First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
The United Nations has been informed that Morocco would brush up its migration policy so that about 40,000 currently illegal migrants are to be given an official migrant status. Since its implementation ten years ago, Morocco’s migration policy has been hailed as an example of a successful government policy. The European Union as well as […]
Saadi Gadhafi, the son of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, has been transferred by Niger government to Libya where he will stand trial for charges of embezzlement and armed intimidation when he was head of the Libyan Football Federation. Libyan authorities have been seeking for a long time the custody of the 40-year old fugitive […]
Tunisia’s finance ministry announced that it would freeze assets of individuals and legal entities that are tied to terrorist activities. The suspicious assets range from real estate, securities, moveable assets to financial instruments and as such they will be frozen in order to prevent money laundering and financing terrorist activities. A 2003 law enables the […]
Libya has decided to reunite with its past after the General National Congress approved a draft submitted by Prime Minister Zeidan to abrogate the law that forced the Royal Senussi family that Colonel Gaddafi overthrew into exile. The decision has been hailed as a move towards the right direction. According to the draft which was […]
As Algeria braces for another controversial presidential elections scheduled for next month with incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika running for a fourth term, the country’s economic and social problems are building up with the drop in gas & oil output and revenues, heralding deep cracks in the country. According to Nourreddine Aït Laoussine, former CEO of […]
Tunisia and Russia are fostering their bilateral relationships with the visit of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the country. Discussions behind closed doors will be dominated by trade and commercial topics after trade between the two countries dropped during last year. Despite the immense attention that the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine has attracted, […]
Amid deep political turmoil, there is a mounting concern in Egypt as Ethiopia forges ahead with its plan to build the $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile’s main tributary. The hydroelectric dam, to be Africa’s biggest, sounded the alarm bell for Egypt due to its possible impact on the flow of the river. […]
Over the past weekend, the Ukrainian government was ousted, Ukraine’s parliament reinstated the 2004 constitution and former President Victor Yanukovich is on the run in Russia. One might be forgiven to think of these developments in isolation. But it is in fact a reminder that reactionary regimes rarely deliver the sort of stability they are […]