First Independent Mena Newspaper
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pointed out Sunday that safeguarding the African continent’s biodiversity is a collective responsibility as the depletion of that common heritage has a far-reaching impact on people’s daily lives and is detrimental to the socio-economic development of the communities, which depend on it. Addressing the first Summit of Heads of State […]
King Mohammed VI arrived Saturday in Brazzaville to take part in the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Climate Commission and the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin as “special guest”. After the summit, which will take place on Sunday, the King will pay a working and friendship visit to the […]
UN Security Council adopted resolution 2414 renewing the mandate of the UN mission to the Sahara, MINURSO, for another six months until October 31. The resolution took note of “the Moroccan proposal presented on 11 April 2007 to the Secretary-General” (a reference to the autonomy initiative) and welcomed the “credible Moroccan efforts to move the […]
Weak states, porous borders and trafficking activities turned the Sahel into a safe heaven for terrorist groups. The terrorist attack on April 14 in Timbuktu by an Al Qaeda offshoot, the Group for the Defense of Islam and the Muslims, came to represent the capacity of the terrorist group to generate and carry out bloody […]
A new report, commissioned and funded by the European Union, has pointed out that the Algeria-backed Polisario front, is involved in the terrorist activities and arms trafficking that plague the Sahel-Sahara region. The Polisario’s conversion to terrorism has once again been confirmed by a damning report, elaborated by “Project Safte”, an international research project that […]
Following the example of Guinea, Mali has summoned its Ambassador to Algiers to express its rejection of the ill-treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants by Algerian authorities. In total, some 1440 Malians underwent arbitrary expulsions and were abandoned in harsh conditions by Algerian authorities between January and March 2018. In a comment to the BBC, Mali’s Foreign […]
Morocco’s largest telecom operator “Maroc Telecom” completed the acquisition of a 10% stake in ONATEL on the Abidjan Regional Stock Exchange for €41 million, bringing its shareholding in the Burkina Faso subsidiary to 61%. This transaction, at a price of CFAF 8,000 per share, allows Maroc Telecom to strengthen its stake in the leading operator […]
Morocco and the US inaugurated Monday the 2018 edition of their annual military games, African Lion, which will take place in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan-Tan, Tiznit, Ben Guérir and Kenitra. The military drills bring together military units and observers from 16 countries, namely Germany, Canada, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Burkina Faso, […]
A high-level delegation from the Royal Armed Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking part in the sixth Africa Land Forces Summit meeting in Abuja devoted to discussing the fight against terrorism. The sixth Africa Land Forces Summit meeting, co-organized by the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Nigeria, started proceedings Monday with the […]
Morocco’s membership in the African Union’s Peace and Security Council will help the kingdom assert its leadership in promoting peace and stability in the continent, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Morocco has a vision for peace in Africa and will act on all issues relating to stability in the continent, said Bourita in an interview […]