First Independent Mena Newspaper
The strategic importance of the fixed link project, through the Strait of Gibraltar, between Morocco and Spain, for both kingdoms and for Europe and Africa was the focus of a conference held this week in Madrid. During this meeting, held at the Casa Árabe, an institution under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the […]
The submarine tunnel project to link Morocco and Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar which was elaborated decades ago has been put on the table of discussion again on the sidelines of the 12th Moroccan-Spanish high-level meeting held this week in Rabat. The project was at the focus of talks held between Moroccan ministers of […]
The Royal Moroccan Navy’s Sigma-class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah (F 615) joined on Tuesday the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) in a maritime drill carried at the Strait of Gibraltar within the frame of the longstanding U.S.-Moroccan military cooperation ties existing between the two allies and partner countries. The largest American aircraft carrier […]
The revival of the decades-old project to connect Africa to Europe via the strait of Gibraltar was discussed at a virtual meeting Wednesday between the Moroccan and Spanish Transport Ministers Abdelkader Amara and Jose Luis Abalos. This meeting, held through video-conference as part of the two countries’ mutual interest in further strengthening their bilateral […]
The Spanish Interior Ministry Tuesday announced the arrest, in coordination with Moroccan security forces, of several members of a cell involved in human trafficking in Gibraltar Strait. The cell members, mostly Nigerians, are also suspected for commercial sexual exploitation of young women also largely from Nigeria. The arrest of the traffickers was possible thanks to […]