First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco was ranked the fifth largest tomato producer preceded by Iran, Spain, the Netherlands and Mexico. France was the first destination of Morocco’s tomatoes with 368 million kilograms, followed by Russia and Spain, said the EU statistics agency Eurostat. In 2018, Morocco produced 569 million kilograms of tomatoes, representing 6.72% of global production worth €582 […]
The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said her office would appeal the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo. The Hague-based court acquitted ex-President Laurent Gbagbo earlier this year. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 […]
The government of South Sudan has received around $600 million from the Chinese government to pay outstanding civil servants’ salaries. South Sudan News Agency, quoting government sources, said the new loan aims to cover salaries payment. The move comes weeks after many South Sudanese deputies boycotted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget, rising against the […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has firmly condemned as “despicable terrorist act” the attack that targeted two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, pointing out that the aggression threatens world peace and security. In a message to King Salman Ibn Abdelaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, King Mohammed VI has expressed his strong condemnation […]
West African leaders have pledged $1 billion to combat the threat of Islamist militancy in the region, the head of the regional bloc said on Saturday at the end of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The extraordinary summit was attended by the […]
Polls by several media and polling firms predict, after the first round of the presidential election held Sunday in Tunisia, a face-off between Kais Saied, a law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media mogul detained on money laundering charges. Kais Saied, the surprise of the voting process, is credited with 19.5 per cent of the […]
The Moroccan government has expressed its full backing to the international campaign to be launched by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to counter the Israeli prime minister’s plans to annex the occupied Jordan Valley and the northern part of the Dead Sea. Addressing an OIC extraordinary meeting, convened in the Red Sea City of […]
Tunisia’s former first lady died Sunday as Tunisians were casting their vote to elect the successor to her husband, Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away late July. Hafedh Caid Essebsi, one of the late leader’s sons announced the death of his mother, Chadlia Farhat Essebsi, 85, in a facebook post. “My mother Chadlia, widow of […]
Algeria’s Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah has announced December 12 as the date of presidential elections after army and protests forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down early April. Bensalah announced the date in a speech on Sunday as he also dismissed the Secretary General of the High Independent Authority for Election as part of […]
The participation of Morocco at a high-level security summit of West African countries where the kingdom shared its vision of joint action to combat terrorism and other security threats stands in stark contrast with Algeria’s indifference to Sahel issues. Even before being grappled with pro-democracy protests, the Algerian regime has shown little if no support […]