First Independent Mena Newspaper
Arab states continue to show little or no enthusiasm for an Arab Summit that was due to take place in Algeria last March but has never taken place. At an Arab Summit meeting, Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra begged Arab heads of states to attend the summit which is now seen by many diplomats as […]
Trade exchange between Malawi and other countries in the African region has improved over the years, with statistics showing that Malawi now accounts for 32% of intra-Africa trade A recent study published by Brookings Institution Africa Growth Initiative indicates that at 32%, Malawi ranks on position seven out of 13 countries that have improved performance, […]
Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon’s border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods. Drivers transporting food and humanitarian assistance slammed what they call Cameroon’s refusal to repair the highly dilapidated road linking northern Cameroon and Chad. The strategically […]
Several African leaders have slammed wealthy countries responsible for most CO2 emissions for their absence at the Africa Adaptation Summit that was held in Rotterdam (5 September). Speaking at the Africa Adaptation Summit in the Dutch port city, which comes two months before the crucial COP27 climate conference in Egypt in November, Senegalese President and […]
Unlike in 2021, this year, Google is funding an equal number of men and women-founded startups through its Black Founders Fund, which embodies the tech giant’s commitment to invest in Black entrepreneurs in Africa. Google started its Black Founders Fund following the wave of concern in 2020 after the George Floyd protests in the US […]
The Arab Ministerial Committee in charge of the action to stop Israeli measures in occupied Al-Quds hailed, on Tuesday in Cairo, the constant efforts undertaken by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, in the defense of the Holy City. The Ministerial Committee, which held its fourth meeting ahead of the Council of the League […]
Morocco reiterated its call for a result-oriented Arab summit that breaks away with narrow calculations. Speaking at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, foreign minister Nasser Bourita urged Arab states to work together with a shared vision to safeguard the security, stability and territorial integrity of Arab states. Time is up for […]
The Arab committee to counter the Iranian threat, an offshoot of the Arab league, has expressed its full solidarity with Morocco following the involvement of Tehran and its Hezbollah proxies in supporting Polisario separatist militias. The committee said Iran and Hezbollah have been arming and training Polisario militias in full sight of the Algerian regime […]
While Morocco stands as a regional exporter of peace and stability, the ruling Algerian junta, which is yearning to host the upcoming Arab summit in November, is sowing divisions, hatred and discord in the Arab world. The Algerian Generals are arming a separatist & terror militia to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity. They stand with Iranian […]
Arab foreign ministers stressed, at the end of their Ministerial Council held on Tuesday in Cairo, the importance of the Libyan political agreement signed in Skhirat in 2015 to settle the crisis that the country has been facing for several years. A resolution adopted by the Ministerial Council of the League of Arab States on […]