First Independent Mena Newspaper
Spanish NGO “Freedom is Their Right” has condemned the systematic violations committed by the Algeria-backed Polisario militia of the rights of the Sahrawi women sequestered in the Tindouf camps, southern Algeria. Speaking at a meeting held over the weekend in Northern Italy on behalf of the NGO, Elisa Pavon Mulero said: “we denounce the violations […]
The city of Molins de Rei in Spain has refused to host a scheduled women’s water polo match between Spain and Israel after Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists lobbied for the event to be rejected. The match that was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon as part of a European preliminary championship ahead of the […]
Spanish Foreign Minister has just dealt a hard blow to the Polisario, saying he supports UN efforts to settle the Sahara conflict and European Union’s agreements with Morocco. He also affirmed that Spain has no legal or administrative responsibility in Western Sahara, deflating thus the Polisario’s claims. The Spanish Socialist Government’s Foreign Minister, José Borrell, […]
Morocco’s exports to Spain increased by 6.7% in the first seven months of 2018 compared with the same period last year, the EU statistics office said. Morocco’s imports from Spain grew by 7.8% while its imports from the EU followed a similar rising trend at 7.1 percent, the source said. Morocco’s exports to Spain consisted […]
Moroccan OCP Group, the world’s largest exporter of phosphates and a leading global phosphate plant nutrition player, and Fertinagro Biotech S.L., a Spanish company which manufactures and supplies a wide range of plant nutrition solutions, have completed the acquisition by OCP, through one of its subsidiaries, of 20% of Fertinagro’s shares by way of a […]
Spain has returned to Morocco dozen migrants who forced their way on Sunday to the Spanish occupied enclave of Melilla in the Northern African kingdom. A total of 208 migrants entered Melilla on Sunday after climbing over two barbed wire fences which separate the tiny territory from northern Morocco. One migrant died in the crossing. […]
Migration topped the agenda of a meeting between Interior ministers of Morocco and Spain Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska who both stressed on Saturday in Madrid the need for promoting legal migration as Spain became the main gate for illegal crossings to Europe. The Spanish minister told the press following the meeting that both countries […]
The European Union can solve the problem of migration only in collaboration with Morocco, a country to which the EU grants a tiny part of the aid earmarked for the fight against illegal migration. The statement was made by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell in a hearing before the Joint Committee of the Congress of […]
As Spain and Morocco feel the heat of the surge in migrants after the closure of the Balkan route and deterioration of security conditions in Libya, the EU is more divided than ever, with member states pursuing narrow national interests while ignoring the shared responsibility in managing migration. Spain has recently urged the EU to […]
Morocco-Spain route emerged as the prime destination for Sub-Saharan migrant mostly fleeing poverty in Africa. The North African country has so far averted 54,000 crossing attempts as trafficking gangs make enormous gains. Government spokesman, Mustapha El Khalfi, said the country can no longer let its territory shelter human trafficking networks and refuses to play the […]