First Independent Mena Newspaper
All over the authoritarian world, state news agencies serve to reflect the mindset, policies, and official positions of their regimes. Algeria took that role of news agencies to a new low level. As it hit the bottom and continues to dig, Algeria’s state news agency APS moved from spreading propaganda and fake news to outright […]
The Algerian regime is embroiled in a new diplomatic spat with Kinshasa, sparked by the warmonger army chief Saïd Chengriha following his provocative trip lately to Kigali amid heightened tensions between Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) and Rwanda. The reckless Algerian top General travelled to Rwanda in a bid to get support after his country […]
Spain is mulling transferring the management of the airspace of the Sahara territory to Morocco, ending one of the last relics of Spanish colonial rule in the area. Spanish media El Confidentiel and OK Diario reported the news, citing that the decision entails Morocco opening customs with two Spanish-occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Discussions […]
King Mohammed VI’s Initiative offering Atlantic Ocean access to Sahel countries embodies a comprehensive approach to tackling the challenges facing African landlocked countries, says the London-based Institute for Free Trade (IFT) in a report released Monday. This initiative not only aims to unlock the region’s potential but also solidifies Morocco’s role as a key player […]
As he prepares for a second term, the civilian façade of the Algerian military regime Abdelmedjid Tebboune continues to re-inaugurate projects launched by his predecessor as he has made no tangible achievements. He re-inaugurated the Mosque of Algiers which his predecessor did not live to see, and which continues to be closed to worshippers despite […]
As Morocco and France prepare to turn the page on an era of diplomatic frost, French foreign Minister Stephane Séjouné said Morocco can rely on his country on the Sahara issue, adding that France is aware that the “Sahara issue is an existential matter for Morocco and Moroccans.” Sejourne, who was speaking at a joint […]
Algerian authorities continue to crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly five years after the Hirak protest movement first began, said Amnesty International in a press release. After the Hirak protest movement was halted due to Covid-19 in 2020, the Algerian authorities have stepped up their repression of peaceful dissent, targeting […]
Morocco’s presence in the hearings taking place in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as part of the case requesting an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and its written plea to the ICJ that was duly taken into account by […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed strengthened ties with Morocco at all levels and reiterated his country’s position in support of Morrocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. Sanchez who is making his first visit to Morocco since his re-election recalled that Spain remains consistent in its policy towards the Sahara conflict in line with […]
King Mohammed VI received, this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez, who reitereated, during the audience, Spain’s support to Moroccan autonomy initiative as the most serious, realistic and credible basis to settle the Sahara dispute. Pedro Sanchez is currently on a working visit to Morocco at […]