First Independent Mena Newspaper
he UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) unloaded Saturday a dozen of armored military vehicles, shipped from Turkey in what appears as Ankara’s support for the GNA counter-operation to keep at bay forces of east-based military commander Khalifa Haftar who seek to overtake the Libyan capital. Military media South Front, citing sources from Tripoli, reports […]
Royal Navy coastguard, operating in the Mediterranean, on Sunday night, assisted several makeshift inflatable boats that encountered difficulties, said a military source. The boats were carrying 169 sub-Saharan nationals who were attempting to cross to Europe. The immigrants were brought safe and sound to Moroccan Mediterranean ports, the military source added. Also on Sunday evening, […]
Leaders of the 12 parties aligned with the Mauritanian ruling regime have demanded authorities to intervene and secure the release of a political leader who has been held in Saudi Arabia for several months, Le360.ma reports. Youssef Ould Horma Babana, leader of Temam [party close to the regime] has been held in custody for several […]
Moroccan interior security authorities have nabbed in capital Rabat a mother and her 44-year-old son charged of drug trafficking. The suspects were arrested Friday morning at Kamra bus station in the Moroccan capital after arriving from a town in the north part of the kingdom. They were nabbed on tipoffs provided by the internal security […]
The Egyptian Government will commission by the end of 2019 all the power plants that make up the Benban large solar photovoltaic park, with a total capacity of 1.65 GW, Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr has announced. Nineteen solar parks in the Benban complex have already been commissioned. Altogether, these facilities […]
In Mali, the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved €11.14 million to improve climate resilience for 100,000 farmers in Mali and safeguard the ecosystems of the Niger River. The AfDB signed three grant agreements with the Malian authorities. The agreements include a €3.5 million grant from the Transition Assistance Facility (TAF), a €2 million grant […]
Morocco has taken a series of reforms to diversify the triggers of growth for its economy away from dependence on agriculture, phosphates and tourism through developing competitive industries and diversifying its trading partners. Agriculture weights about 15% of the Moroccan economy making the amount of rainfall key to influence economic performance. Last year, cereals output […]
Since the launch by Haftar’s LNA forces of an offensive to take Tripoli from the UN-sponsored government (GNA) early April, trade has been heavily affected in Tunisian border towns with hospitals full of wounded Libyans. The intensifying battles around Tripoli are also putting a strain on Tunisia’s security apparatus which announced on May 3 the […]
Morocco will acquire AH-64 Apache military helicopters from the US within the next two years. The deal to purchase the Apache helicopters has been in the pipeline since April last year, but the timeframe of delivery has only just been revealed. “Morocco has a pressing need for new sophisticated attack helicopters,” a source told Moroccan […]
The Algerian regime has tightened the screws on the movement of Sahrawis in Tindouf camps, by stripping them of Algerian passports which they use for traveling overseas. After they ordered the polisario to toughen the entry and exit measures for the Sahrawis living in the Tindouf camps, the Algerian authorities are now withdrawing Algerian passports, […]