First Independent Mena Newspaper
French President Emmanuel Macron maintained the statements that angered Algeria and said that he expects more tension with Algeria regarding memory. The French President had told students with a background linked to France’s colonial presence in Algeria that the North African country did not exist as a nation prior to its independence in 1962, he […]
Moroccan economy is expected to grow by 4.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021, instead of a 5.1% decline a year earlier, due to an increase of 18.5% of the agricultural value added and 2.5% of the non-agricultural value added, according to the planning agency, HCP. Crop production growth prospects are expected to remain favorable, […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a grim picture of the Algerian economy which has been weakened by the macroeconomic imbalances exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and needs urgent structural reforms to maintain stability. “The coronavirus pandemic and concomitant decline in oil production and prices have seriously impacted the economy last year, leading to […]
US envoy to Libya Richard Norland thanked Morocco for facilitating talks between Libyans with a view to preparing for Dec. elections. Rabat hosted last week two-day talks between representatives of the House of Representatives and the High State Council with the participation of UNSMIL as a technical facilitator. “We thank Morocco for its willingness to […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres mentioned in a recent report that Polisario militiamen used civilians as a human shield during a three-week blockade of a vital road for West African traffic with Morocco. In a report to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Sahara region, Guterres acknowledged that Polisario armed men have […]
Morocco has started administering a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine this Monday Oct. 4, in a bid to further reinforce collective immunity. People who took Covid-19 vaccine shots over six months ago will be contacted first through SMS to take a third jab, the health ministry said in a statement. It said targeted categories […]
Tunisian security forces have detained a parliamentarian and a journalist of a local television on charges of plotting against the state, and insulting President Kais Saied. Abdellatif Alaoui, a lawmaker MP and former leader of el Karama coalition, (17 seats), announced on a Facebook post that he has been arrested at his residence on Sunday […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted to the Security Council his annual report on the situation in the Sahara, highlighting the diplomatic and economic achievements accomplished in the Moroccan southern provinces. This report is sent to the Council ahead of its planned debate on the Sahara in October. During this month, the Security Council members […]
The United Nations has called on Libyan authorities to respect the human rights and dignity of all people, including migrants and asylum-seekers, voicing serious concern over the use of excessive force against migrants and asylum seekers in Tripoli. According to press reports, one migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when […]
France’s development agency AFD will pump €100 million into the establishment and management of a wholesale market in Egypt next year. The market will be built in Borg el-Arab; industrial city in the governorate of Alexandria, Arab Finance reports, quoting Minister of Supply Ali Al-Muselhi. A joint Egyptian-French company will be set up to manage […]