First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tens of thousands of Moroccan youth debunk myth of EU eldorado in occupied-CeutaMany of the Moroccan migrants who rushed into Spain’s colony of Ceuta last week have returned home, describing how hopes of a better life in the EU quickly dissolved into hunger, uncertainty and disappointment. Among those heading back were not only unemployed youths […]
Spain cannot maintain relatively open and regularization-friendly migration policies at home while expecting Morocco to shoulder the full burden of preventing irregular crossings into Ceuta and Melilla. The mass influx into Ceuta last week has exposed the contradiction at the heart of Madrid’s approach. Domestic pull factors generated by Spanish decisions helped fuel the surge, […]
Following the recent events at the border crossings leading to Sebta and Mellilia enclaves, the Ministry of the Interior affirms that various data collected and analyzed unveil that these events are not due to circumstantial or spontaneous factors, but rather the result of several intertwined factors’ interplay, foremost among which the biased exploitation of the […]
This week’s mass crossings into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta have exposed an enduring colonial reality often ignored in mainstream media. Spain continues to occupy Moroccan soil, denying Moroccans free movement on their own territory and enforcing artificial barriers that generate human tragedies like the one that has unfolded this week. Between Thursday and Friday, […]
The bulk majority of the near 60,000 migrants- mostly young Moroccans- who crossed into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta this week have streamed back home. Their hopes of a better life in Europe were crushed by hunger, hostility, violence and the harsh realization that conditions on the other side of the colonial barrier were worse […]
Newly appointed France coach Zinédine Zidane said he hopes jailed French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes can return home, thrusting a politically sensitive Algeria-related case into the spotlight. At his introductory news conference as French coach, Zidane was asked about Gleizes, a French freelance sports journalist who was sentenced in Algeria to seven years in prison […]
Morocco has sharply expanded its footprint in Germany’s palm date market, despite being one of the world’s largest importers of the fruit, according to Eastfruit news platform. Between July 2025 and May 2026, Germany imported 714 tons of Moroccan medjool dates worth more than €4.2 million. This figure is 22 times higher than the total […]
The one of the largest container ships in the world, made a landmark call this Week at the TC2 container terminal of Tanger Med Port, underscoring the facility’s growing strategic importance in global shipping networks. Operating on the flagship French Asia Line (FAL 3), which connects major Asian and European ports, the LNG-powered vessel will […]
Türkiye has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting peace efforts, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction in Sudan following talks between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers Hakan Fidan and Mohieddin Salem in Ankara on Tuesday, July 28. Fidan said Türkiye would continue to back efforts to end the conflict, meet the humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people […]
Vossloh Services France and Portuguese company Futrifer Indústrias Ferroviárias have launched a joint venture “Vossloh Futrifer Services Maroc” to provide maintenance services to the rapidly developing rail transport market in the Kingdom. The JV based in Casablanca is specialized in railway Switches and Crossings (S&C) which are critical track components that guide trains from one […]