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Egypt and Nigeria have reiterated their determination to boost trade between them during the first edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Forum held in Abuja. Both countries were dissatisfied with the level of trade between them and new plans are underway to surpass their $150 million trade volume. Egypt’s ambassador to Nigeria, Ashraf Salama, said they should […]
Adly Mansour, the leader of the constitutional court has been sworn in as Egypt’s new interim president, after the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the armed forces through a ‘military coup’. The interim leader will remain as Egyptian president until presidential elections, but no date has been set yet. It’s now officially […]
The National Forces Alliance, Libya’s largest coalition party at the national assembly has decided to boycott the sessions of the constitution. The slow process involved in drafting a law for electing a constitutional committee motivated the decision. During a press conference organized by the party, spokesman Tawfiq Shahibi said the General National Congress (GNC) “has […]
Egyptian army has ousted the country’s President Mohamed Morsi through “a coup” on Wednesday night, after he rejected the 48 hours deadline issued by the army to put the country back to order after numerous protests in Tahrir Square, and a nationwide unrest claiming many lives. The leader of the Army General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi […]
After Egypt’s Tamarud campaign was made a succes with the intervention of the military, Tunisia’s opposition activists have decided to begin a similar move against the coalition government led by Ennahda. They have vowed to start collecting signatures to end the government’s mandate. The spokesman of Tamarud Tunisia, Mohamed Bennour told reporters at a press […]
After millions of Egyptians took to the streets for the second day to protest against their incumbent president Mohamed Morsi leading to a nationwide unrest and chaos, the nation’s armed forces has given the Egyptian leaders [the president and opposition] a 48 hours deadline to “meet the demands of the people” or it will step […]
Algeria’s former head of state from 1994 to 1999, Liamine Zeroual, has been tipped as a major contestant for the upcoming Algerian elections after pledges from different parts of the country continue to urge him to stand. He has not yet given a clue of his desires as he prepares to meet with the Movement […]
Libya has applied to become a partner of the Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OCSE) in a bid to receive support from this international security body and benefit from its assistance in matters of security, arms & border control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press and polls’ organization. The Libyan application […]
The city of Marrakesh hosted last week the signing of an international treaty that was hailed as historic since it is meant to enable hundreds of millions of blind or visually impaired people to have access to published materials. The signing of the treaty was no easy task. Negotiations with publishers and right holders took […]
Lots of thousands of people have stormed the Egyptian capital to protest and demand the Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down from power as it marks a year since he came to power after the Ex President Hosni Mubarak was force to step down from office. According to reports from the BBC at least […]