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Egypt’s 2025 senate elections record 17% turnout as runoffs scheduled for five seats

Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA) has announced on Tuesday, August 12, a 17.1 percent voter turnout in the 2025 Senate elections, with 195 of the 200 contested seats decided in the first round. NEA Chairman Hazem Badawy said at a meet-the-press that 11.8 million ballots were cast out of 69.3 million eligible voters, with 95.6 […]

Libya: GNA holds 35 Egyptian fishermen in detention since November

The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) has arrested 35 Egyptian fishermen who are reportedly in custody since November last year. The detainees, most of whom hail from the Egyptian city of Kafr El-Sheikh, were arrested while working on Libyan boats affiliated to the east-based government, Arab News reports citing Ahmed Nassar, the head of the […]

Radioactive Waste Found in Algiers Port

Algerian Customs officers and borders agents have discovered lately radioactive waste in three containers shipped from China to Algiers port. According to Algerian local press, the tests carried out on the suspected hazardous merchandise and material found in the containers were indeed radioactive stones and rocks. The containers were imported by an Algerian businessman. Investigators […]