First Independent Mena Newspaper
Protests at the port of Brega, eastern Libya, came to an end on Sunday after authorities reached a deal with the protesters thereby paving the way for operations to begin. The protests forced production at the Irda natural gas field to stop and last week, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) warned that nearby Sahel gas […]
Tunisia’s interior minister Mohamed Najem Gharsalli paid a visit to the island of El Ghriba on Sunday after Israel issued a warning that Jews could be facing “concrete threats” during next week’s pilgrimage to the Island. The minister said his visit to the area is geared towards monitoring the latest preparations to ensure a successful […]
Senior security officials during the Ben Ali regime will face another trial after the Tunisian Court of Cassation overturned the rulings of the Military Court of Appeals. The officials are being held responsible for the deaths of about 70 people and events that wounded about 800 others in Tunis, Sfax, Thala and Kasserine during the […]
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal’s said his four-day official visit to China has ended with “satisfactory” results with feelings that it will lead to a “new impetus” in the ties between the two countries especially in the economic sector. Algeria wants to diversify its economy and is hoping that it could learn from the Chinese experience […]
The report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on the diversion of the international humanitarian assistance, mainly European, to the Algeria-based Tindouf camps that was made public last January is still making waves and influencing decision-making at the international scale. On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted unanimously a resolution urging Algeria to allow the organization […]
The U.N led talks to end the war in Libya has been dealt a heavy blow after the rival government and parliament in Tripoli rejected the draft proposal for a Unity government. U.N special envoy Bernadino Leon said they have started receiving reactions from Tripoli and Tobruk and that some of them are critical and […]
Oman and Spain have signed a joint partnership fund agreement that will help the two countries to use the Middle Eastern country as a center for their expansion plans. A €200 million joint investment fund was signed between Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (Cofides) and Oman’s State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) with both parties […]
The working and friendship visit Morocco’s King Mohammed VI was to pay to Saudi Arabia as of Wednesday has been postponed for few days following the Saudi cabinet reshuffle made by King Salman on Tuesday. The decision to postpone the visit was made by the two heads of State during a phone call. The appointment […]
The European Union (EU) has launched a new €10 million program called ‘Countering radicalization and Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ aimed at helping “partner countries to counter radicalization in the Maghreb countries and stem the flow of foreign fighters from North Africa, the Middle East and Western Balkans.” The announcement was made in a statement released by […]
A diplomatic row between Algiers and Nouakchott has erupted over an article published by Mauritanian e-journal Al-Bayan, alleging that Mauritania had complained to the U.N about Morocco flooding it with drugs. Mauritania, infuriated by the false news that could strain its ties with Morocco, immediately expelled the Chief adviser at the Algerian embassy Belkacem Cherouati […]