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Egypt’s new prime minister on Sunday called for a halt to protests and strikes to give a break to rebuild the nation after more than three years of deadly crisis , a call made by his predecessors , to no avail . Ibrahim Mehlib made this call in an address …
Read More »French President to visit Bangui
French President Francois Hollande will pay a visit to Central African Republic’s capital of Bangui on Friday, following its official travel to Nigeria, French president’s office said Thursday.
Read More »UN asks for Turkey’s support in CAR
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to encourage Turkey to play an active role in a military mission to help end sectarian unrest in the Central African Republic.
Read More »Mahlab appointed as new Egypt Prime Minister
Minister of Housing Ibrahim Mahlab projection was named Tuesday as the new Prime Minister of Egypt after the resignation of the military installed after the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi Islamist last year cabinet.
Read More »French Parliament to vote on CAR mission extension
It would be a raging genocide in the Central African Republic, if the French troops were not deployed, said foreign minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday ahead of the parliamentary vote to extend the military mission. The issue has divided the French parliament vote to extend the operation but Sangare, whose …
Read More »Egypt cabinet resigns
Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy on Monday announced the resignation of his military-backed government in a surprise measure. Local media had been predicting a limited Cabinet reshuffle to allow Army chief and Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi to resign and run for President in an election scheduled for mid-April under a …
Read More »EU could dispatch 500 troops to CAR in March
The European Union (EU) is to dispatch at least 500 forces to the Central African Republic (CAR) in March to help contain the violence in the strife-torn country, a Greek minister says. Speaking after a two-day meeting of EU defense ministers on Friday, Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said the …
Read More »Morsi trial adjoured to Thursday
An Egyptian court adjourned to Thursday the trial on conspiracy charges of deposed president Mohamed Morsy and 35 other Islamists after some defence lawyers asked the judges to recuse themselves.
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