First Independent Mena Newspaper
As 2012 is drawing to a close, The North Africa Post deemed it timely to reflect upon some of the major events that happened over the past twelve months in North Africa, as the region is still at grips with the aftermath of the Arab Spring. In Morocco, the year began with the appointment, for […]
Festivals of Andalusian music has grabbed the North African country this weekend but the Festival of Andalusia and Ancient Music ( FIMAMA) which runs for more than a week caught the attention of the nation as the curtains have been drawn till another edition comes again next year. It was the 7th edition of the […]
The 21st General conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific organization has come to an end in Tunis. The meeting between the members of the organization ended with resolutions being put forward in areas deemed necessary. Among its final recommendations figured the necessity to uplift the educational system in member countries especially in […]
With the EU aiming to increasingly meet its energy needs from renewable sources – 30 per cent by 2020 and almost 100 per cent by 2050 – a great portion of this renewable power will have to come particularly from large-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations in sunny regions of the North Africa. But since the Maghreb […]
After decades of elusive quest for a common Arab economic space and EU-promoted trials with the fluky Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (EU-MFTA), the economies of the MENA region are facing the challenge of deciding whether to bury or revive the ‘frozen’ regional integration processes. Prior to the events of the Arab Spring, the MENA member […]
Algeria has been urged to diversify its economy which is heavily based on revenues generated from oil exports. This remark was made during the periodic assessments of the Algerian economy in the current year which has just a few days to go. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) did show their satisfaction […]
Operations have been hampered in a major oil port in eastern Libya, Al-Zuweitina oil port after protesters stormed its premises making it the fourth consecutive day that its door has been closed. The Al-Zuweitina oil port receives crude pumped from at least three oilfields in the Libyan desert and handles about 20% of the country’s […]
Egypt has decided to call off its first debt sale after a rating cut at Standard & Poor’s raised borrowing costs and as Fitch Ratings warned against delaying an International Monetary Fund loan beyond January. The local currency is continuing on its journey of unprecedented deprecation. The sale which was supposed to take place was […]
Relationships between Mauritania and Libya have become more active after the end of the Libyan uprising which started in Misrata and ended up uprooting Ghaddafi from power with the help of forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In a recent development, their chambers of commerce have decided to reinforce the interactions between the two […]
Mohamed Abbadi has been elected earlier this week secretary general of Al Adl wa al Ihssane after the demise of the founder and spiritual leader of the Moroccan outlawed Islamist association, Abdessalam Yassine. Mohammed Abbadi, Yassine’s closest friend who was sometimes called his “Black Box”, will lead the association for a five year term, not […]