First Independent Mena Newspaper
The leader of the People’s Movement for Progress (MPP) and former Premier under deposed Blaise Campaore, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, was announced winner of the first free and fair presidential elections after decades of dictatorship and a troubled transitional period. Provisional results published by the national electoral commission give 53.49 % of the votes to […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has stressed the need to reach international consensus and to use technological advances effectively to reduce the impact of global warming, while he called for supporting developing countries in their endeavor to fully embrace the Climate Action agenda. “A genuine, inclusive international consensus is imperative. It requires that we support developing […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed Morocco’s “unconditional and constant support for the historical and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, particularly the right to establish their independent State on their liberated territories, with East Al Quds as its capital”. This came in a message addressed to the Chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise […]
Former Algerian economy minister and head of the Algerian Popular Movement party (MPA) Saturday rejected the suggestion that a single national party will guarantee the stability of the country hit by economic slow-down. “Some are concerned about the stability of the country, I am the first political figure to defend it, but stability does not […]
Israel Sunday said it will cut diplomatic ties with the European Union on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in retaliation to the EU’s recent decision to label goods produced in the West Bank occupied territories. The Israeli foreign ministry announced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to suspend ties with EU over the Palestinian issue and also indicated […]
The Egyptian ministry of the interior Sunday vowed to deal with growing torture cases and punish police forces involved in such acts. The ministry promised no leniency over what people call total impunity of police forces in the face of the increasing human rights abuses committed by these forces. The interior ministry is under fire […]
Moroccan security services have captured lately three people belonging to a militant cell having ties with the terrorist Islamic State group. The cell, which includes a woman who appears to be the first female suicide bomber, is the second of its kind to be dismantled in the North African country after the Paris attacks of […]
A meeting of Libyan mayors, municipal representatives and political figures Thursday in Gharian urged for unity and stressed that Libyan problems must be settled by Libyans, rejecting international interference in Libyan internal affairs. The gathering called for domestic solutions to Libyan problems and urged all Libyans to start a reconciliation dialogue. Members of the Tobruk-based […]
Former head of the Algerian counter-terrorism agency General Hassan was handed a five-year prison sentence by a military court in a behind closed doors trial. Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, known as General Hassan, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of destroying documents and disobeying military orders. Gen. Hassan headed successfully the Algerian counter-terrorism department […]
Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz inaugurated Tuesday the country’s first wind energy plant expected to produce about 30 megawatt, enough to cover 14% of energy need of the capital, Nouakchott. The new energy plant worth €43 million was co-funded by Mauritania and the Arab Fund for economic and social development. Mauritanian minister of energy Ahmed […]