First Independent Mena Newspaper
Thousands of Sudanese protesters and opposition groups took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday (13 September) and marched toward the Presidential Palace in Khartoum to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year. Marching on Africa Street and the Eldaim area toward downtown, many carrying posters criticizing […]
King Mohammed VI has offered his condolences to UK’s new King Charles III following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. “It is with deep sadness and great sorrow that I have learned the news of the passing of your mother, HM Queen Elizabeth II”, said the Moroccan Monarch […]
The United Kingdom is to cut import taxes on hundreds more products from some of the world’s poorest countries, which is a part of its wider push to use trade to “drive prosperity and help eradicate poverty”, as well as reduce dependency on aid. The Department for International Trade said Monday (15 August) the scheme […]
The World Bank has released $100 million for the World Food Program to tackle “deep food insecurity” for 2 million people in Sudan. The Washington-based institution in a statement said the funds will help provide an “emergency safety net” amid worsening hunger in the northeast African nation “caused by a poor harvest and rising international […]
The deal to relocate asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda has caused widespread controversy, yet some African voices welcome its promise of human development. Talks on a similar deal to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Zambia are underway, according to sources in the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The potential […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a speech to participants in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which opened on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. Here follows the full text of the royal speech, which was read out by the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon […]
The Group of Seven also known as G7 through their various missions in Tunisia Monday called on President Kais Saied to propose a clear roadmap out of the ongoing exceptional measures including suspension of the parliament and seizure of the executive power that he has taken since July 25 in an alleged attempt to restore […]
Tunisia will produce British Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following an agreement with the United Kingdom, Health minister of the North African country confirmed on Monday. Faouzi Mehdi told local Express FM that both countries reached an agreement-in-principle for the production of the vaccine in Tunisia. The agreement came following a meeting with the British ambassador to […]
The Moroccan tourism, the hardest hit sector by the Covid-19 global pandemic, gets a precious boost from the low-cost carrier Ryanair which resumed on Oct.25 its operations in this North African country. The announcement was made by Mrs. Jason McGuinness, commercial director of the European airline. “We are pleased to support the Moroccan tourism sector […]
United Kingdom government hosted May 11 a major international conference in London, to accelerate progress on security sector reform, build on the international response to the ongoing drought and humanitarian crisis. The conference seeks also to set new international partnership needed to keep Somalia on course for increased peace and prosperity by 2020. Heads of […]