First Independent Mena Newspaper
Ghana has cut ties with the Polisario’s self-proclaimed SADR entity, showing that the days of the Algerian proxy separatist entity are numbered within the African Union. Ghana has informed the Moroccan foreign ministry that it no longer recognizes the Algeria-based SADR entity, ending about five decades of ties. The decision marks a breakthrough for Morocco […]
Senegal’s Sangomar offshore oil and gas field has produced 16.9 million barrels in 2024, surpassing its 11.7 million target, according to official figures. Sangomar field, about 100km south of Dakar, achieved its first oil production in June 2024 and is expected to pump at least 100,000 barrels daily. The project is a joint venture between […]
The United States has announced sanctions against the leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing the paramilitary group of committing genocide and perpetrating brutal atrocities. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo—commonly known as Hemedti—will face punitive measures for orchestrating “systematic” violence against civilians during the country’s protracted 20-month […]
A ceremony was held lately in Bamako in honor of 100 Imams who graduated from the Rabat-based Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, Morchidine, and Morchidates. Out of 300 graduates from the Mohammed VI Institute, the 100 imams received their diplomas following a two-year training program that covered counter-terrorism and violent extremism. Simultaneously, […]
John Dramani Mahama, 66, has been sworn in this Tuesday Jan.7 for his second term as Ghana’s president following a decisive victory in the December 7 election. The swearing-in ceremony in capital Accra took place in the presence of some 20 regional leaders. King Mohammed VI of Morocco was represented at the ceremony by Speaker […]
Barrick Gold, the second largest gold mining company globally, said it mulls stopping production at its mine in Mali if the ban on shipments was not lifted. The company made the threat in reaction to measures by Bamako authorities to renegotiate the permit in order to have a bigger share of operations in the gold […]
Kenyan president William Ruto has received the most votes and has thus become — together with Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu — one of the top five 2024 finalists for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) ‘Person of the Year’ award. Ruto received an unprecedented number of 40,000 nominations for ‘Person of the […]
Morocco’s leading port operator, Marsa Maroc, plans to invest in the capital of Djibouti’s Damerjog Oil FZE, which is funding an east African oil and gas terminal and pipelines. Marsa Maroc has created a subsidiary dubbed Marsa Maroc International Logistics to oversee its African expansion. The new company will run the Djibouti investment through its […]
The Republic of Ghana has decided to suspend its diplomatic relations with the Polisario Front, according to an official document sent Tuesday from Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghana also confirmed it would promptly notify, via diplomatic channels, the Government of Morocco, the African Union, and […]
Mali’s security forces said they have arrested two individuals in a special operation, one of whom is a prominent and leading figure in the Islamic State group’s Sahel branch. Malian army, which has been fighting an Islamist insurgency for years, has also reported that several fighters from the terrorist group were killed on Saturday (4 […]