First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tripoli international airport has become the center of interest of different rebel groups in Libya. The airport is controlled by the rebels from Zintan but the Islamists and fighters from Misrata want to take it over from them. The Zintan rebels are being accused of backing the liberalists in the Libyan parliament. The clashes have […]
Tunisia is mourning 14 of its soldiers killed while breaking their fast at their posts near the Algerian border. A soldier still remains missing. The attack on two army posts is believed to have been carried out by “terrorist groups” linked to Al-Qaeda. No group has claimed responsibility yet but the government has already pinpointed […]
Morocco’s aeronautics industry sector which has constantly progressed since it was launched in the late nineties of the last century has attracted this week a € 45 million new investment. The investment will be injected by Aerolia, an Airbus Group subsidiary, and Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, which has reoriented its activity […]
An aide to the former Libyan Prime Minster Ali Zeidan has revealed that the country could be gearing up for a major long battle between Islamists and the militia headed by Khalifa Haftar. Libyans who were sent by the Islamists to fight in Syria and Iraq are now returning to fight against the men of […]
The relations between Nouakchott and Washington with regards to the fight against terrorism have been boosted with a $21million worth of military aircraft equipment to counter the growing threat of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Mauritania is considered as a strategic location to fight against terrorism in the Maghreb and its soldiers also have […]
The two-day official visit King Felip VI of Spain is paying to Morocco as of this Monday, less than a month after his enthronement following the abdication of his father, translates the special importance the two countries grant to their strategic relationship and shows that the changeover of power in Spain is not having any […]
The influx of tourists to Egypt has been declining since 2011 but the country continues to register a significant increase of visitors coming from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Red sea resorts of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada are the most preferable destinations. Egyptian authorities have been doubling their efforts to attract visitors but […]
Members of Libya’s General National Congress have voted to move the new parliament from the capital to Benghazi. The government has allocated millions of dollars to the project. The city of Benghazi located in the eastern part of the country is famous for being the focal point of the uprising against Gadhafi but it has […]
Three days after tensions between Israel and Palestinian continue, Egypt has called for an end to the attacks from both sides. Cairo has played a very important role in the conflict between the two countries but it seems as if the new government doesn’t have any intention of continuing in this vein. Cairo is not […]
Bilateral energy talks between Algeria and Tanzania have reached advanced stages. The two governments are involved in discussions regarding three different energy projects with reference to their electricity, natural gas and petroleum potentials. Tanzania’s Minster of energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter Muhongo, met with his Algerian homologue, Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi, in Algiers to further […]