First Independent Mena Newspaper
Several of Southern Africa’s long-established liberation parties faced unprecedented challenges in 2024 as younger electorates demanded tangible economic progress and job opportunities. Although democracy in this region is relatively stable compared to areas of the continent plagued by coups and military rule, the once-unquestioned loyalty to parties that fought colonialism has rapidly eroded. Botswana provided […]
Guinea’s opposition and civil society groups, united under the Forces Vives platform, have announced that they will no longer recognize the authority of the country’s military junta after 31 December, when a promised return to constitutional rule was meant to take place. While this deadline as the transition period was initially agreed with the West […]
Football is the most popular sport in the world, and with great popularity comes great economic benefits. The 2030 World Football Cup, which will be co-organized by Morocco, Spain and Portugal, is a major economic driver for the North African Kingdom. The expected influx of tourists, fans, and journalists will stimulate various sectors of the […]
Morocco’s Bouchra Karboubi has been ranked the fifth best woman referee in the world by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) as part of its 2024 Awards. Karboubi was crowned Women’s Referee of the Year during the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony, held on December 16 in Marrakech. She was the first Arab […]
The year 2025 is shaping up to be a dynamic one for African football, with a packed schedule of tournaments and events. The action kicks off on January 27 in Rabat, Morocco, with the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), where the 24 qualified teams will learn their group-stage opponents. In February, the […]
On Thursday, December 26, the African Federation of Descendants of Senegalese Riflemen filed a formal complaint against Cheikh Oumar Diagne, Minister and Advisor to the Presidency of Senegal. The complaint comes after Diagne controversially described the Senegalese riflemen of Thiaroye as “traitors” during an interview on the local television channel ‘Fafa TV’ on December 21. […]
One of al-Shabaab’s top commanders, Mohamed Mire, was killed in a drone strike in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle Region, the military group has said, blaming the United States for the killing. It comes as the US military confirmed on Thursday (26 December) it carried out an airstrike on 24 December in the south of the Horn […]
Experts and analysts have piled criticism on the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for “adding fuel to Mozambican fire” and for “failing the people of Mozambique” that has been for weeks engulfed in post-election violence. Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also chair of SADC, has said the regional bloc is ready […]
France on Thursday (26 December) officially handed over its first military base to Chad as part of an ongoing withdrawal of French forces from the central African country, which comes after N’Djamena abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial power last month. Chad’s military chief of staff said the military base at Faya-Largeau in […]
In branding peaceful political opponents as “terrorists” and acting in connivance with some extremist groups in the Sahel, Algeria steadily eroded its credibility as a reliable partner in the global effort to eradicate terrorism. Connivance In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Algerian regime marketed itself as a western ally in the war on […]