First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tanzanian opposition politician Godbless Lema has returned home after two years in exile in Canada over threats to his life following a disputed election. A huge crowd came to welcome the former lawmaker from the main opposition Chadema party who fled the country in November 2020, AFP reports. Lema said he “wept” upon seeing such […]
Warm homecoming for a group of Jewish students from Montreal! A visit to Bayt Dakira (House of Memory), a Jewish Museum located in the heart of the medina of Essaouira, in the presence of the King’s Counselor, André Azoulay.
Gabonese authorities have hauled into prison Sosthene Orphee Lendjedi Ibola, a candidate for next year presidential election, on terrorism charges. The leader of Orientation Nouvelle [New Orientation], was arrested on Nov. 10 in capital Libreville and sent to prison on Nov. 15. The arrest came a few months after returning home after six-year exile in […]
The United States and other Western embassies on Monday (24 October) advised their citizens to limit travel to Nigeria because of an increased threat of terrorist attacks, although Nigerian authorities sought to reassure them. A note issued by the US embassy warning its citizens of “a high risk of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, particularly in […]
The UN Office of Counter Terrorism through its Program Office in Rabat for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday its 2nd specialized training session on counter-terrorism investigation skills. Twenty-four law enforcement agents from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are taking part in the training to last till Sept.23. The training […]
The Algerian authorities have donated lately to Mauritania tons of highly toxic dates, posing serious health risks to consumers as these dates have been banned in the European Union, the United States, Canada and other countries. Instead of disposing properly of their home-grown hazardous products, the ruling Algerian junta chose to send a “poisonous gift” […]
Canadian mining company “Gold Lion” announced on Thursday the development and exploration of a manganese mine in Morocco by signing a letter of intent to acquire a 50% interest in a mining license from Ermazon SARL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Manganese is an electric vehicle or “EV” metal used to […]
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not willing to attend the Francophonie summit slated for November in Tunisia and has been lobbying for the event to be postponed citing lack of democracy in the North African country. Canadian media, La Press, revealed that Trudeau has been campaigning for weeks now to have the Nov. 19-20 […]
Zakaria Moumni was arrested Saturday night by Montreal police after he broke into a festival organized by members of the Moroccan community to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the accession of King Mohammed VI to the Throne. He got into a violent altercation with Moroccan youtuber Mohamed Touhfa from Florida, who was invited to the […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labor immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon and […]