First Independent Mena Newspaper
The UK has warned against all travel to all Algeria’s borders except with Morocco, in a travel advice that exposes the fragile security conditions in the country and debunks the military regime’s propaganda which has often taken aim to describe Morocco as the source of all threats. On its travel advice official website, the UK […]
The growing insecurity in Algeria and heightened geopolitical tensions have pushed the UK foreign Office to issue a new warning against all travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia. According to British authorities, the “threat from terrorism is higher” in some parts of Algeria, especially in the southern […]
The UK government has said it still sticks to the plan to hand over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius even after the country’s new leader backed away from the contentious deal, arguing that it did not benefit his country enough. London announced it will transfer the sovereignty over the contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which […]
Time has come for the UK government to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory following in the footsteps of key allies, including the United States, France, Germany and Israel. In an Op-Ed published in online platform “Comment Central”, Harry James Richer, a foreign policy analyst, said such recognition would positively contribute to […]
The discourse surrounding Britain’s colonial legacy has taken a new turn as senior British officials address growing calls for reparations from former colonies. The discussion has gained prominence following recent Commonwealth leadership meetings where member nations advocated for meaningful dialogue on historical justice. During a diplomatic visit to Nigeria, Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy, himself […]
Britain said reparations for the centuries-old transatlantic slavery is not on the agenda of its participation at a Commonwealth summit. Members of the former British empire, the Commonwealth, are meeting in Samoa, as the current government sticks to a tradition set by its predecessors rejecting calls for reparations. Both British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and […]
Director-General of Morocco’s national police & domestic intelligence agency Abdellatif Hammouchi received on Wednesday visiting British Vice Admiral Edward Ahlgren. They discussed the challenges of illegal immigration, transnational organized crime and cooperation to ensure safety & security of large-scale events and major foot-ball competitions. Morocco will host Interpol’s 93rd General Assembly in Marrakech in 2025, […]
Moroccan-British military cooperation prospects were at the center of separate meetings held Tuesday in Rabat by Vice Admiral Edward Graham Ahlgren with minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, and Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone, Lt. General Mohamed Berrid. Talks between Loudyi and the Royal […]
The restoration of flights between Libya and the United Kingdom, particularly to cities with significant Libyan communities was discussed at a meeting between Head of Libya’s Civil Aviation Authority, Abdul Rahman bin Youssef, and British Ambassador to Libya, Martin Longden. The British diplomat agreed to liaise with relevant UK departments to support the Civil Aviation […]
Morocco took part, on the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, in the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), one of the world’s largest air shows, held July 19-21 at the British Air Force’s Fairford base, in the West of England. Morocco’s Royal Air […]