First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tunisia has rejected as “inaccurate” the recent press reports indicating that the terrorist cell of the Sahel was about to perpetrate a large-scale operation in the country. The Interior Ministry’s press officer Walid Louguini said the press reports are “not accurate” but did not denied them outright. He said the public will be informed “at […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a US$ 200 million loan for the construction of a new 1.8 GW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Damanhour, north west of Cairo. This loan will contribute to funding the US$ 1.3 billion total project cost, which is also being supported by the European […]
The scale of the massacre of the Paris attacks has left everybody in shock and dismay. The terror horror reminded the world of the growing threat posed by the Islamic States. In the Maghreb, one of the closest regions to Europe, terrorist attacks have spiked in all countries of the region except for Morocco which […]
Algerian Minister of Territorial Development, Tourism and Handicrafts announced Monday in Algiers the launch of 2,500 tourism projects in 2016 in a bid to strike balance between offer and demand in the tourism industry. Speaking at a national seminar on tourism agencies’ activities, Amar Ghoul indicated that the 2016 plan is meant to promote tourism […]
Head of Russian Intelligence Service, Alexander Bortnikov, confirmed Tuesday that the Russian jet crash in Sinai was an act of terrorism and that a homemade bomb with the equivalent of “a kilo of TNT” destroyed the airplane. “One can say unambiguously that it was a terror act,” Bortnikov said, adding that Russian experts found out […]
Tunisian authorities announced Monday they arrested seven women operating with the IS media cell in charge of promoting the terrorist organization and praise the group’s actions in Tunisia. The women told security forces that they were tasked with promoting the group on internet and celebrate its actions in Tunisia. Security sources said the women belong […]
German veteran diplomat Martin Kobler who has been appointed few weeks ago Head of the UNSMIL and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, in replacement of Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon, is assuming office as of Tuesday, November 17. The new UNSMIL chief faces a daunting task in view of the large rifts […]
The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]
Libyan reports based on sources from Derna Sunday rejected the US claims that an American F-15 fighter jet killed the IS leader in Libya, Abu Nabil Al-Anbari. Sources from the Libyan Eastern city pointed out that Abu Nabil Al-Anbari, aka Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, was not killed in the strike and that the Iraqi-born […]
Egyptian security and medical officials Sunday indicated that they discovered 15 African migrants shot dead in Rafah, in North Sinai. Circumstances of their death are still unclear, the officials said. Eight Egyptians had also been found wounded but medical officials say their health condition is stable. The Sinai Peninsula is often used by African migrants […]