First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Italian Embassy in Libya announced a significant boost in bilateral trade, with Italian exports to Libya reaching €2.27 billion in 2024, marking a remarkable 34.2% increase from the previous year. This surge highlights Italy’s continued dominance in the Libyan market, with various sectors contributing to the growth, including medical supplies (up 44.7%), automotive products […]
In an era of profound global realignment, Africa stands at a transformational crossroads. The continent, with its burgeoning middle class, vast natural resources, and demographic dividend, represents an increasingly attractive frontier for international investors seeking diversification and enhanced returns. Recent geopolitical shifts have triggered a fundamental reconfiguration of global trade patterns and investment flows. These […]
Moroccan and Spanish experts have agreed to advance engineering studies related to the fixed link project across the Strait of Gibraltar at a meeting held Thursday in Madrid between officials from the Moroccan National Company for the Studies of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED) and the Spanish Society for Fixed Communication Studies across the Strait […]
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Friday Morocco Pavilion at the Paris book fair wherein the North African Kingdom is celebrated this year as guest of honor of this most famous literary event in France. During his visit, Macron chatted with Moroccan writers and publishers and hailed the strong and longstanding French-Moroccan cultural ties. He told […]
Gabon will hold its first presidential election on Saturday (12 April) since the August 2023 military coup that ended over five decades of Bongo family rule. Interim president and coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema, who has styled himself as an anti-corruption reformer, is widely expected to win. Nguema, a former Republican Guard chief and cousin […]
Few days after reiterating recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, the Trump administration has told the UN envoy to the territory Staffan de Mistura that the Moroccan autonomy plan is the only solution to the issue. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “has reiterated a clear U.S. position – genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is […]
King Mohammed VI and President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. of the Philippines have exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message, the King underlined the importance he attaches to the close, longstanding bonds enjoyed by the two countries in various […]
The Polisario Front is one of the last Cold War relics. Algeria founded the separatist group, and the Soviet Union and Cuba supported it, to use as a proxy against Morocco, said the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in a report. The Polisario Front’s existence today is an affront to human rights. Algeria embraces the […]
Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila’s unexpected return to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has ignited a political firestorm in a nation already engulfed by escalating conflict and growing insecurity in its eastern region. Announcing his return after six years of silence and exile, Kabila, once ousted amid mass protests, says he aims to help […]
At a hearing on Thursday, the United Arab Emirates contested the jurisdiction of the United Nations’ highest court over a genocide claim filed by Sudan. The UAE argued that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had no authority to rule on the case, in which the Gulf country is accused of violating the Genocide Convention […]