First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco’s Higher council of Muslim Scholars strongly denounced any attempt at offending the sacredness of the Muslim religion, after a campaign was launched in France to publish cartoons attacking the Prophet, triggering resentment across the Muslim World. In a statement, the council said in no way can the freedom of speech justify offense. It stressed […]
Rabat and Paris reiterated their commitment to reinforce security cooperation notably in terms of intelligence sharing, Morocco’s interior ministry said in a statement. The two countries stepped up their judicial cooperation as well as joint efforts against illegal migration and all sorts of trafficking as well as counter-terrorism, reads the statement issued after talks in […]
The Spanish national police succeded to dismantle a terror cell with the collaboration of Morocco and arrested two people in Mellilia and in the town of Mogan (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) for their “alleged ties to a terrorist organization of recruitment and indoctrination for terrorist purposes,” said the Spanish police in a statement. […]
Germany’s Development agency GIZ and Swiss Import Promotion Program (SIPPO) have pledged to help Morocco’s exporters’ union Asmex promote Zagora dates marketing at home and abroad. The three parties will, under their partnership, make all their technical resources and networks available to dates producers, providing them with global support to strengthen their management and […]
Nearly 25,500 rare archaeological pieces relating mainly to the prehistorical and paleontology era, which were seized by French Customs in 2005 and 2006, were returned to Morocco on Thursday. A ceremony took place Thursday at the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM) in Marseille during which the pieces were handed over to […]
Morocco’s opposition party, Istiqlal, wrote to the President of the EU parliament about the recent surge in aid embezzlement by the Polisario, an Algerian-backed separatist group whose leaders trade in foodstuff sent to the Tindouf camps population. Istiqlal MPs deplored in a letter that this diversion of humanitarian aid takes place in full connivance of […]
A regional project aimed at strengthening the migrant workers’ protection was launched Wednesday in Rabat in the presence of representatives of Moroccan government, ILO, IOM, EU and Germany. In his inaugural speech, Moroccan Minister Mohamed Amkraz highlighted the Kingdom’s migration & asylum strategy, which has opened up the local labor market to legal migrants, while […]
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, Monday invited his Tunisian counterpart Hichem Mechichi to pay a state visit to Italy to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral relations and exchange views on issues of common interest, TAP news agency reports. Conte’s invitation came during a telephone conversation between the two men, indicated the Prime Minister’s office in […]
The French Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness reiterated from Casablanca France’s strong desire to raise its economic relations with Morocco to an even higher level and to exploit the many existing opportunities. “Despite the health crisis and travel difficulties, my presence here shows how much the French government wishes to consolidate and increase […]
Portugal and Spain Wednesday inked a cooperation deal to submit a joint bid to host FIFA 2030 World Cup, trashing therefore a joint bid with Morocco. The agreement was signed on the sideline of the friendly match between the two countries played at José Alvalade arena, in Lisbon. “Few things can generate more enthusiasm […]