Egypt Headlines

Egypt: Mursi Slams French Military Campaign in Mali

While French troops are treated and greeted in Mali as liberators rather than as foreign occupiers, Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has expressed opposition to France’s military action launched to dislodge the Jihadist fighters linked to Al Qaeda occupying the northern part of the impoverished West African country. “We do not accept at all the […]

Headlines Mauritania

Mauritanian President Denies any Foreign Involvement in his shooting

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz who was wounded on October 13 in a shooting that was officially reported as “accidental” has confirmed earlier this week this initial version of the incident and flatly denied any foreign involvement in the shooting. The Mauritanian strongman, who had been hospitalized in Paris after the gunshot wound he sustained, […]