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Category: Features
KSA : dinosaur discovery
In Saudi Arabia, near the coast of the Red Sea, the first evidence of dinosaurs was uncovered by an international team of scientists. Findings in ... Read More
Egypt’s Presidential Election before Parliamentary Vote Poll
Egypt’s interim government has announced that the presidential vote will be held earlier, before parliamentary poll, than as originally foretold by the militia-backed authorities. This ... Read More
Tunisia still waiting for a new government
Mehdi Jomaa, Tunisia’s officially designated new prime minister, announced his failure in forming a new cabinet meant to steer the country to fresh polls. This ... Read More
Suicide of Raped Teenager Leads to Major Breakthrough in Moroccan Penal Code
Almost two years after the suicide in March 2012 of a Moroccan teenager who had been forced to marry her rapist, Moroccan MPs unanimously passed ... Read More
Amnesty International : Unprecedented Violence in Egypt
Since the army toppled Islamist ex-President Mohamed Morsi in July last year, the country has been witnessing violence “on the unprecedented scale”, according to the ... Read More
Tunisia : Ennahda and the role of religion
A major topic of debate earlier this month, article 6, has once again resurfaced in Tunisia National Constituent Assembly. The article, which addresses the role ... Read More
Morocco to Launch Islamic Banks
The Moroccan government took the first steps towards the adoption of a draft law on the establishment of Islamic banking in the country. This comes ... Read More
Egypt : Investors begin their return
As elections draw close this year, Egypt aims at attracting foreign currency into the country after investments almost dried up following the revolution which overthrew ... Read More
EU to Dispatch Forces to CAR Divided by “Deep, Ingrained Hatred”
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (20 January) agreed to dispatch a battalion-sized force counting up to 1,000 soldiers to Central African ... Read More
Algeria : sectarian violence in Ghardia
The oasis town of Ghardia located 600 kilometers south of the capital and dubbed to be a major drug trafficking point is entangled in sectarian ... Read More