First Independent Mena Newspaper
The air forces of the five Maghreb countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania &Tunisia) and their European partners France, Spain, Italy, Malta and Portugal have staged lately a joint aerial military drill destined to counter terror threats. The joint regional exercise, code-named “Circaete 2012”, seeks to enhance the combat capabilities of the air forces to prevent […]
Several international experts, intellectuals and human rights activists are wondering whether the idea of setting up a task force to fight the upsurge of illegal immigration will ever work?. The proposed task force, to include delegates or agents from North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania & Tunisia) and their European partners (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal […]
A consortium led by Saudi’s company ACWA Power International has won a $1 billion contract to build a 160-megawatt solar plant in Southern Morocco. The plant, to be built near city of Ouarzazate, is the first phase of a 500-megawatt ambitious project, first of its kind in Northern Africa. The Saudi-led consortium includes Spanish firm […]
The number of people on the dole in Spain will near 6 million in 2013, i.e. more than a quarter of the workforce in the country. The gloomy unemployment figures were disclosed this week by the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) which underlined that the labor reform adopted by the government will not curb […]