First Independent Mena Newspaper
Just a couple of weeks before the UN Secretary General submits his annual report on the Sahara to the UN Security Council, King Mohammed VI had on Tuesday an extensive phone talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin that covered among other topics the latest developments in the Sahara issue. King Mohammed VI and the Russian […]
Algerian authorities have refused to issue entry visas for “Le Monde” journalist to cover French Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ two-day official visit to Algiers in retaliation to the paper’s publication of Algerian President’s photo on its front page beside photos of world leaders named in the Panama Papers leak. “Algerian authorities have refused to issue […]
Mrs. Latifa Ibn Ziaten, a French national of Moroccan origin, has been among a group of women from around the world honored this year by the US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award. This Award is given to extraordinary women for their exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, […]
French intelligence agencies are recruiting informants in Morocco and other Maghreb countries part of efforts to beef-up their anti-terrorism squads as terrorist threats continue to loom on the country in the aftermath of the Paris attacks of last November 13. After the Paris attacks, the French Ministry of Defense decided to be more vigilant and […]
French Foreign Minister is expected in Tunis Thursday to enhance bilateral economic and security relations and underline France’s support to the North African country which is tormented by repeated terrorist attacks and struggling with a sluggish economy. The French top diplomat is expected to re-iterate Paris’s support to its former colony now unable to face […]
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said reaching a peace deal with Palestine will first require the Arab World warming its ties with Israel at a time Arab countries insist that normalizing their relations with Tel Aviv would only take place when a solution is reached to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu was speaking at the event […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned in the most vigorous terms the simultaneous terror attacks that targeted Sunday the Ivorian seaside resort of Grand Bassam. The King sent a message of condolences to President Alassane Ouattara and also talked to him over the phone. According to a statement released by the Royal Office Sunday […]
The Presidency Council (PC) based in Tunisia and formed under the Libya Political Agreement announced that the majority of the lawmakers at the Tobruk-based parliament signed a document supporting the Government of National Accord (GNA) giving a “green light to start work.” The council said in a statement that Libya’s Political Dialogue Team (PDT,) a […]
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Thursday announced Paris will next Monday propose sanctions against Libyan officials who still pose a threat to the UN-backed political process stumbling on opposed interests. “I do not exclude threatening them with sanctions. In any case, that is what I will propose to my foreign affairs colleagues on Monday in […]
Morocco has renewed its unflinching support to Palestinian statehood and to any initiative seeking the end of Israeli occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Al Quds as its capital. “We welcome and support any serious initiative aimed at ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian State, within the 1967 […]