First Independent Mena Newspaper
Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger’s Premier, welcomed Monday January 29 a delegation of the BRICS, few days after his international tour that took him to Russia and Iran, two-member countries of the intergovernmental organization. The visit comes as Niger seeks to diversify its partners after it scaled down ties with former colonial power France. BRICS […]
Two Business Forums are held this Monday in Barcelona and Tuesday in Bilbao to discuss ways of strengthening the investment dynamic between Morocco and Spain. The forums, bringing together over two hundred Moroccan and Catalan and Basque business leaders, are part of the implementation of the Morocco-Spain Joint Declaration drawn up in April 2022 after […]
The Italy-Africa summit, held under the theme “A Bridge for Common Growth,” kicked off on Monday in Rome, with the participation of Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco’s Head of Government, who is representing King Mohammed VI at the event. During the Conference, Italy will share with African countries the guidelines of the “Mattei” Plan, which Rome intends […]
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), dealing a hard blow to France and the Algerian regime which is serving the agenda of the former French colonial power in the region. In a joint statement released Sunday, the three Sahel countries said they took […]
Algeria has doubled down on violating the sovereignty of its neighbor Mali by addressing the Malian people directly, threatening them with “civil war,” in the latest episode of a diplomatic showdown that triggered Bamako to declare an Algeria-brokered peace deal null and void. In a statement, the Algerian foreign ministry failed to respond to the […]
Japan will provide Côte d’Ivoire with equipment worth €5.3 million to support the West African country’s national plan to grow rice and consequently reduce its dependence on importation. Ivorian Minister Finance Adama Coulibaly and country presentative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Usui Yukichi signed last week the equipment financing. The West African country plans […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and GEC, a consortium of Chinese companies, have sealed a new mine-road financing deal worth $7 Billion. The funds are mainly intended for the construction of national roads in the central African country. State-owned mining company Sicomines announced the decision over the weekend following talks on an updated version […]
The Republic of Guinea is seeking to raise more than $3 billion in funding from Dubai for projects under its Interim Reference Program (IRP) 2022-2025, Zawya reports. To meet the target, the West African country will showcase the projects at a Round Table of Donors (RTD), an event to be held on the sidelines of […]
Morocco backs the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling on Israel to take immediate provisional measures to ensure the protection of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and guarantee sufficient and unhindered flow of humanitarian aid to the victims, a source at the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said. The ICJ’s ruling is in line […]
Morocco coach Walid Regragui will be able to lead the Atlas Lions in the first knockout stage game against South Africa after CAF lifted his suspension. Regragui was banned for four games by CAF following a spat with captain of DRC and the ensuing altercations between players from the two teams, after their group game […]