First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algeria’s unilateral decision to suspend gas supply via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline to Europe, including to Spain and Portugal is still trigging anger and criticism across Europe as a gas blackmail. In this connection, eleven Portuguese MPs from different political trends questioned, on Monday, their government about this gas blackmail that Algeria is practicing towards […]
Moroccan anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Jewish culture, has been appointed to the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Author and co-editor of four books, including “Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco,” and “The Holocaust and North Africa,” Boum is also a […]
Algerian university teachers, students, associations and citizens have denounced the use of the judiciary system by the authorities as a tool of repression to muzzle and intimidate vocal critics demanding basic freedoms, a civilian democratic state, and departure of the ruling military junta. “The use of judiciary as an instrument of repression is a violation […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to tighten control on all inbound travellers amid a surge of covid-19 infections in various parts of Europe as colder temperatures start to set in with the winter season approaching. Medical teams have been beefed up in all Moroccan ports and airports where passengers are scanned with thermal cameras, while some […]
Morocco will host the 10th edition of the Conference on Digital Transformation in Africa (ATDA) this November 25-26. The conference will be held at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Benguerir. The conference is held at the initiative of CIO Mag, a pan-African magazine dedicated to the digital sector in Africa, and the National […]
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and its Tunisian counterpart BCT have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in many areas including fintech, Libya Herald reports. The MoU, according to the CBL, provides for the transfer of experience of Tunisia’s Central Bank in the field of developing financial transactions (Fintech), and the […]
Spain considers Morocco to be a “fundamental country” for the stability of the Mediterranean region. The remarks were made by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in an interview published Sunday November 14, by the Andalusian newspaper Diario de Sevilla. “Morocco is a fundamental country for the stability of the entire Mediterranean,” Jose Manuel Albares […]
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged the U.S. Department of State to include Algeria on its Special Watch List for engaging and tolerating severe violations of religious freedom. In recent years, Algerian authorities have shown more hostility towards religious minorities, forcibly closing dozens of Protestant churches and prosecuting Ahmadiyya Muslims for gathering […]
The import and export processing of containers and trucks at the Tanger-Med port has been fully digitalized starting this Nov.15 to ensure a better service to traders and businessmen. All administrative processing formalities can be made online and electronically through “Tanger Med Port Community System” which is accessible via smartphones, tablets and computers, and already […]
The prosecutor of the Libyan military court Sunday ordered the head of the Electoral commission to freeze the presidential candidacies of Saif al Islam Gaddafi and rebel army commander Khalifa Haftar both wanted for alleged serious crimes against the state. The order came in a letter issued by the office of the prosecutor to Imad […]