First Independent Mena Newspaper
A group of unidentified youth in the Libyan eastern town of Marada has vowed to shut down oil fields over lack of employment and social services. The youth in a statement complained about an absent state, lack of health care and other services, and Marada town’s lack of road links to other communities. “We, the […]
King Mohammed VI made the case, in a speech to the African Union leaders, for the emergence of a “New Africa” that is able to turn its youth potential and the institutional challenges it faces into development opportunities. In the speech, read out by the King’s brother Prince Moulay Rachid at the 29th African Union […]
The curtains of the 6th edition of the International Children’s Exposition (SIE 2013) have been raised by the Secretary of State to the Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Belkacem Mellah at the Pins Maritimes Exhibition Centre of Algiers. This year’s edition is being held under the theme “My Algeria, My Future.” During his opening […]
The modest economic growth made by North African countries during the past decade preceding the Arab Spring did not help them to create enough jobs for the young. In this region, the unemployment rate among the 15 to 24 year-old age group is on average 23 pc, which is three to four times higher than […]