First Independent Mena Newspaper
Despite Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) refuting allegations that they are involved in the airstrikes by unidentified warplanes, U.S officials have stated that the two countries were behind the attacks. Libya suffered two separate air strikes in the past couple of days. Their targets were the Islamists. Cairo has always warned that it […]
The foreign ministers of Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad and Niger will be meeting in Cairo on Monday to discuss the developments in ongoing Libyan war. The meeting coincides with the taking over of the airport in the capital by a coalition of Islamist militias a day after another round of airstrikes was carried […]
Maghreb nationals especially those from Algeria and Libya are helping Tunisia’s tourism sector to blossom. The influx of North Africans continues to rise since after the Aid el-Fitr and the trend is expected to continue during the whole summer. Tunisia has oriented considerable attention for a number of years on the Maghreb market, especially the […]
Oil exportation has begun at the Es Sider port, Libya’s biggest oil port, after being closed for a long time. The spokesman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mohamed El Harari, confirmed that the loading of 600,000 barrels of oil onto a tanker. Libya is still below the 1,4million barrels per day exportation it reached […]
Militias in Libya have ignored international appeals for a cease-fire in order to save the country from sliding into a brutal civil war. Tense fighting has been going in the capital during the weekend between the Zintan militias and the Islamists from Misrata. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the fighting […]
Libya’s House of Representatives have decided that the next president of the country will be elected directly by the people. The decision was massively supported by the parliamentarians who were present. A date is yet to be fixed for the elections because an electoral method has not been adopted for the time being. The direct […]
The newly inaugurated members of Libya’s House of Representatives have urged for an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing violence in the country. Libyans are experiencing the fiercest fighting since the end of the Gadhafi regime. Experts think that the House of Representatives statement will fall on deaf ears because of its lack of military […]
Despite the ongoing violence in Libya, the Council of Representatives has met for its first session in Tobruk due to the raging battles in Benghazi. Abu Bakr Baira, the lawmaker who presided over the session, said they have to “prove to the world that Libya is not a failed country” although internal differences have already […]
A day after the militants of Ansar al-Sharia took over an army base in Benghazi and killing more than a score of soldiers, they have announced that Benghazi is now formally an “Islamic emirate.” The claim is however being denied by pro-government militias who called their withdrawal from “certain positions” was due to “tactical reasons.” […]
After the capture and killing of Colonel Muamar Gadhafi, Libya was poised to head for a transition towards democracy. However, the past two weeks have been the most intense fighting the country has witnessed since the end of the war. Governments which once backed the rebels against the regime are now evacuating their diplomats and […]