First Independent Mena Newspaper
At the initiative of Morocco, an unprecedented meeting gathered Monday night in Rabat the Speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Salah Issa Gweid, and the president of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled al-Machri. The two Libyan dignitaries, whose positions differ in part over the Skhirat peace agreement, signed in 2015 […]
Moroccan airports registered 1.85 million passengers in March, up 17.69% compared to the same period last year, Morocco’s airport authority (ONDA) said. The most significant increase was registered in passengers heading to South America, posting a 50.56 percent rise, followed by North America with 28%, ONDA said in a statement. Casablanca airport accounted 40% of […]
President of Africa’s football federation (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad called on European football associations to vote for Morocco’s bid to host the World Cup in 2026 at the open elections that will take place on June 13. “I would like to tell Europe that if they vote for us we will vote for them next time,” […]
The 2018 crop year takes place in best conditions thanks to recent rains, which lifted harvest expectations to 98.2 million quintals, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister announced. Morocco witnessed an accumulated rainfall of 370 mm that is 16% up compared to a normal year, conducive to dam filling rate standing at 67% by mid-April, […]
The US State Department has slammed the continued human rights violations in Algeria wherein security forces routinely detained individuals who participated in prohibited strikes or protests. Overuse of pretrial detention remained a problem in this North African country, said the US annual Human Rights Report. Although the law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, authorities sometimes […]
Egypt is expecting foreign investment in the oil and gas sector to reach about $10 billion in the 2018/19 fiscal year, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said. According to Molla, Egypt expects foreign investments to total the same amount for the current fiscal year, marking a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Last year […]
Government Spokesperson, Mustapha El Khalfi took part at a meeting in Washington Press Club during which he debunked a set of allegations continuously used by separatists in their Algerian-funded propaganda. The meeting, organized part of the International Media Forum 3, sponsored by the Moroccan-American Network, was held in a context marked by toughening of rhetoric […]
Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita told his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok that freedom of speech and protest in Al Hoceima is a domestic issue and should not be part of any diplomatic agenda between the two countries. Blok, who paid a visit to Rabat last week, had made in a joint press conference with Bourita […]
The US welcomed Morocco’s achievements in the field of human rights and democratic consolidation, underscoring in particular the protection of migrants’ rights and the policy of regularization and integration adopted by the Kingdom. The Moroccan government “cooperated with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian organizations in providing protection […]
King Mohammed VI sent a congratulation message to Miguel Diaz-Canel who was elected President of the Republic of Cuba, saying that Morocco is willing to open a new page with Cuba. In the message, the king extended wishes to Diaz Canel of full success and renewed Morocco’s commitment to work together with Cuba in order […]