First Independent Mena Newspaper
Three security forces and one civilian were shot dead Monday at a checkpoint in an attack in Moungo department, in the littoral region, that Cameroonian authorities blamed on separatists fighting to break away from Yaounde. “On Monday morning, heavily armed separatists opened fire on the Matouké checkpoint in the Bona-Léa district of the Moungo department. […]
A Moroccan woman died and 25 others were injured, when a bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday in southern Spain, the emergency services said. The bus carrying 34 Moroccan farm workers from San Juan del Puerto to Huelva overturned just before sunrise some 50 km from the southwestern Andalusian city of Huelva, […]
Sales abroad by all segments of the automotive sector gained traction in the first quarter this year becoming Morocco’s top exporting sector again ahead of phosphates’ sales which topped exports last year. Morocco is home to two large plants by Stellantis and Renault as well as an automotive ecosystem exporting wire harness and interior parts […]
Officials from the Casablanca Stock exchange held meetings with investors in London to showcase the competitive advantages it offers as well as Morocco’s business climate. The bourse has a pivotal role to play in funding Moroccan enterprises and it is set to attract more companies seeking better financing opportunities, including SMEs, Casablanca Stock Exchange head […]
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development has granted Tunisia $52 million (KWD16 million) in form of credit facility to be used for road projects. The financing deal was signed during the 52nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the fund, held on the sidelines of the annual joint meetings of Arab […]
Japan will finance the construction of Cairo’s fourth metro line to the tune of $700 million. The announcement was made Sunday during a visit to Egypt by the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. This Japanese investment is one of the largest packages to support the plan to develop transportation in Egypt. The fourth phase of […]
Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]
Morocco’s cereals harvest is seen growing to 55 million quintals, up 62% from last year when the country suffered from the longest drought in more than three decades, the agriculture ministry said. The increase in the harvest was possible thanks to a 13% rise in rainfall up to April 27, which however remained 36% below […]
Majority of oil trade routes are now at least five times longer as supplier and buyer dynamics have changed dramatically after the Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, raising the prospect of increased emissions. Most pre-war oil trade routes that took 5-6 days prior to the Russia-Ukraine war can now take […]
A first plane loaded with “eight tons” of aid including “surgical equipment” landed on Sunday in Sudan where it should allow “to treat 1,500 patients” in the country where most hospitals are out of order because of the fighting between the two rival generals. The plane, which also carries humanitarian personnel, took off from Amman […]