First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Council of the European Union has given its green light to the European Commission to open negotiations with Morocco on new fisheries agreement, which includes the Moroccan Sahara. The current 4-year accord sealed with the North African Kingdom will expire on 14 July 2018. The EU decision to open talks for the renewal for […]
The UN Security Council is reportedly planning to confine the Polisario militias to Tindouf to force them abide by the UN ceasefire agreements of 1991 and respect the demilitarized zone in the Moroccan Sahara. Actually, the separatist front has been conducting incursions in the buffer zone for 27 years, in complete violation of the 1991 […]
Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch is visiting London where he held talks with UK secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove centering on the impact of Brexit on bilateral cooperation. The meeting was an opportunity for the two ministers to review the relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom […]
Morocco and the European Union have signed the “Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area” (PRIMA), a joint international program focusing on the development of solutions for food systems and water resources in the Mediterranean basin. Prima has been launched to help the agricultural sector in the Mediterranean area, which has been suffering […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is currently touring a number of European capitals to explain to his interlocutors the latest developments of the Sahara issue, following the incursions of the Algeria-backed Polisario in the buffer zone, east of the Moroccan defense berm. Bourita’s talks are also covering ways to strengthen partnership between Morocco and the […]
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni commended the progress made by Morocco in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Battaini-Dragoni told local reporters while on a visit to Rabat that Morocco’s 2011 constitution is a milestone that crowned a reform process. Morocco strengthened its legislative and […]
Italian authorities busted a migrant trafficking network with links to radical groups operating between Italy and Tunisia. The criminal network was dismantled following the arrest of 13 suspects in a high-speed migrant trafficking ring operating between Tunisia and Sicily whose members espoused radical jihadist views. Police in Sicily said that a wiretapped conversation between two […]
King Mohammed VI had a meeting Tuesday at the Elysée Palace in Paris with President Emmanuel Macron of France during which the two leaders “have discussed at length the situation in the Middle East as well as regional and international issues”, said the royal office in a statement. The two leaders noted “a broad convergence” […]
UK has promised to offer Libya technical expertise and practical support to help the North African country in its efforts to curb illegal migration. The pledge was made by British Minister for Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, during talks in Tripoli Monday, with UN-backed Libyan officials. Talks discussed how Britain can help Libya, […]
PSA Group’s factory announced that its plan is going according to schedule with first car to be released in April 2019. In 2017, the French car manufacturer launched construction works of its plant at the free zone of Kenitra, located at some 40 km to the north of Rabat, with the aim of reaching an […]