First Independent Mena Newspaper
Preparations are in high gear for the presidential elections in Egypt prompting presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy to launch an early kick-off even though campaign is set to begin on Saturday 3rd May as dictated by the Presidential Election Commission (PEC). He has been informed of the violation. Al Sisi’s campaign group said they will wait […]
Prime Minster Mehi Jomaa talked out the guidelines of the economy’s revival without provoking any protests from the population. Jomaa said a national economic dialogue will be organized to sensitize Tunisians that reforms are needed to solve the economic crises although they won’t be pushed hard. Economic reforms have always been received by protests. Experts […]
Authorities of Nouadhibou’s Free Zone Agency and those of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) geared towards joining their efforts in establishing a prosperous cooperation in diverse sectors. The agreement will be a gateway to strengthen their partnership in developing the private sector […]
Egypt’s tourism sector is still to recover from the effects of the revolution. The Ministry of Finance announced that the revenue generated from the sector has been on a drastic fall for the past few years. The Governor of Giza, Ali Abdel Rahman, is optimistic that the future of the tourism industry is bright as […]
Mauritania will hold presidential elections in June and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is the first person to hand in his documents as a candidate to the Constitutional court. The elections could be boycotted as it has been for the case of the municipal and legislative elections. Alongside the preparations for the elections, he is […]
Reports concerning Libya have claimed that a “veteran associate of Osama bin Laden” for more than a decade has taken over a secret U.S military training base in Libya. Tripoli and Washington have not commented on the issue even though the training camp is located only 27kilometers away from the Libyan capital. The base used […]
Russia could be on the verge of signing an agreement with Egypt as reports claim that a delegation of advisers is in Cairo to meet with officials. Egypt is expected to buy 24 advanced MiG-35 fighter jets as part of its switch towards using Russian military hardware. Negotiations have reached advanced stages. The MiG-35 jets […]
Presidential elections in Mauritania are scheduled to take place in June according to a government decree despite differences between the opposition parties and the ruling party. The opposition has doubts over the transparency and the credibility of the elections. The legislative elections held at the end of last year were boycotted by some parties and […]
L’Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP,) the Moroccan State-owned phosphates company, said last week it raised $ 1.55 billion in the first international bond issue having a solid emitter notation organized by an African company outside South Africa. OCP thus sold 10-year bonds to yield 5.625 percent for $1.25 billion and $300 million worth bonds that […]
After Abdelaziz Bouteflika claimed a “crushing victory” in his bid to win a fourth term as Algeria’s leader and his main rival, Ali Benflis, has accused him of a “massive fraud”, Egypt seems to be headed to a similar scenario: While Egypt’s interim government has characterized the upcoming election as an important step towards democracy, […]