First Independent Mena Newspaper
UNSMIL Chief Bernardino Leon warned GNC late Wednesday that other protagonists in the Dialogue process will forge ahead and form the Government of National Accord (GNA) without them after the Tripoli-based council missed its chance to field nominees for the posts of Premiership, and deputy Prime Ministership. Leon sounded very disappointed as his earlier predictions […]
Car giant company Nissan Tuesday indicated that it envisions increasing its market share in Morocco by 2016 and make the kingdom its pivotal point to conquer the African continent. Nissan Boss for Africa, Middle East and Far East Christian Mardrus speaking at the launch of a new Nissan show-room in Casablanca said the car producing […]
No day passes without the circulation of contradictory information alleging that the most wanted Algerian terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, is still alive or that he was killed few months ago. This week, in the space of just few days, these conflicting information resurfaced again. A top Al-Qaeda fighter said in an audio recording dating back to […]
Few days after Tunisia lifted the state of emergency decreed in July, the interior ministry announced on Tuesday that police neutralized three recruiting “cells” for the Islamic State and arrested 11 people. The statement released by the interior ministry said the dismantled three cells were recruiting youths and sending them to Libya to join the […]
Malaysian oil company Petronas has started pulling back and is about to end its operation in Mauritania due to sharp fall in revenues caused by the acute collapse of oil price. The company had notified Mauritanian authorities in February that it would stop its oil exploitation. The company has started disassembling its offshore oil platform […]
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Sheikh of Sahara, reported dead in June by Libyan authorities, is still alive according to a top Al-Qaeda fighter. Abderraouf Hossam, a top Al-Qaeda fighter, indicated in an audio recording dating back to July that the Algerian leader of al Mourabitoune, an Al-Qaeda-affiliate armed group in West Africa, was still alive and claims […]
Casablanca local authorities Monday cancelled what could have been Morocco’s first beer festival following calls for ban by religious movements. The one month event which was scheduled from October 8 to November 8 has been cancelled amid calls to preserve the identity of the country. Casablanca local authorities issued a press release on Monday indicating […]
Lawmakers in the Libyan internationally recognized House of Representatives (HoR) Monday extended the lifespan of their house beyond October 21, due date of the end of the HoR mandate and deadline set by the UN to form a Libyan Government of National Accord. This move by the HoR is seen as a blow to the […]
Moroccan and Spanish security services have carried out this weekend another successful anti-terror operation which enabled them to capture in total 10 members of a cell which recruits and sends fighters to the Islamic State. Six of the members of this Isis recruiting group were arrested in Moroccan economic capital city of Casablanca, while the […]
Algeria which is badly hit by the collapse of oil prices on the international market is trying to end its heavy dependency on oil and to diversify its energy production. One of the alternatives raising Algerian authorities’ optimism is the Sahara Solar Breeder project (SSB) being developed in cooperation with Japanese researchers. Algerian and Japanese […]