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Egypt: Parliament fast-tracks vote on proposed constitution amendment to extend al-Sisi’s stay in power

The Egyptian parliament will meet Wednesday instead of Feb.17 to vote on the proposed changes to the constitution that would allow incumbent leader Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power beyond his current last term that ends in 2022. Parliament spokesman announced Sunday the rescheduled session in the pro-al-Sisi dominated house. The House last week approved […]

Morocco takes Part in 17th ministerial meeting of 5+5 Defense Initiative

Abdeltif Loudyi, Minister Delegate, in charge of the National Defense Administration, took part, pursuant to the high royal instructions, in the 17th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the “5+5 Defense” Initiative, which is held this year under the Mauritanian Presidency. This meeting, held Thursday by videoconference, was an opportunity to review the cooperation […]

Egypt: The E.U warnings… if democracy fails

Egypt has received warnings that the European Union (EU) would stop its aid package of €5 billion if its reforms for democracy fail to be effective. In the European Union’s latest report, the European Commission was unsatisfied with the progress Egypt has registered since the elected government took over. EU has already cut some of […]