First Independent Mena Newspaper
To boost their economic competitiveness in an increasingly globalised world, the normal solution for countries is to take steps towards economic integration, facilitating the flow of goods and investments, only two regions show anomalies from this trend persisting on closing borders and hindering the achievement of their region’s full trade potential: the Korean peninsula and […]
In a bid to revamp rail transport in the Maghreb region, the Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) is supervising a feasibility study worth $1.7 billion, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The train aims to link the three countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The feasibility studies are launched at a time […]
Thanks to its steady efforts in fighting AIDS prevalence, Morocco was commended by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which lauded in its latest report the Kingdom as a model in the MENA region. UNAIDS highlighted in the report, issued last Thursday, that Morocco has achieved impressive results in fighting HIV, which makes […]
Mobile subscribers in Morocco stood at 42.05 million by the end of June 2017, rising 0.64% compared to the first quarter of 2017, the National Telecommunications Regulation Agency (ANRT) announced. The mobile phone network grew by posting slight increases, quarterly of 0.64% and yearly of 1.48%. By the end of June 2017, mobile subscriptions totaled […]
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will start processing asylum seekers’ applications in Libya as of this summer, in a move to curb the deadly crossing of the Mediterranean by illegal migrants. “The idea is to create hotspots to avoid that people take crazy risks when they are not all eligible for asylum. […]
Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union hailed the efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of Al-Quds Acharif, the protection of its monuments, the preservation of its Arab character and support for the Palestinian people. In the final communiqué issued by the Union of Arab MPs that convened an emergency meeting in […]
Italy is planning to send ships in Libyan waters by the end of August to combat human trafficking and stem a huge influx of immigrants, a government source said on Thursday. The announcement came after Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that the internationally recognized government in Tripoli requested in a letter Italy’s help through […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has offered his condolences to the Government of Morocco following the killing of two more Moroccan peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic’s south-eastern city of Bangassou. “This incident brings to nine the number of peacekeepers killed in service in Bangassou since the beginning of the year,” said a statement issued […]
Algerian authorities have busted a cell loyal to the Islamic State, led by former Al Qaeda commander, Mohamed Yacine Aknouche, who was once based in France operating with Algeria’s Islamic Armed Group (GIA) Aknouche, 43, was convicted in France in 2004 for planning an attempted bombing in Strasbourg and was sentenced in absentia to eight […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has strongly condemned as “unacceptable” Israel’s practices in Jerusalem that are meant to impose a fait accompli in the city, and urged the international community to take decisive actions to compel Israel to put an end to these provocative practices that could incite extremist tendencies, further tension, animosity and violence […]