First Independent Mena Newspaper
A boat was thrown by the current in Brazil’s coasts with nine dead migrants from Mauritania and Mali on board, an incident that highlights the hazardous journey facing migrants bound to the Canary Islands. The Brazilian police could identify the identities of the decomposed bodies thanks to documents they had carried. The boat crossed the […]
The underreported plight of enslaved black people continues in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, where Algerian authorities abandoned thousands to the mercy of a separatist militia that trades in their sufferings. Slavery is the least reported crime against humanity in the camps where the population held against their will are subjected to harsh living conditions coupled […]
A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of the $1 billion it was seeking to raise to assist millions of Ethiopians affected by conflict, drought and floods. The donor conference raised about $630 million, thus falling short of […]
More investments in the wood processing industries would be conducive to African industrialization and integration, said the African natural Resources Management and Investment Center. In a report, the center highlighted the transformative potential of wood processing across the continent in terms of boosting growth and offering jobs as well as promoting integrated markets. Wood processing […]
One-half of the world’s 75 poorest countries — more than half of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa — are facing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, according to a new report released by the World Bank. The report unveiled this week […]
Namibia has announced its plan to join the OPEC “family” which comes at a time when the southern African nation gears up to potentially become the continent’s fourth-largest oil producer by the next decade. If exploitation of its giant offshore oil and gas discoveries goes as planned, Namibia could turn into a significant oil producer, […]
Mali’s ruling junta further seeks to tighten its grip over the West African nation, as it has imposed bans on the activities of political parties and media coverage of political life, and it may also be reportedly seeking to use Russia’s mercenary Wagner mercenaries to threaten a take-over of Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine. Repression in […]
The vicious fighting between two rival generals in Sudan may include “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” UN chief said on Monday (15 April), just as the United Kingdom on the same day announced sanctions against businesses linked to the warring parties in the north-east African country. “This is more than a conflict between two […]
Russia intends to establish a “grain exchange” with BRICS nations, aspiring to use this trade alliance of nine emerging countries to challenge Western dominance in agricultural trade. While the officially declared purpose of the inter-bloc grain exchange is to facilitate trade between BRICS member states, analysts say that the new alliance actually aims to become […]
International donors are meeting in Paris to raise up to 1 billion dollars in aid to Sudan, one year after the country has been torn by infighting that left millions facing displacement and hunger. The gathering by top diplomats and international NGOs takes place in a context where millions are on the verge of famine […]