First Independent Mena Newspaper
Plans are underway to generalize fiber optic connections between all industrial areas and business parks in Algeria and telecommunication operator Algérie Télécom will be supported in its investments efforts to carry out the plans. The announcement was made by minister of post and ICT, Moussa Benhamadi, during the signing ceremony of a Framework Agreement between […]
Low cost airline Jetairfly, which merged with Jet4you, has announced the launch of new routes between the Netherlands, France and Morocco. These new flights will enable European passengers to travel from Nantes to Casablanca, Paris-Orly to Rabat, Toulon to Oujda and from Rotterdam to Tangier. Thanks to these new affordable connections, travelers will have the […]
Southern Algeria is dominated by the Sahara desert. The dunes, mountains and wilderness of the region have been seducing adventure travelers for decades but the lure seems close to fading away. However, the tourism industry in southern Algeria will probably suffer seriously after the latest attack on a gas and oil field in In Amenas. […]
Preparations are in high gear for the 3rd edition of the ‘festival des villes anciennes’ which will begin on the 24th of this month in the isolated historic town of Tichit. The final touches are being made by the organizing committee and the president of the committee Sidi Ali Ould Sidi Ali said they have […]
A notorious Algerian hacker wanted by the FBI has been captured lately at Bangkok’s international airport while travelling from Malaysia to Egypt. The hacker, Hamza Bendelladj, and his family had just spent their vacation in Malaysia. The U.S. authorities were hunting down Bendelladj for nearly three years for having hacked private accounts in more than […]
Four Maghreban women were listed among ten emerging women leaders in science, technology, engineering and math in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2012. These ten Middle Eastern and North African women were part of a 41 member group that participated in the TechWomen program launched by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […]
Following the announcement of Constantine as the capital of the Arab culture by the 21st General Conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) hosted in Tunisia, the country has already started to lay out plans to honor it and use it as mean of promoting the destination of the country and […]
Festivals of Andalusian music has grabbed the North African country this weekend but the Festival of Andalusia and Ancient Music ( FIMAMA) which runs for more than a week caught the attention of the nation as the curtains have been drawn till another edition comes again next year. It was the 7th edition of the […]
The 21st General conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific organization has come to an end in Tunis. The meeting between the members of the organization ended with resolutions being put forward in areas deemed necessary. Among its final recommendations figured the necessity to uplift the educational system in member countries especially in […]
Libyan youth living around the coastal areas are turning towards kitesurfing to occupy their leisure time. The sport is gaining huge popularity. Water sports in Libya, a Mediterranean country boasting a 1,770-kilometre coastline (1,106 miles) and almost 365 days of sunshine, were woefully underdeveloped during the Gaddafi regime, although there was a sailing federation in […]