First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tourism businesses saw their hopes of a recovery this year shattered after the flight bans to shield the country from new variants. The government has so far approved aid to the sector to keep jobs but professionals complain the measure is not enough, calling for a tax exemption and stipend to workers that span from […]
The economy of the occupied enclave of Ceuta contracted 40% after Morocco closed its borders, said right-wing governor Juan Vivas. The governor, known for hostile stands against Morocco, called on the EU to adopt reciprocal stands against the North African Kingdom. Morocco has closed its borders with Spain to avert a surge in coronavirus especially […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfekh Monday said the country is shutting down its borders as part of measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus disease as the North African country reports 24 confirmed cases. Speaking in an address to the nation, Fakhfekh said only transportation of shipments and repatriation of citizens from abroad are […]
One of Morocco’s largest labor unions, CDT, called for a march to the shared borders with Algeria to demand their reopening after decades of closure. The borders between Morocco and Algeria have been sealed since 1994 after an attack involving Algerian nationals on a hotel in Marrakech. The CDT said the march will take place […]
US magazine, International Policy Digest, published Wednesday a long story on Moroccan-Algerian strained relations that hamper the integration of the Maghreb region and tried to analyze the ins and outs of this situation. The magazine came to the conclusion that the Algerian animosity toward Morocco “is exclusively the work of the Algerian military that controls […]
The decision by Mauritanian authorities to seal off borders with Algeria as a military zone forbidden to civilians is the tree that hides the forest. The closing of the borders signals cracks in the Algerian-Mauritanian short-lived alliance. As Mauritania tilts towards its Sahel neighbors in their efforts to counter the terrorism scourge, it takes steps […]