First Independent Mena Newspaper
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, one of US major ally in North Africa, condemned Wednesday the terrorist Isis attack that rocked the Tunisian capital, claiming the lives of 13 innocent people. Following the despicable terrorist attack that targeted Tuesday a bus of the presidential guard in Tunis, the Moroccan monarch rang President Beji Caid Essebsi […]
The first round of the second phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections that was held in the remaining 13 provinces attracted a voter turnout of 29.83% according to the Supreme Electoral Commission. Voter turnout was higher than the first phase of voting held in the other 14 provinces which only stood at 26.56% in the […]
The Libyan international recognized government rejected the EU-funded Cloud News Agency saying the agency is a weapon of colonial domination. Omer Al-Ghawari, Head of Information and Culture Authority in the eastern government of Abdullah Al-Thanni criticized the newly established news agency calling the reporters and editors EU’s puppets and spies and traitors. He reportedly called […]
A terrorist blast hit a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, pushing president Beji Caid Essebsi to declare a 30-day state of emergency and impose curfew in the capital. “They want to make us live with horror but we are going to bring that […]
Egyptian High Election Committee (HEC) Tuesday cancelled a news conference following the death of two judges killed in an attack perpetrated by IS in the Sinai against a hotel in the provincial city of al Arish. The news conference in Cairo that was to announce results of the second round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections held […]
The 31 members of the ruling Nidaa Tounes party have finally decided to quit the party on Sunday after suspending their membership. All efforts, including those of President Beji Cadi Essebsi, to keep them within the party proved fruitless. The head of the 31 deputies, Bochra Belhaj Hmida, said the group will be resigning from […]
Algerian communication regulatory authority drew a red line for a local television after it broadcast a program on homosexuality deemed deviant and taboo for the Algerian society. Local television Beur TV boss was summoned Monday for broadcasting an indecent program on homosexuality in Algeria, a statement from the regulatory authority announced. The head of Beur […]
The Egyptian government has obtained a German financial support for three power projects to be carried out under the supervision of German group Siemens, through their local partners Orascom Construction and El-Sewedy Electric. The three projects will cost $ 6.3 billion lent by Deutsche Bank, HSBC Germany and German Bank of Reconstruction (KfW). The loan […]
A day after Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal stated that the economy was going through a difficult juncture and stressed the need to adopt a long term growth vision, Finance Minister Abderrahmane Benkhalfa told the parliament that taxes and import duties could be increased and energy subsidies could be removed and that vigilance is required in […]
Tunisian foreign minister said Saturday in Paris that security is deteriorating in his country because of combined activity between terrorists and traffickers and called for an international coordinated response to the threatening surge in terrorism. It is “a Mafia made up of terrorists and human traffickers,” Taieb Baccouche said at a debate organised by Tunisia’s […]