First Independent Mena Newspaper
Kenyan presidential elections constituted “a travesty and a blatant disregard of the Constitution,” Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said and added that he would challenge the results of the close presidential election with “all legal options available to us“. Kenya was calm on Tuesday (16 August), a day after Deputy President William Ruto was officially […]
Tunisia’s national soccer team Carthage Eagles will play world’s largest FIFA World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly match on September 22 as both sides prepare for the 2022 world cup to take place in Qatar. The fixture, according to Eric Frozio, correspondent of French media L’Equipe, Canal Plus in Brazil, will take place in […]
The South Tripoli Court of Appeals has once again postponed its ruling on the case of former chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, to September 7, reports say. Sanalla appealed in July before the judiciary his removal from the chairmanship of the NOC by Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh. He rejected Dbeibeh’s […]
For the second consecutive year, the Embassy of Gabon in Rabat has chosen to celebrate the country’s 62nd independence anniversary in the Moroccan southern city of Laayoune, which is hosting a Gabonese Consulate General since January 2020. The celebration of the national event in Laayoune reflects once more Gabon’s unwavering support for the Moroccan Sahara […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Morocco and the United States in the fight against human trafficking were at the center of a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat. The meeting gathered visiting Brian Marcus, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons and his accompanying delegation […]
Egypt’s central bank governor, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday amid the country’s ongoing economic crisis and the Egyptian President accepted his resignation, according to several press reports. Amer had been at the helm of the central bank since 2015, and was due to hold the position for another year. The resignation comes amidst a severe […]
Israel and Turkey have agreed to resume full diplomatic relations and will proceed to an exchange of ambassadors following steady improvement in relations, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office said in a statement this Wednesday. “The improvement in relations will help deepen bonds between the two peoples, expand economic, trade and cultural ties, and strengthen […]
Columbia women’s basketball team will make its first trip overseas since 2016 on Saturday when it departs New York City to begin a one-week foreign tour in Morocco and Spain. “The Lions” will spend three nights in Morocco and four nights in Spain before returning to the United States, the team announced on its website. […]
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bought shares in Alphabet, Zoom Video and Microsoft as part of a wider pick of US stocks, bringing the sovereign wealth fund’s second-quarter investments to about $40.8 billion, Arab Finance reports. A filing from US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that PIF acquired 213,000 class A shares in Alphabet; 4.7 […]
UK’s renewable energy developer TuNur plans to invest $1.5 billion in building an export-oriented solar power plant in Tunisia with a capacity of 500 megawatts, the North African country’s state-run news agency announced Tuesday. Daniel Rich, the CEO of the British company made the announcement as he met with Tunisia’s Minister of Economy and Planning […]