First Independent Mena Newspaper
Maghreb region’s products and tourist attractions were showcased in the world’s largest travel trade fair – International Tourism Exchange – in Berlin that wrapped up in the German capital on Sunday (9 March). The high-profile venue was attended by tourism professionals from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco whose Tourism Minister, Lahcen Haddad revealed his plan […]
Algerians remain divided on President’s Bouteflika’s decision to contest for elections in April. Those in the opposition believe that he is old and weak to govern the country. A source close to the President’s campaign team has hinted that Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal will be rendering his resignation on Thursday in order to focus on […]
Morocco which boasts a genuine growth potential in addition to its political and economic stability can serve as a launching pad for U.S. investors wishing to operate in sub-Saharan Africa. The statement was repeated as a leitmotiv by several US and Moroccan officials and economic operators who were attending the second US-Morocco business development conference […]
Last Friday (March 7) saw hundreds of Libyans marching in the streets of Benghazi to call for security – only one day after the international community gathered in Rome to discuss the security in Libya to find ways to forestall its further descent to lawlessness. The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, said that the situation […]
Morocco dismantled an al-Qaeda recruiter-led criminal network which is accused of committing financial crimes in the cities of Fez and Sefrou. According to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior, the gang included two known terrorists, whereby the group’s leader has reportedly helped finance jihadists to join al-Qaeda in Syria. To fund its terrorist activities, the gang […]
In a documentary – to be aired by Al-Jazeera and a debate surrounding the Lockerbie bombing; Iran is being accused of sponsoring the attack after asking the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), a breakaway faction group of the Palestinian struggle based in Syria, to carry out the bombing. Iran has dismissed […]
Libya’s navy and pro-government militias have sent ships to an anchorage held by armed demonstrators to prevent a North Korean tanker from leaving with oil that it had bought without a permission of the Libyan government. The tanker docked at Es Sider on Saturday, one of Libya’s three harbors seized by rebels since last August […]
A day after Japan’s Senior Vice Foreign Minister responsible for the Middle East, Europe and America expressed desires of enhancing military cooperation in the Sahel to promote stability, he has added that they are interested in importing gas from Algeria and investing in its energy sector. Senior Vice Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi is on a […]
The exchange of words between the Libyan government and the rebels in the Eastern part of the country could soon turn into a full combat action. Cultural Minister Habibi al-Amin said “a force” has already been mobilized to “seize” the North Korean flagged ship which docked in a rebel controlled eastern port of Es Sider […]
Some of the European countries that supported the rebellion in Libya have publicly made a statement regarding the chaotic situation in the North African country on the sidelines of the conference in Rome to end the crisis. The weak central government has been urged to engage in talks with the heavily armed militia groups. The […]