First Independent Mena Newspaper
The French parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Union to formally label Russia’s mercenary Wagner force a “terror group,” while the Times newspaper has reported that the United Kingdom would also formally list Wagner as a terrorist organization to increase pressure on Russia. The French parliament has adopted a resolution, which is […]
Morocco and the United the Kingdom are strengthening their economic partnership, trade exchanges and political dialogue to counter common international challenges. Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Morocco reached £3.1 billion in 2022, an increase of 49.8% or £1.0 billion recorded in 2021. The two countries are determined […]
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Britain’s Octopus Energy Group have joined the Morocco-UK subsea energy interconnection project led by Xlinks. The two companies have invested 30 million pounds ($37.3 million). TAQA invested 25 million pounds and Octopus 5 billion, Xlinks said. “The huge potential of the Morocco – UK Power Project will help […]
The “MENA Diplomat of the Year 2023” award was granted to Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hakim Hajoui, during the 13th edition of the Diplomat magazine’s awards ceremony held on Monday. This award recognizes the forward-looking vision of King Mohammed VI and the exceptional progress scored by the North African Kingdom, said the Moroccan […]
The members of a British parliamentary delegation, on a working visit to Morocco, made a trip the Dakhla to get informed about the development dynamics in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region. The members of the delegation, led by chairperson of the UK-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group, Heather Wheeler, made field visits to learn more about the potential […]
The United Kingdom will halt the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria, placing the country on the red list of countries not to be targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers unless there is an agreement between governments, the government has announced. The move comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Nigeria […]
One of the most striking differences between the approaches by the European Union and the United Kingdom to negotiating trade deals with Africa is the extensiveness with which the EU negotiates these trade agreements, while the UK’s approach, in contrast, is to try to sign deals as quickly as possible, says a new report by […]
The project consisting in shipping electricity from Morocco to the UK led by Xlinks has featured in the UK’ s government energy security plan, dubbed Powering UP Britain. The policy paper sets out interest in the Xlinks project, a proposed large scale onshore wind, solar and battery electricity generation site in Morocco that would exclusively […]
The United Kingdom is expected to make direct investments worth $10 billion in Kenya in 2023, but in order for the East African country to fully benefit from the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed between both states in 2022, it will also have to maintain and enhance market access conditions. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Investment, […]
The British Foreign ministry announced Thursday the second edition of the UK-Africa investment summit will be held in London in April 2024 as the European country seeks to increase trade with the African continent. The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will host the major UK-Africa conference on 23-24 April 2024, as London tries to flesh […]