First Independent Mena Newspaper
General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of junta in power in Niger is expected in Mali this Thursday November 23, for his first foreign trip since ascending to power on July 26, after ousting elected leader Mohamed Bazoum. Tiani’s visit is a friendly and working trip to his Malian counterpart Assimi Goita, Mali’s Foreign Ministry said […]
Mauritania and Spain launched Tuesday November 21 in Canary Islands a joint economic commission to establish “relations of trust” between Canary Islands and Mauritanian companies, to develop joint projects in several economic fields, reports say. The Commission is made of around 25 companies from the Canary Islands and several Mauritanian companies active in trade, fishing, […]
Guinea has announced an investigation into former president Alpha Conde’s alleged involvement in treason, two years after the ex-president was overthrown in a coup by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya’s special army squad in September 2021. Guinea’s public prosecutor reportedly received a letter from Justice Minister Alphonse Wright, requesting that the new authorized investigation look into “alleged […]
After more than a two-decade presence, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MONUSCO is set to withdraw its 15,000 peacekeepers from the Central African nation, based on a deal signed by MONUSCO’s head and DRC foreign minister on Tuesday (22 November). The country’s Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula said […]
Niger’s junta government has asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its ECOWAS neighbors following a military coup on July 30 that toppled democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum, arguing that the sanctions have increased poverty level among millions of Nigeriens. “There is no sector of the […]
Cameroonian authorities launched Tuesday November 21 Cameroon-Chad Interconnection Project, a bilateral high-voltage (HV) interconnection project between the two countries that involves 1.556 km of new transmission lines financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of $750 million. Gaston Eloundou Essomba, Cameroon’s minister of Energy launched the interconnection project […]
Morocco continues to shine on the global football scene with its U17 team making it to the quarters of the ongoing World Cup 2023 after a win over Iran, while the Atlas Lions beat Tanzania in their 2026 World Cup qualifier played in Dar es Salaam. In Indonesia, the Moroccan Atlas Cubs overcame on Tuesday […]
As many as 37 died Tuesday November 21 at Michel-Ornano Stadium in Brazzaville on the eve of a recruitment process by the Army, Congolese authorities have announced. Thousands of youths in capital Brazzaville reportedly invaded the Stadium on Monday night to find a seat for the recruitment process organized by the Army for the following […]
Leaders from more than a dozen African countries have gathered in Germany’s capital city for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world’s poorest, but fast-growing, continent. Underlining renewed interest in Africa, leaders of Italy, France, Germany have all visited Africa this year, viewing it as a […]
United Arab Emirates (UAE) are planning to build a scientific University in Mauritania’s capital of Nouakchott to meet the demands of the local job market, the minister of Education of the Gulf country Ahmed Belhoul Al-Falasi has announced. The future University will be located in the East of the capital and will stretch over 23,377m2. […]