First Independent Mena Newspaper
Thousands gathered in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, Sunday (6 November) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of President Paul Biya’s coming to power but the 89-year-old stayed out of the spotlight as questions swirled about the only leader most of the Central African country’s people have ever known. Biya has not appeared in public since French President […]
Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives began a new round of talks Monday (7 November) to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Last week, the federal government and Tigray regional forces agreed […]
Hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of the capital Accra on Saturday (5 November) demanding the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo whom they blame the government’s poor handling of the ongoing economic crisis that has seen fuel and food costs spiral to record levels. After once promising a “Ghana without aid,” last week Akufo-Addo […]
Six UN Peace Keepers were injured Saturday by the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), announced on Twitter. The mission did not provide details on the attack and the nationalities of the forces but indicated that the incidents illustrate the pervasive threat of IEDs […]
Toronto-headquartered Global Atomic Corporation launched Saturday a new uranium mining company in Agadez, northern Niger. Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou attended the launch ceremony. Global Atomic Corporation’s subsidiary in the West African country, Somida will run the site located in Dasa, the commune of Tchirozérine in the Agadez region. No details about the investment nor […]
King Mohammed VI has pointed out this Sunday that he considers the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project as “a project for peace, for African economic integration and for co- development.” “This is a project for peace, for African economic integration and for co- development: a project for the present and for future generations,” said the Sovereign […]
Guinea’s justice minister on Thursday (3 October) ordered legal proceedings against former President Alpha Conde and more than 180 officials from his deposed regime for alleged corruption and embezzlement of public funds. The military junta, which overthrew the 84-year-old Conde in a coup last year, is now running the West African country and has proposed […]
Geneva-based non-governmental organization, Alkarama, has addressed a correspondence to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, requesting its intervention with the Algerian authorities regarding the young activist Abdelhamid Bouziza, who forcibly disappeared since October 19. Abdelhamid Bouziza, 25 is a peaceful movement activist and social media blogger who had expressed concern about […]
Mali announced Wednesday Russia is set to send 60,000 tons of oil, 25,000 tons of wheat and 35,000 tons of fertilizers worth $100 million through the port of Conakry. “Following our exchanges, a first shipment of goods should arrive in Bamako in a few weeks. These include 60,000 tons of petroleum products, 35,000 tons of […]
A solemn appeal was launched Friday from Tangier by sixteen former African Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers demanding the expulsion of the pseudo-SADR from the African Union (AU). The “Tangier Appeal”, issued at the end of a round-table held as part of the MEDays Forum, organized by Amadeus Institute November 2-5, stresses the need to […]