First Independent Mena Newspaper
King Mohammed VI has welcomed the evolution and new phase marking Morocco-Spain partnership, since the meeting he held in Rabat on April 7, 2022 with the president of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez. This came in a phone talk the Sovereign had this Wednesday with Pedro Sanchez, who is visiting Morocco to participate in the […]
A 42-year-old man, wanted in the United Kingdom for a murder committed in Essex, has been arrested by Moroccan police. The announcement was made Wednesday by UK National Crime Agency (NCA). Nana Oppong was among 13 fugitives named in a National Crime Agency most wanted campaign last year. Nana Oppong was wanted by UK authorities […]
The Renault factory in Algeria’s Oran has come to a halt after Algerian authorities banned imports of key parts from Spain, a ban highlighting that the Algerian regime is ready to pursue political goals at the expense of the economy. Since Spain ended its double-speak on the Sahara issue by expressing full support to the […]
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy Oliver Varhelyi will visit Morocco during the week of February 20. The announcement was made by the Moroccan foreign department following a phone call Sunday between the European official and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The ministry described the talks as “productive and constructive.” Varhelyi confirmed the phone call […]
The government of the Canary Islands said Morocco’s efforts to counter migrant trafficking networks resulted in a 30% drop in illegal arrivals to the Spanish archipelago. The head of the Canary Islands government Ángel Víctor Torres praised the approach of Prime Minister Sanchez to improve ties with Morocco ahead of the joint Spanish-Moroccan summit, Europa […]
The European Union has reaffirmed, in its 2022 report, the full benefit of the population of Morocco’s southern provinces of the agreements between Rabat and Brussels and their positive impact on the socio-economic development of these regions. The publication of this annual report, by the services of the European Commission and the European External Action […]
The Moroccan-Italian Human Rights Organization (OIMDU) has strongly condemned the interference of the European Parliament (EP) in the internal affairs of Morocco as “illegitimate” and “inadmissible”. OIMDU President Abdellah Khezraji stressed that this is an “irresponsible” drift on the part of some entities angered by the remarkable influence of the Kingdom at the regional and […]
France’s Foreign ministry Thursday said it has recalled its ambassador to Burkina Faso amid diplomatic tension after the government of the West African country ordered Paris to remove its troops from its soil in rejection of 2018 military agreement between the two countries. “In the context of the latest developments in Burkina Faso, we have […]
France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month in response to the request from the junta-ruled Burkinabe government, the French foreign ministry said Wednesday, Jan.25. “According to the terms of the accord, the termination (of the 2018 agreement on the status of French armed forces present in the country) takes effect a […]
King Felipe VI of Spain stressed on Wednesday that the upcoming high-level meeting between Morocco and Spain will be an opportunity to deepen “the vast bilateral relations.” “This meeting, which has not taken place since 2015, will allow us to deepen the vast bilateral relations, to work together on a more solid basis,” the Spanish […]