First Independent Mena Newspaper
Greater Manchester, one of the United Kingdom’s leading economic centers, hosted a high-level meeting on Friday to showcase the broad range of investment opportunities Morocco offers to the region’s business community. The meeting featured extensive discussions between the Moroccan delegation and representatives of local companies and business executives from multiple sectors, who expressed strong interest […]
Morocco’s hydrocarbons & mining agency is accelerating the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project with the launching of a $ 25 billion fundraising for this pipeline, according to press reports. This is the first funding initiative launched by the Office National Des Hydrocarbures & Des Mines (ONHYM) since its reorganization into a public limited company in February. […]
The United States formally inaugurated its new Consulate General in Casablanca on Thursday, at a ceremony held at Casablanca Finance City attended by senior Moroccan and American officials. The new complex, built at a cost of over $350 million on a site of nearly 2.7 hectares, is approximately ten times the size of its predecessor […]
The 12th edition of the Regional Maritime and Coastal Forum concluded on Thursday in Nouakchott, with participants adopting the Nouakchott Declaration and urging intensified efforts to safeguard marine and coastal ecosystems across West Africa. Hosted by Mauritania in collaboration with the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine Areas in West Africa, the […]
The April 2026 presidential election at the Pan-African Parliament has triggered a significant institutional post-mortem, with observers and participants documenting a process that they describe as falling short of the procedural standards expected of a body tasked with embodying the governance principles of the African Union. In a detailed analytical commentary published by le360 platform […]
Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, and an Italian parliamentary delegation held, in Al-Qubbah on April 30, talks that focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation and addressing shared challenges. The Italian delegation was led by Lorenzo Guerini, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Security, and included Gianluca Alberini. Discussions centered on Libya’s evolving […]
On April 30, 2026, global and regional actors meeting in Berlin adopted a set of guiding frameworks known as the “Berlin Principles”, aimed at bringing an end to the protracted three-year conflict in Sudan. The agreement was endorsed by a broad coalition including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, the European Union, and the […]
Germany has reaffirmed its steadfast support for the Autonomy plan in the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty, saying the plan endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2797 offers a “serious and credible basis” for reaching a lasting solution to this five-decade long regional dispute. The supportive position of the German Federal government of the Moroccan Sahara […]
Morocco and the United States on April 29 reaffirmed the depth of their strategic partnership during talks in Rabat that underscored cooperation ranging from the Western Sahara issue and space exploration to trade, investment and defense. Speaking at a joint news conference with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau […]
Morocco will host the 77th FIFA elective Congress in the capital Rabat on March 18, 2027, the global football body said, underlining the country’s growing role in the governance of world football. The decision was taken at a meeting of the FIFA Council held on April 29 in Vancouver and chaired by FIFA president Gianni […]