Egypt
Egypt cracks down on TikTok influencers
Egyptian authorities have detained dozens of popular teenage TikTok creators in recent weeks, accusing them of "violating family values&
Elections
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Tunisia
Tunisia’s top union on collision course with President
Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) has called a nationwide protest for 21 August, accusing President Kais Saied’s
Libya
Libya’s local elections disrupted by attacks and irregularities
Hundreds of thousands of Libyans headed to the polls this weekend for local elections, but the process was marred by
Libya
Libya holds rare local elections amid division, security Concerns
Libya holds municipal elections on Saturday, a rare democratic test in a fractured nation, though key eastern cities boycott. The
Morocco
Morocco has been elected as VP of UN conference on landlocked countries
Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, has been elected vice-president of the third UN Conference on
Egypt
Egyptians to vote in Senate election
Egyptians go to the polls this week in Senate elections widely viewed as a formality, with the ballot dominated by
Libya
Libya protesters call for PM to resign
Hundreds gathered in Tripoli for a third consecutive Friday to demand the resignation of Libya’s UN-recognized Prime Minister Abdulhamid
Libya
Haftar’s government threatens halting Libyan oil production after NOC attack
Libya’s eastern-based administration, led by Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, has issued a warning that it may halt oil production
Mauritania
Mauritania's Sidi Ould Tah is new AfDB president
Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah has been elected to succeed Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as
Libya
UN envoy warns US funding cuts could undermine Libyan elections
The head of the United Nations mission in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has raised concerns that proposed US funding cuts to
Algeria
ALGERIA JAILS PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD
Three Algerian presidential hopefuls, including ex-minister Belkacem Sahli and businesswoman Saida Neghza, were sentenced to 10 years in prison for
Algeria
Retailleau’s victory may deepen strains in Franco-Algerian relations
Bruneau Retailleau’s recent election as the new leader of France’s right-wing Republican Party does not bode well for
Egypt
Egypt sentences leading dissident to six months in prison
Egypt has given opposition figure and former presidential hopeful Hisham Kassem a new six-month prison sentence for defaming a former