First Independent Mena Newspaper
Spokesman for the Malian government denounced at the UN in the strongest terms Algeria’s destabilization role in the Sahel and Algiers interference in Mali’s domestic affairs. “We observe a grave interference in Mali’s domestic affairs… Mali is not an Algerian Wilaya (province),” said deputy prime minister and spokesman for the Malian government Abdoulaye Maïga in […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita conferred Sunday in New York, on the sidelines of UN General Assembly, with UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura ahead of the UN Security Council meeting on the issue in October. The meeting, attended by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, was an opportunity to highlight the international […]
Few days after Algeria re-introduced visa entry requirements on Moroccan passport holders, Morocco has not reacted to a decision that comes in a series of self-harming escalatory and provocative measures by a disillusioned Algerian military regime blinded by Morocco phobia. The Algerian foreign minister said the measure will have immediate effect and came following what […]
Morocco is developing its defense industry to reduce its dependence on foreign weapons purchases and strengthen its military capabilities to counter threats to its national security. After it adopted the legal frameworks governing military industry clusters and established military industry zones, the North African Kingdom attracted India ‘s “TATA Advanced Systems”, which has become one […]
Keen to save its hard currency reserves for tougher days, Algeria continues an unrelentless import restriction policy that resulted in severe shortages of key products with tires and coffee being the latest to join a long list of expensive and unavailable goods in the country. Transport unions have rung the alarm bell as to the […]
Few days ahead of Tunisian one-man show presidential election, candidate Ayachi Zammel received a 6-month prison sentence as Tunisia’s strongman and incumbent president Kais Saied continues to use the judiciary against political opponents. This is the second sentence against Zammel, who was handed a 20-month jail term for falsifying popular endorsement, in a verdict described […]
The Algerian regime and its Polisario puppet have suffered another embarrassing setback on the international scene after the African Chess Confederation cancelled the membership of Polisario during a meeting held on the sidelines of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) congress organized Sept. 20-22 in Budapest, Hungary. The African Chess Confederation is based in Algiers and […]
A nine-member delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, led by its Chair, Dr. Daniela De Ridder (Germany), wrapped up this Saturday a three-day visit to Morocco, during which it met with a wide range of stakeholders. The visit, hosted by the Moroccan parliament’s lower house, marked the first time that […]
Over the past decade, the Algerian dinar has experienced a dramatic free-fall in value compared to the Moroccan dirham. In 2014, one dirham was worth ten dinars, but by 2024, this gap has doubled, with one dirham now equivalent to twenty Algerian dinars. This gap is not due to an appreciation of the dirham, which […]
André Azoulay, advisor to King Mohammed VI, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise, one of Spain’s most prestigious honors, in a ceremony in Madrid. The award was presented by Spain’s Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, at the historic Viana Palace. Albares praised Azoulay’s lifelong dedication to promoting coexistence […]