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Egypt: Elections only after Ramadan, Minister

Parliamentary election will not be held until after July if the comments of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ibrahim El-Heneidy are anything to go by. The Minister also heads the government-appointed drafting committee tasked with reviewing the electoral law after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that some articles were unconstitutional. The news could come as a […]

Tunisia-al Qaeda: Mine explosion kills one soldier, wounds three

A soldier died Friday in the blast of a land mine allegedly planted by an al-Qaeda-linked terror group, in the restive mountainous region of Kasserine region, according to statement by the Defense Ministry Saturday. The incident, which happened during army routine patrol, in the region near the Algerian border, also wounded three other soldiers according […]

Tunisia: Protests erupt in several cities against general lockdown

Hundreds of Tunisians staged Sunday protests in several cities of the North African country to boycott the new general lockdown measures in place to curb contaminations of the COVID-19 virus.   The government’s decision of nation-wide night curfew and general lockdown for one week, starting May 9 and covering Eid al-Fitr came into effect Sunday […]