First Independent Mena Newspaper
After failure of conspiracy theories waving the card of the foreign threat, the Algerian military junta is now targeting the Kabylie region’s independence movement, known as MAK, whom it accused of plotting bombings against Hirak protests. The aged military commanders issued a statement accusing the secular independence movement of planning attacks in order to trigger […]
Sahraoui woman Khadijatou Mahmoud urged the Spanish judiciary to activate a search warrant against Polisario leader Ibrahim Ghali who is currently hospitalized at a Spanish hospital. Khadijatou said she was raped in 2010 by Ghali, who was then the separatist front’s representative in Algiers, whom she sued at a Spanish court the same year. […]
Tunisian security forces Monday broke a network, with a foreign ramification, funding terrorism in the North African country, in hotbed conflicts areas, and in refugee camps. The national unit investigating terrorist crimes raided the residences of three Tunisians, two men and one woman, who allegedly form the local brand of the international network headed by […]
The success of Morocco’s plan to implement universal health coverage hinges on meeting the deficit in health workers estimated at 95,000, health minister said. Speaking to MPs, Minister Khaled Ait Taleb said that Morocco needs 32,522 more doctors and 65,044 nurses, adding that currently Morocco has only 1.7 doctors per 1000 people, which is far […]
The UN Secretary General is determined to find a new UN Sahara envoy in replacement of German Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019 “for health reasons”. The remarks were made by Spokesperson for the UN chief, Stéphane Dujarric, during his latest daily press briefing, reaffirming that filling such an important post is not […]
Morocco has received this Monday 500,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine as it continues its campaign to reach herd immunity, Moroccan media reported. Earlier, Morocco announced that China will supply it with 10 million doses in April and May. The new batch will allow Morocco to maintain the vaccination momentum, which earned the Kingdom congratulations […]
A Moroccan man suspected of stabbing to death six family members, including two minors, while they slept has been arrested in Spain, police said Sunday. The unidentified man is wanted in Morocco over his alleged role in the murders in February of his brother and his sister-in-law, as well as their two adult children […]
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh cancelled a trip to the country’s second city Benghazi on Sunday after reports indicated that militias loyal to Khalifa Haftar blocked Benina Airport, Anadolu news agency reports. Dbeibeh travelled to Mitiga Airport in the capital Tripoli late Sunday to fly to Benghazi but returned home after learning of the […]
Morocco’s foreign ministry issued a strong worded statement in which it expressed its disappointment at the Spanish decision to allow into its hospitals head of the Polisario militia Ibrahim Ghali who is wanted on war crime charges. Ghali entered Spain using an Algerian passport with a false name in order to shun arrest after several […]
Tunisia’s National Guard Sunday said it has launched legal action against a local movie director after an episode of a series showed a member of the military force taking a bribe. “El Foundou” a series broadcasted by El Hiwar Ettounsi, a private television, attracted the wrath of the National Guard. The administration of the military […]