First Independent Mena Newspaper
A secret cell of women sympathetic of IS group has been exposed in London, after an undercover investigation revealed that the women held secret meetings to promote the agenda of the terrorist group. The undercover investigation is the work of the British TV Channel 4 which infiltrated the secret cell through a member of the […]
The Jewish community in South Africa on top of which Israeli ambassador to Pretoria criticized South African President Jacob Zuma for linking the Paris and Bamako attacks to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israeli ambassador to Pretoria Arthur Lenk panned President Zuma’s Sunday comments saying that they were unfair and mean misunderstanding of the real agenda of […]
King Philip of Belgium has requested Morocco’s assistance in the fight against terrorism and called for a closer cooperation between the two countries in matters of security and intelligence sharing. The request was expressed during a telephone conversation between King Philip and King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday. […]
The Egyptian government has obtained a German financial support for three power projects to be carried out under the supervision of German group Siemens, through their local partners Orascom Construction and El-Sewedy Electric. The three projects will cost $ 6.3 billion lent by Deutsche Bank, HSBC Germany and German Bank of Reconstruction (KfW). The loan […]
A day after Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal stated that the economy was going through a difficult juncture and stressed the need to adopt a long term growth vision, Finance Minister Abderrahmane Benkhalfa told the parliament that taxes and import duties could be increased and energy subsidies could be removed and that vigilance is required in […]
Tunisian foreign minister said Saturday in Paris that security is deteriorating in his country because of combined activity between terrorists and traffickers and called for an international coordinated response to the threatening surge in terrorism. It is “a Mafia made up of terrorists and human traffickers,” Taieb Baccouche said at a debate organised by Tunisia’s […]
Libyan political protagonists are facing a hard choice or rather left without a choice after UNSMIL new head Martin Kobler said he would not reopen fresh talks on the final agreement reached by his predecessor Bernardino Leon and that the text was not amendable. Kobler spent the week urging Libyan political protagonists to endorse the […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack and the hostage-taking operation in the Radisson hotel in Bamako Friday and voiced his country’s unwavering support to Mali in its fight against terrorism. “I would like to condemn in the strongest possible terms this heinous attack, and to assure […]
A new Libyan airline, Free Falcon Air, will start operations next year from Zintan and Labraq airport, as a purely commercial carrier. The new Libyan carrier to be headquartered in Beida already possesses a Boeing 737 and is negotiating the purchase of another one. It will run regular flight between the Labraqa and Zintan as […]
President Francois Hollande of France has expressed his country’s thanks to King Mohammed VI for the “effective assistance” provided by Morocco following the Paris terror attacks that shook the French capital a week ago. This came during a meeting between the two heads of State held Friday afternoon at the Elysée, the French presidential palace. […]