First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune has welcomed U.S. Hollywood as its newest sister city in a ceremony held Wednesday in the capital of Moroccan Sahara. Mayor of Hollywood city, Fl. Josh Levy and Head of Laayoune municipal council, Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid, have inked the twinning agreement confirming the American recognition of the Moroccanness […]
Participants in the 38th Toulouse-Saint Louis (Senegal) Air Race, which started Saturday, will make stopovers in the Moroccan Saharan cities of Tarfaya, Dakhla and Laâyoune. Twenty-eight planes with pilots from France, the U.S., Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Peru are taking part in this year’s rally to end Sept.30. The light airplanes took […]
King Mohammed VI on Saturday delivered a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People. Here follows the full text of the royal speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin Dear Citizens, Today, […]
Members of the Andean Parliament, led by Senate Speaker of Chile, Fidel Espinoza Sandoval, have been dazzled by the socio-economic development accomplished in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune. They toured the city on the sidelines of the first ever joint session held Monday by the Moroccan and Andean Parliaments in the capital of the […]
A moving tribute was paid this Friday at a ceremony in Geneva to two late human rights defenders who have reverberated the voice of the Kingdom of Morocco in Geneva and Banjul and defended its causes. Late Martin Maluza, president of the NGO “CIRAC” (International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter […]
AC Syracuse, a community based professional soccer team in New York, will open an academy in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune under a partnership sealed with the football league of Laayoune Sakia El Hamra to strengthen sports capabilities of local youth. AC Syracuse and Laayoune Sakia El Hamra have agreed to promote and develop […]
The Moroccan Sahara city of Laayoune is hosting the Morocco-United Arab Emirates Business Forum held under the theme ”A New Outlook, New Partnerships.” The forum, held under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, aims to showcase the region’s potentialities and partnership and trade opportunities for Emirati economic operators and investors. Organized by Laayoune-Sakia El […]
Members of a visiting Basque economic delegation said they were “surprised” and “impressed” by the quality of infrastructure in the city of Laayoune, expressing their keenness to examine investment prospects in the Moroccan Sahara, particularly in the sectors of fisheries and renewable energies. “We were surprised and impressed by the infrastructures that exist in […]
A visiting Spanish delegation discussed, Tuesday in Laayoune, the prospects of cooperation in the field of sports with president of the National League of women’s football and of the women’s municipal club of Laayoune, Khadija Ila. The Spanish delegation, composed of director of women’s football at the Spanish Federation of women’s football (RFEF) and sports […]
Burundian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation Albert Shingiro reiterated, Thursday in Rabat, his country’s support for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco and its national unity in accordance with the UN Charter, and reaffirmed Burundi’s support for the exclusive settlement of the Sahara issue by the United Nations through the autonomy […]