First Independent Mena Newspaper
Ethiopia plans to plant 5 billion trees in 2024 as it seeks to foster climate change mitigation as the country faces extreme environmental events including drought and torrential rains. Such a green project would require at least 117 million dollars and mobilize millions of citizens throughout the country. Planting more trees is part of Ethiopia’s […]
The Liberian senate has approved the setting up of a special court that investigates crimes by warlords during the country’s civil war. The Liberian civil war erupted in 1989 when Charles Taylor, leading the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded Liberia from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire through Nimba County, triggering one of the most deadly […]
A boat was thrown by the current in Brazil’s coasts with nine dead migrants from Mauritania and Mali on board, an incident that highlights the hazardous journey facing migrants bound to the Canary Islands. The Brazilian police could identify the identities of the decomposed bodies thanks to documents they had carried. The boat crossed the […]
The European Union has recently launched 17 new regional programs, most notably including ‘The Team Europe Initiative on Opportunity-Driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training’ and the ‘Africa-Europe Youth Academy’, aiming to boost youth mobility and skills in Africa. The 17 new regional programs under the flagship of Youth Mobility for Africa were launched by […]
As Muslims across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region prepare to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr — the Feast of Breaking the Ramadan Fast — starting from Wednesday (11 April), people in many parts of Africa are bracing for low-key festivities due to the tough economic and security challenges that their countries are going through. […]
Momentum is building up between African and Caribbean nations to set up a tribunal that will look into the atrocities suffered by ancestors who have been enslaved by western powers. The creation of such a tribunal, modeled on Nuremburg trials, is also backed by the US, Reuters reported. Formally recommended in June by the UN […]
The bumbling Algerian regime continues to embarrass itself and lose credibility by trying to deceive the regional and international community with its old dirty games and political machinations which are no longer working. The latest fumble and slap in the face of the reckless Algerian rulers came from Libya’s Presidential Council which belied Algerian President […]
Trade between Nigeria and neighboring Niger has bounced back since the West African bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on the latter coup-hit country, just as the president of the ECOWAS Commission admits Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s withdrawal will cost the regional bloc as much as US$1 billion. In January 2024, the three countries led by military […]
French daily Le Figaro shed light on Morocco’s remarkable strides in reforming its social protection system, describing this initiative as “singular” within the African continent. The paper underscored the distinctiveness of Morocco’s reform, and emphasized that on a continent where fewer than 15% of the population benefits from social protection, Morocco’s efforts stand out significantly. […]
Food security outlook has been seriously undermined in southern Africa due to the disastrous impact of the El Nino weather, which triggered extreme droughts and heatwaves that destroyed crops. Zimbabwe is on the brink of declaring a drought emergency, following the example of neighboring Zambia and Malawi. Water shortage in Africa’s south means millions risk […]