First Independent Mena Newspaper
Maghreb nationals especially those from Algeria and Libya are helping Tunisia’s tourism sector to blossom. The influx of North Africans continues to rise since after the Aid el-Fitr and the trend is expected to continue during the whole summer. Tunisia has oriented considerable attention for a number of years on the Maghreb market, especially the […]
Morocco which has already become, thanks to its economic openness policy, an international trade hub can rightfully aspire to join the club of emerging nations but further efforts are needed to address some malfunctions and improve the business environment. The remarks were made on Wednesday by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI who pointed out that catching […]
Oil exportation has begun at the Es Sider port, Libya’s biggest oil port, after being closed for a long time. The spokesman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mohamed El Harari, confirmed that the loading of 600,000 barrels of oil onto a tanker. Libya is still below the 1,4million barrels per day exportation it reached […]
Following Egypt’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Badr Abdelatty, statement that Cairo is closely monitoring the events in Ferguson, Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf has replied claiming that they will deal with the issue and the protests transparently and openly. Protests in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, broke out after a white police officer shot […]
Militias in Libya have ignored international appeals for a cease-fire in order to save the country from sliding into a brutal civil war. Tense fighting has been going in the capital during the weekend between the Zintan militias and the Islamists from Misrata. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the fighting […]
Parliamentary and presidential elections are fast approaching in Tunisia but eligible voters seem to be less enthusiastic about it. Almost half of the 8million voters registered for the last parliamentary elections held in 2011. The authorities are struggling to encourage the remaining half in the upcoming elections. Voters are claiming that they have been disappointed […]
Libya’s House of Representatives have decided that the next president of the country will be elected directly by the people. The decision was massively supported by the parliamentarians who were present. A date is yet to be fixed for the elections because an electoral method has not been adopted for the time being. The direct […]
President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi will be meeting King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia for the second time since he became the Egyptian Head of State but it will be the first time he sets foot in Saudi Arabia. The meeting is expected to be fundamental. Egyptian diplomats disclosed that the visit which is part of the […]
The newly inaugurated members of Libya’s House of Representatives have urged for an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing violence in the country. Libyans are experiencing the fiercest fighting since the end of the Gadhafi regime. Experts think that the House of Representatives statement will fall on deaf ears because of its lack of military […]
Morocco, the world’s largest producer of phosphate, and Argentina, an agricultural power, would benefit from increasing trade. Foreign investors are gnashing their teeth as Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt for the eighth time in its history – but not all of them. Whilst Buenos Aires’ financial problems threaten to worsen regional trade, it is […]