First Independent Mena Newspaper
In recent days, a powerful campaign has gained traction among Algerians on social media under the hashtag #Manish_Radi (I am not satisfied). The regime, after stifling activists and cracking down on protesters, has responded with arrests against anyone who uses the hashtag. As Algeria’s cash-handout policy reaches its limits, the participants on the hashtag shared […]
In joining Morocco’s Atlantic initiative and the gas pipeline project, Mauritania has expressed full support for regional economic integration and taken its distances vis-à-vis Algeria’s schemes aiming to isolate Morocco in its neighborhood. The recent meeting between King Mohammed VI and Mauritanian President V Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani in Casablanca sent a reassuring message […]
The United States has rejected the “terrorism” designation given by Algerian authorities to the MAK movement, which peacefully seeks an independent state in the Amazigh-speaking Kabylie region. In 2023, Algeria also maintained domestic terrorism designations on the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie and the Islamist movement Rachad. “The United States considers Algeria’s concentration on […]
Mauritania will work together with Morocco to advance royal projects aiming to boost connectivity including the Atlantic initiative to offer landlocked Sahel states access to the Atlantic and a gas pipeline project that will connect Nigeria to Morocco benefiting 13 west African states. This came in a royal office statement following talks between King Mohammed […]
Libya’s House of Representatives and the High State Council agreed to work together to take the necessary steps to form a national unity government and organize fair elections to end the institutional division in the country. This came in a statement following a consultative meeting between the two institutions held in Morocco’s Bouznika. The two […]
King Mohammed VI has called on all stakeholders to double efforts in order to make advanced regionalization a lever for economic and social development that can help address development challenges, unequal growth, and regional disparities. The Monarch’s call comes in a message addressed Friday to participants at the 2nd National Conference on Advanced Regionalization, convening […]
Several UN experts are convinced that it is just a matter of time before the designation of the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group a terrorist organization, resulting in its expulsion from the African Union. The Polisario militias are armed, funded, and sheltered by the Algerian junta in Tindouf camps. This terrorist organization and its anti-semitic leaders […]
Morocco’s Central Bank has decided to reduce key rate by 25 basis points to 2.50 percent as inflation continues to evolve at low levels and is expected to end the year with an average of 1% compared to 6.1% in 2023. The decision was made by the Board of the Bank during its latest quarterly […]
The World football governing body will open its African permanent office in Morocco, a recognition of the serious efforts made by the North African Kingdom in promoting football across the continent. The host agreement was signed Monday in Rabat by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, and Head of the Royal Moroccan […]
“Unfounded and fanciful.” It is in these words that French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot responded to lengthy and tedious accusations by an Algerian regime in disarray, blinded by Morocco-phobia and mired in conspiracy theories. Speaking to French media, Barrot was responding to uncorroborated allegations by the Algerian regime which- through its official media and mouthpieces- […]