First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Spanish prosecutors are building cases against the Polisario chief Brahim Ghali and his close aides for the crimes, abuses and human rights violations committed against sequestered Sahrawis in the Tindouf Camps, Southern Algeria. Several complaints have been filed in Spain by associations and a young Sahrawi girl for human rights violations against the separatists […]
Correspondent in Algeria of French news channel France24 was arrested Tuesday on what his lawyer branded “serious charges”. Abdelghani Badi told TSA the prosecutor of the Bir Mourad Raïs court in capital Algiers ordered his client, Moncef Aït Kaci, to be locked. Badi did not elaborate on the charges but said they are “serious”. However, […]
French dairy Lactalis Corporation has threatened to end operating in Algeria as it fusses about obstruction of its activities in the North African country by a group of workers who have closed the factory over what the firm calls “personal interests”. The small group of workers has unlawfully seized the factory and prevented other colleagues […]
The UN has rebuked Spain for the inhuman treatment suffered by thousands of Moroccan women who work as seasonal workers in the strawberry farms of the Huelva region. UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter urged Spain to urgently improve the “deplorable conditions” endured in the strawberry townships before people […]
Gibraltar is considering building an undersea power link with Morocco, which in recent years has been exporting electricity to the Iberian peninsula, according to Al Geciras al Minoto. Authorities in Gibraltar are looking to Morocco as a reliable energy supplier that is forging ahead steadily with a clean energy plan aiming to secure 52% of […]
Spanish police have arrested near Barcelona a Moroccan national accused of the apology of terrorism and anti-Semite behaviors, reports say. The man, living at Tarrasa near the capital of the Catalonia region, has been on security forces’ radar for over a year for frequent posts on social media of photographs and videos promoting terrorism and […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved on Thursday a $100 million loan to Moroccan “Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) to support local small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan is the second to the country under the EBRD Solidarity Package, set up to meet the immediate short-term financing needs of existing […]
Germany will extend Morocco loans and grants worth €701.3Mln within the framework of financial and technical cooperation between the two countries. Three agreements related to the funding were signed Wednesday in Rabat by Minister of Economy and Finance Mohamed Benchaaboun, and Germany’s Ambassador to Morocco Götz Schmidt-Bremme. The agreements reflect the excellence of cooperation relations […]
A joint operation by Moroccan and Spanish police led to the arrest of 28 people suspected of trafficking in endangered wild birds and the seizure of about 300 exotic birds exported from southern Spain to North Africa. The announcement was made lately by the Spanish Civil Guard, which opened an “Oratrix” investigation aimed at combating […]
French carmaker PSA plans to speed up production at its Kenitra plant to hit the annual target of 200,000 vehicles by next September. PSA has withstood the coronavirus crisis posting sales higher than last year and taking up 46% market share in the region. Sales improved in key markets such as Turkey by 5.4%; 3.9% […]