First Independent Mena Newspaper
Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has leapt four places in the Global Financial Centers Index 24 (GFCI24) taking the 28th position. CFC outperformed Seoul, Taipei and Doha ranking the fourth best financial hub in the MENA region behind Dubai, Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. At the international level, New York has overtaken London as the world’s […]
A militia leader aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday was targeted by UN and US sanctions for attacking oil facilities in Eastern Libya, in June. Ibrahim Jadhran’s forces attacked Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra oil export terminals last June. The terminals were under the control of eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces. […]
Morocco’s phosphates company, OCP, and the Government of Ghana signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the fertilizer value chain. The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the OCP Group as part of the Government of Ghana’s newly designed Fertilizer Expansion Program (GFEP). Under the agreement, the two parties […]
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia has renewed his country’s full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity at a meeting held Tuesday in Belgrade with visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. In a statement to the media after the meeting, President Vucic reaffirmed Serbia’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and hailed the strong ties of cooperation binding […]
Several Latin America university researchers and NGOs’ representatives have called for the immediate release of Sahrawis held against their will by the Polisario mercenaries, who are armed, funded and sheltered by the Algerian regime. During an international conference organized lately in Mexico, the speakers also called for dismantling the Polisario armed group, which is threatening […]
The Arab four-member committee in charge of monitoring the crisis with Iran and ways to deal with its interference in Arab affairs Tuesday expressed its solidarity with Morocco, which has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Tehran last May. The Committee expressed “its solidarity with Morocco regarding the dangerous and reprehensible interference of Iran and […]
Parliament of African Civil Society (PASOCI) denied the organization this year of a conference in Algeria on migration, maintaining that the event will rather be held in Rabat under the theme “Migration and development.” PASOCI said in a statement that it hasn’t given its approval to any person or organization for such a conference to […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco is on a visit to the UAE where he met Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The visit by King Mohammed VI coincides with the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, said a statement by the Royal Office […]
King Mohammed VI has called for working together to achieve a new world order for peace while stressing the need for coexistence and acceptance of diversity and difference. In a message to the participants in the second edition of the International Conference on Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue, held in Fez, the King underscored the unwavering […]
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the comments issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, regarding the latest death verdicts in the North African nation. An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 prominent members and affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, as part of a mass trial that included 739 […]