First Independent Mena Newspaper
In its most recent diplomatic blunder, the Algerian foreign ministry called Morocco to leave its southernmost tip of Guerguarat as a condition for finding a “political solution” to a conflict that it has created and perpetuated in the Sahara. The statement was made by Algeria’s foreign ministry in reaction to the official appointment of Staffan […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI delivered a speech Friday marking the opening of the parliament fall session in which he urged the new cabinet and the parliament to strive to meet the goals of the country’s new development model. After highlighting the positive prospects of the Moroccan economy and its promising outlook, the King urged the […]
Morocco’s new government includes seven women ministers in a cabinet of 24 members that was named by King Mohammed VI after Sept.8 elections. The King had appointed leader of the RNI party Aziz Akhannouch, who won most seats in parliament, and asked him to form a new cabinet. Less than a month, a line […]
French President Emmanuel Macron maintained the statements that angered Algeria and said that he expects more tension with Algeria regarding memory. The French President had told students with a background linked to France’s colonial presence in Algeria that the North African country did not exist as a nation prior to its independence in 1962, he […]
Several human rights watchdogs have denounced the use by the Algerian authorities of fabricated terrorism charges to silence journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and peaceful pro-democracy protesters. The Algerian regime has “escalated these tactics to demonize and delegitimize peaceful activists and journalists. This is merely a smokescreen to hide their bitter repression of activism,” […]
Algeria’s dim reality is that it has an endemic reliance on gas and oil for over 95% of its exports as well as for generous subsidies to maintain social peace. But will Algeria be able to continue to export gas and oil amid a rise in domestic consumption? This is the scenario that the military […]
A new ruling by the European Court of Justice annulled the agricultural and fisheries deals that covered all Morocco’s territories and waters in a verdict that sidelined with the Polisario separatist claims putting Moroccan-EU cooperation to another test. Both Morocco and the European council and the EU commission are attached to the agriculture and fisheries […]
Algeria’s former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, passed away last week, leaving his country at the mercy of a military junta that did little to relieve the country from oil and gas curse. Bouteflika took power in 1999 on the back of promises to put an end to a deadly civil war that took the lives of […]
Acquiring advanced combat drones has featured as a main component of Morocco’s army modernization efforts with the receipt of 12 Turkish Bayraktar drones and news of an upcoming launch of the manufacturing of Israeli Kamikaze drones in the North African Kingdom. The first batch from Turkey, which is part of an order of 13 Bayraktar […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences and compassion to the Algerian Head of State following the demise of the former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. In his message, King Mohammed VI said he learned the news of the death of Bouteflika with “deep sorrow and deep emotion,” and expressed in these painful circumstances to […]