First Independent Mena Newspaper
The latest short-lived Wagner mutiny that shook Russia, which occurred barely a week after Algerian President’s visit to Moscow, will have weakened both Abdelmajid Tebboune and Gen. Saïd Chengriha’s Russophile wing of the army, said a London-based think-tank. What happens in Russia could have major implications for Algeria. After Tebboune’s visit, it seemed clear that, […]
Morocco’s plans to become a green hydrogen powerhouse are luring European customers including Germany and most recently Netherlands. The Dutch and the Moroccan governments signed a financing deal to look into green hydrogen infrastructure. Germany had integrated Morocco in its H2Uppp program targeting hydrogen projects in developing countries. But the project that is closest to […]
The crumbling of the Polisario movement, whose members have ties with criminal groups, human traffickers and Al-Qaeda terror cells operating in the Sahel, is a source of serious “concern” for the region, said Alain Jourdan, President of the Geneva Geostrategic Observatory. “The disintegration of this movement, financed by Algeria and once armed and used by […]
Algerian military junta and its civilian façade have hit an unsane level by their constant deployment of conspiracy theories blaming Morocco for all the woes in the country from climate change to self-inflicted economic and political problems. The most recent episode in Algeria’s propaganda machinery was to blame Morocco for currency counterfeiting in the country […]
The cost of air travel within the East African Community (EAC) region is still very high, which is also due to high operating costs and onerous visa requirements experienced by African airlines, regional legislators and a senior airline executive have complained. The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has recently called on EAC member state leaders […]
Since Tunisia voluntarily entered into the orbit of Algeria in return for gas, the once Arab Spring success story has gone far in its backpedaling on democracy prompting the UN Human Rights Office to strongly denounce the crackdown on journalists. Mimicking Algeria, Tunisia has adopted legislations that criminalize independent journalism, stifle criticism of the authorities. […]
Morocco “shows the art of navigating global disorder”, underlines the U.S. Bloomberg agency, noting that the Kingdom “is walking a diplomatic tightrope that many middle-income nations in an increasingly polarized world, from South Africa to Brazil, are struggling to navigate.” Despite being battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, rising US-China tensions and the war in Ukraine, […]
Late on June 20, Ennahar, a mouthpiece of the military rulers in Algeria, said the country asked the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to leave the country after busting four Emirati spies working for the Mossad. The news was later dismissed as a fake by the foreign ministry and the communication minister was sacked […]
Morocco’s fertilizer manufacturer, OCP, said it plans to invest 7 billion dollars in an industrial complex that will help it produce green ammonia from hydrogen produced from renewable energies in the southern region of Tarfaya. The project- which will also include a desalination plant- is part of the already announced $13 bln-project to fully shift […]
Spain has urged the European commission to work together with Morocco in view of securing a new fisheries deal as soon as possible. The deal expires on July 17 and there seems little enthusiasm for its renewal in Morocco after a European Court annulled it in 2021 because it covers Sahara waters. Spain’s agriculture minister […]