matters of renewable energy production policies. In this connection, a Senegalese team was dispatched to Tunisia to examine the pilot phase of the purchase of surplus renewable energy production from individuals implemented by the North African country. Tunisia’s longer-term goal, as set […]
Congolese businessman and politician Moise Katumbi has returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo, following three years of self-imposed exile. Katumbi fled DRC on 20 May 2016 after criminal charges of alleged hiring of foreign mercenaries were laid against him. He crossed the border into Namibia and travelled on to Brussels. The 52-year-old businessman and […]
King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Monday at Sidi Moumen district in Casablanca, a community medical center financed by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. The construction works of the solidarity-based project, which cost 60 million dirhams, were launched by the monarch in 2016. This new project that will upgrade proximity health services for the population […]
The Mufti of Jerusalem commended Morocco for its unwavering support to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people at a time when the US and its allies in the region are putting forward plans to entrench the Israeli occupation and alter the character of the Al Quds (Jerusalem). Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, who was speaking in […]
Morocco is stepping up its crackdown on traffickers in the border crossing with Mauritania, Guerguarat, which by the past witnessed tensions between Moroccan army and Polisario militias who attempted to hinder the flow of traffic. As the noose tightens on traffickers, a customs officer was attacked in his car by an unknown gang that also […]
Morocco topped African and MENA region countries in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index established by British consultancy Ernest and Young. The North African kingdom came 13th internationally in a list of 40 countries that have invested heavily in developing clean energy sources. At the African level, Morocco was followed by Egypt (14th) and Kenya […]
The Moroccan government adopted a draft decree that will give the status of free zone to the Mohammed VI Tanger Tech city. The new free zone stretches over a surface area of 467 hectares and is intended to be a new industrial hub offering propitious conditions for the development of industries pertaining to the automotive, […]