First Independent Mena Newspaper
The two remaining members of West Africa’s G5 Sahel alliance — Chad and Mauritania — have indicated they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping after the other three founding countries left, citing the failure “to achieve its objectives.” In a joint statement released on Wednesday (6 December), Chad and Mauritania said they […]
African countries must stop selling land on “depreciated” carbon credit market, and instead the continent should strive to become the global centre for high-value, high-integrity carbon credits, according to a new report from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). Released at COP28 by the Nigeria-based AFC, the positioning paper warns that at a critical moment in […]
The Charter of African Ulema (Muslim scholars) was officially launched during the 5th regular session of the Higher Council of the Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulema. The event, which took place December 6-7, unfolded in the sidelines of the conference held in Fez. The Charter, launched at a ceremony held at the library of […]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan announced Thursday afternoon that the African country was no longer under state of emergency after the northern region of Mahe was earlier in the day the scene of an explosion in a storage area for explosives and damages caused by heavy rains and flooding. Ramkalawan declared a state of emergency in […]
Paris-based cable network Canal+ removed Thursday December 7 the Guinean private media Djoma TV and its radio from its channel packages under instruction of the country’s State-run media regulator HAC which deems the media outlet a threat to security. Boubacar Yacine Diallo, Head of the regulator sent an order to cable Wednesday December 6 for […]
Chad and Hungary signed Thursday December 7 multiple agreements in many areas including military and health in view of bolstering bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The deals were signed by Chad’s top diplomat Saleh Annadif and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó, local media ‘Alwihda info’ reports. They cover areas such as military, education, health, […]
For years and still, Morocco has advocated and campaigned for a united and integrated Maghreb. But its calls have fell on deaf ears of an Algerian military junta that held the region hostage to its pro-separatism schemes. In the face of this Algerian obstinacy to maintain the status-quo of the non-Maghreb, Morocco looked north and […]
Mali and Niger have announced they have nullified two historic tax treaties with France, noting that Paris’s hostility towards both West African nations is the reason for the move. According to a joint statement published on Tuesday (5 December), the cancellation of the two treaties, which was meant to avoid double taxation and help in […]
Despite fighting two jihadist insurgencies, Niger’s military leaders have announced they were scrapping two key security and defense agreements that the West African nations signed with the European Union to help fight the escalating violence in Africa’s Sahel region. Niger’s junta revoked the important military accords inked with the EU on Monday (4 December), which […]
Moroccan football prospered in 2022 and 2030 thanks to a carefully devised strategy that led the county to the quarter finals in Qatar’s World Cup and outstanding achievements in female soccer, futsal, U-17 and U-23, not to mention its successful bids to host the African Cup of Nations in 2025 and the World Cup in […]