Eurasia Press & News
Just months ahead of the Algerian presidential elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika made key changes to his cabinet on Wednesday (September 11th). Under the reshuffle announced by President Bouteflika, General Ahmed Gaid Salah will serve as both deputy defence minister and army chief.
Read More »Tunisian Presidency reiterates the importance of freedom of expression
Freedom of opinion and expression constitute sacred principles, which should not be challenged”, a state published, Monday by the Presidency of the Republic reads, specifying that the press offenses, despite their negative impacts, are less dangerous than violation of freedom in society.”
Read More »Senegal’s President talks key issues with Morocco King
HM King Mohammed VI received this Tuesday a phone call from Senegalese president Macky Sall, says a release of the royal office. President Macky Sall expressed in this phone
Read More »Egypt’s new constitution to balance powers between President and Parliament
Senior member of the 50-strong committee tasked with amending the 2012 constitution Mohamed Abdel-Aziz said the political system in the new constitution will be balanced between the president and the parliament.
Read More »Egypt’s military action in Sinai aim to wipe out extremism, says Army’s Spokesman
Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mohamad Ali asserted that the army has succeeded in the elimination of the hotbeds of the criminal gangs in Sinai, pointing out that the military operations in the peninsula aim to eradicate extremism and terrorism.
Read More »UN envoy to Lybia says there are still challenges for transition to democracy
Two years after the fall of the authoritarian regime, Libya faces a number of challenges in ensuring that its democratic transition proceeds peacefully, a United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, noting that recent months have been marked by pronounced political disagreements, a disruption of the country’s oil exports, …
Read More »Libyan PM asks Britain to help remove Gadaffi-era weapons from the country
Libya’s prime minister, Ali Zeidan, has asked Britain to help remove Gadaffi-era weapons from the country, after warnings from the UN that arms are being smuggled to the civil war in neighbouring Syria. During talks with Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street, Zeidan said that
Read More »Mali reconciliation is going on as planned says minister
Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali’s newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country’s deep social rifts were on track.
Read More »Egypt authorities destroy textbooks praising Mursi and Brotherhood
Egypt’s education authorities have recalled and destroyed thousands of textbooks glorifying the ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood group, sources said.
Read More »British military trainers sent to help Mali’s troops
The British Ministry of Defense said it sent a regiment to Mali for a six-month tour to support training operations for the nation’s military. The Ministry of Defense sent soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Rifles to Mali to support a training mission led by the European Union.
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