The Egyptian parliament was filled by the newly elected deputies on Sunday after it remained empty for more than three years following a court ruling which ordered its dissolution. The 596 Members of Parliament, of which 28 were appointed by President Sisi, took oath individually before they elected law professor Ali Abdel-Al as speaker. The […]
A member of the Tunisian parliament has called on Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to walk away from a trade deal with the European Union (EU) or face execution for treason should the deal go ahead, The New Arab reports. The threat came from Faiçel Tebbini, head of the Farmers’ Voice Party, in connection with a […]
In Libya, losses from the shutdown of major oil fields and terminals had surpassed $2bn, the National Oil Corporation of the war-torn nation said. Production has dropped from 1.2 million barrels a day before January to about 120,000 this week, the corporation said in a statement. The standoff over Libya’s main source of income has […]
