First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algerians have to wake up early to be able to buy subsidized bread amid a shortage of flour in the oil-rich country, Algerian media wrote. This scarcity of flour sent prices of bread skyrocketing from 10 dinars to 20 dinars auguring ill for the purchasing power of most vulnerable groups in a country that failed […]
The recent measures by the Tunisian President to dismiss the Prime Minister and disband parliament have been described as a “power grab” that may delay the financing deal with the IMF. Tunisia has struggled with endemic unemployment and an economic slow-down worsened by the Covid-19 crisis and pinned hope on a $4 billion loan package […]
The Washington-based Middle East Institute has published this Tuesday an analysis on the 22-year rule of King Mohammed VI that was marked by ambitious economic and social policies at home, and promotion of a stable foreign policy abroad. The author of the analysis Intissar Fakir, an MEI senior fellow and director of the program […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the exceptional measures including suspension of the parliament that he has taken since July 25, until further notice. His office said in a statement that he also extended the suspension of the immunity of members of parliament. Saied took Tunisians by surprise on July 25 as he seized the […]
Libya’s Interior minister Khaled Mazen has brushed aside claims by Tunisia that dozens of terrorists have crossed into Tunisian territory from around Al-Watiya airbase (AB) in view of attacking the border city of Ben Guerdane. Tunisia notified the Interpol of the presence of 100 terrorists at Al-Watiya AB and said they were trying to infiltrate […]
Nearly 9 out of 10 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region live in areas of high or extremely high water stress with serious consequences on their health, nutrition, cognitive development and future livelihoods, says the UNICEF. In its latest report titled: “Running Dry: the impact of water scarcity on children in […]
Morocco has developed one of the globe’s most competitive automotive industry hubs and prepares to raise production to 1 million cars annually, US magazine “Automotive Industries” said recently. In a special issue on the car industry in Morocco, the media explained how Morocco was leveraging its ready access to the European automotive market with an […]
Morocco expects to add 650 million dollars to its foreign exchange reserves as part of $1.2 billion that will be offered to the country under the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights. The sum is to be unlocked by the IMF this August 23 after a historic approval by the IMF Board of Governors to allocate Special […]
A suicide bomber killed himself Sunday at a checkpoint in the Libyan city of Zella but did not cause any other causalities, reports say, citing the army of rebel General Khalifa Haftar who controls the area. The spokesman of the army said the suicide bomber killed himself as he attacked the outpost. “The terrorist was […]
The government Council, held this Monday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency across the national territory until Tuesday October 31, 2021, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of health emergency, in force since March 2020 and that was scheduled to expire […]