First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco has unveiled several landmark socioeconomic development projects to be carried out in the southern provinces (Western Sahara) of the North African country, US major ally in the region. These projects, announced in Laâyoune on the occasion of the historic visit King Mohammed VI is paying to the region, will benefit Sakia El Hamra Laâyoune, […]
The Serbian Foreign Ministry Sunday indicated that two staff of its embassy in Libya have been kidnapped west of the coastal city of Sabratha. The two abductees have been identified as ladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic respectively communication officer and driver of the embassy in Tripoli. A separate report indicated the Serbian ambassador Oliver Potezica […]
One of Egypt’s prominent investigative journalists was questioned Sunday by military intelligence services in Cairo over “publication of false information threatening the country’s national interest.” Hossam Bahgat, a well-known independent Egyptian journalist working for the online media Mada Masr received a summons on Thursday and appeared before an intelligence service committee, at the headquarters of […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has stepped up its financial support to Morocco’s public and private institutions in a bid to boost the North African country’s economic growth. The European Bank has increased its support to Morocco’s renewable energy sector with a loan of up to € 35 million to the Office National […]
Security sources Wednesday said they arrested five Tunisians in the Remada, in the governorate of Tataouine as the men were trying to join IS in Libya, now a training ground for jihadists. Police sources say the men had been watched for quite a time and security forces received confirmations that they were planning to join […]
Mauritanian Minister of economy and development Tuesday hailed the progress made by the country on the 2015 Doing Business Group report which places Mauritania at the 168th spot out of 189 countries. 2015 Doing Business Group’s report published last week ranks Mauritania 168th, revealing a jump of 8 spots in two years after the country […]
Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes is on the verge of losing its majority in parliament after 30 of its 86 MPs suspended their membership to the party and threatened to “leave the parliamentary bloc” ahead of the party Executive Committee’s November 12 meeting. The group had boycotted a meeting of the party’s constitutive authority on […]
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Wednesday that veteran German diplomat, Marti Kobler, who has more than 30 years of experience in senior positions in the German government and the UN, will replace Bernadino Leon as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Kobler is to replace Leon […]
The crime rate in Morocco has dropped by more than 9% over the first nine months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. The figures were disclosed by Junior Interior Minister Charki Draiss at a briefing before the parliament’s interior committee on Monday. Draiss told the lawmakers that the number of overall crimes […]
Armed men belonging to Revolutionaries of Tripoli, a militia group reportedly linked to the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli government, has kidnapped a member of this government, namely Mohamad al-Gaddar in charge of Planning. The security and defence commission of the General National Congress (GNC) strongly condemned the kidnapping on Tuesday and asked for the […]