First Independent Mena Newspaper
Four political parties in Benin pocketed Monday close to $2.5 million in form of state funding for political movements having representatives in the legislature or local governments. Bloc Republicain (BR), Union Progessiste Le Renouveau (UPR), Force Cauris pour le Benin Emergent (FCBE) and Les Democrates (LD) received the fund from the Chairman of National Autonomous […]
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border crossings after more than a decade, amid warming ties between the two neighbors following years of tensions. Kenya has decided to reopen its border crossings with Somalia at Mandera, Lamu, and Garissa, effectively ending a 12-year barricade that began in 2011, Kenya’s interior minister said […]
Morocco will face off Senegal in the U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final set for May 19 at the Nelson-Mandela stadium in Algiers. The final game will be the most thrilling in the tournament. The Atlas Cubs made it to the final after beating two-time champion Mali 6-5 on penalties following a goalless draw. […]
Morocco has contributed to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) through numerous socioeconomic integrated projects launched in several African countries to improve their infrastructures, industry, university & vocational training, health system, and strengthen their food & energy sovereignty. The remarks were made Monday in Johannesburg by Speaker of the Moroccan Parliament’s Upper House Enaam […]
Benin is candidate to host 2027 Francophonie Games, the country’s General Secretary of the French-language global organization local Commission has announced. Paulin Dohon Agbetokpanhoum made the announcement late last week, adding that the country’s President Patrice Talon gave instructions so that the Commission submits a bid. The deadline to submit the bids is September 30. […]
Moroccan and Nigerian intelligence services have freed two Moroccan cyclists who have been missing since the end of last March and who were actually kidnapped in Burkina Faso. The Moroccan security services succeeded, in collaboration with their Nigerien counterparts, in freeing on Saturday, May 13, the two Moroccan cyclists, Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi who […]
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused East African Community (EAC) regional force deployed to fight rebels in his country of working with the enemy rebels, while scores of soldiers and militiamen were reported killed Thursday (11 May) in a latest attack on the outskirts of the capital city Kinshasa. DRC […]
Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to neighboring countries and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced inside the country, trying to escape bloody fighting that has been ongoing for almost a month, the United Nations said on Friday (12 May). “As violence in Sudan continues for a fourth week, nearly 200,000 refugees and […]
Cote d’Ivoire’s economic capital Abidjan will on October 04-07 “ECO CIR 2023”; the African continent’s summit on Circular Economy. The event is backed by the Abidjan Autonomous District headed by Robert Beugré Mambé. The district has positioned itself as an important player in the promotion and development of the circular economy in the West African […]
The National Directorate of Insurance of Gabon (DNA) has retrieved operation permits from several insurance companies over unprofessional attitudes, Gabon Review reports. 11 entities in total including Solanus Casey Assurances, ACIP, Wellington Insurance Brokers Ltd Gabon, Bethel S.C.A, Contacts Assurances, Capital Assurances, Solidarity Assurances, are facing the ban. The decision, media notes, came late April […]