First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco has officially submitted a request to regain its place as a member of the African Union (AU) during a meeting between Royal Advisor Taieb Fassi Fihri and the AU Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations. The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request […]
Morocco’s parliamentary elections approach on October 7 in a climate marked by fierce rivalry between the two main contending parties: the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) and the Secular Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM). This de facto polarization of the Moroccan partisan scene is manifested in the speculations on future coalitions led either […]
Morocco’s foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar called for a genuine south-south cooperation in fostering the input of excellence centers about climate change capacity building. “We need to acquire the knowledge of the north and foster south-south cooperation” said Mezouar at a meeting on the Moroccan initiative to reinforce the capacities of excellence centers and Think Tanks […]
The United States, the European Union, the African Union, the Arab League and several countries Thursday voiced support for Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) at the time the unity government struggles to float. The countries and international institutions involved in finding solutions to the Libyan crisis stood again by the GNA in a […]
Morocco has submitted its ratification documents of the Paris Agreement to the UN general assembly in New York, thus joining the 60 other countries that have adhered to the climate deal. In a comment on this ratification, Morocco’s foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who is also the COP22 president, said Morocco’s adherence to the Paris agreement […]
King Mohammed VI hailed the resilience shown by the economies of many Arab countries thanks to the bold structural reforms and economic diversification they embarked on and which enabled them to weather global financial crisis. In a message addressed to the 40th meeting of the council of Arab central bank governors & Arab monetary agencies, […]
Moroccan state-owned bank Credit Agricole (CAM) received the approval of the Ministry of Finance to open an Islamic subsidiary with The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said in an official bulletin. Bank Al Maghrib added that it is in the final stages of launching Islamic finance industry, which is referred […]
A number of recent developments noticed both in Mauritania and Morocco have heralded normalization of diplomatic ties between the two Maghreb countries following a recent tension in their relations, after a change in Mauritania’s stand vis-à-vis the Polisario Front, which disputes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory. One strong signal of a thaw in […]
Israeli Prime Minister’s office has warned Israeli Jews of Moroccan descent to avoid traveling to the North African country to mark Hiloula due to serious threats of terrorist attacks. Hundreds of Jewish tourists of Moroccan origin flock every year to the Kingdom to mark Jewish religious rituals but the celebration this year, according to Israeli […]
Moroccan security services said Wednesday they have averted and foiled terrorist attacks in the North African country thanks to the recent arrest of three extremists affiliated to ISIS terror organization. The three captured men were active in the Northern Moroccan cities of Tangier and Mdiq, said a press release issued by the Ministry of the […]