First Independent Mena Newspaper
US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]
The breakthrough in the Gulf Cooperation Council with the resumption of normal ties between Saudi Arabia and Qatar vindicates Morocco’s wise diplomacy and its neutral stance vis-a-vis the Qatar blockade by its neighbors. The restoration of normal diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Qatar came after the reopening of Borders and was further sealed at […]
Algerian media continues to speak of an imaginary war in the Moroccan Sahara. A pro-army media, El Bilad, did not bother to check the map when it spoke of Larache, Assilah and Fnideq as cities nearby the Saraha. While recycling a Polisario statement, El Bilad claimed that fierce battles are going on and that wounded […]
On Dec 16, the famous British weekly magazine, The Economist, derailed from its principles of objectivity and gave an example of stark bias in an article that tells the Sahara conflict solely from the perspective of Algeria and its puppet the Polisario, sugarcoated with neo-colonial analysis that fails to notice that Morocco as a nation […]
The Algerian government has devalued the Dinar on the back of dwindling foreign exchange reserves provoking high inflation and concerns of violent unrest. Since the end of the era of expensive oil in 2014, the Algerian dinar took a plunge and now trades for 200 dinars per Euro in the black market. From 200 billion […]
Moroccan authorities rejected Human Rights Watch allegations of violations in the Sahara and denounced the use of the New York-based rights group of human rights for political aims. The Moroccan human rights ministerial delegation deplored that HRW used a political discourse in its report on December 18 concerning the Sahara where it expressed its hostility […]
Africa featured prominently in the agreements that were signed during the visit to Rabat of the US-Israeli delegation, as Morocco matches words with action in defending its solidarity-oriented approach towards the continent. The US International Development Finance Corporation signed an agreement with Morocco worth 3 billion to support private investments in the Kingdom and in […]
White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner reiterated the recently adopted position of his country in support of Morocco’s full sovereignty over all the Sahara territory and stressed the primacy of the Kingdom’s autonomy plan. “By recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, president Trump is rejecting the failed status quo which benefits no one,” Kushner […]
Finally, the African Migration Observatory saw the light of the day in Rabat thanks to the leadership of King Mohammed VI, whom the African Union members designated as African Migration Leader. This first African Union institution to be hosted in Morocco was inaugurated by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and AU Commissioner for Social Affairs Amira […]
2020 has been a catastrophic year for Algeria and its Polisario puppet in their insane and heinous showdown against Morocco in the Sahara issue. This regional conflict, which has stymied Maghreb integration, is fuelled by Algerian rulers’ hegemonic ambitions and deep hatred for their stable and thriving neighbour. For almost half a century, the Algerian […]