The Algerian-Egyptian relations witness “substantial” and “very positive progress,” said Wednesday in Algiers, Egypt’s Ambassador Omar Ali Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Eich. In a statement to the press following the meeting he had with the President of the Republic, to whom he presented his credentials as an Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary …

The Tunisian army plans to deploy 36,000 troops to secure a presidential runoff vote slated for Sunday, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. “Around 28,000 soldiers will be used to secure polling stations, while 8,000 others will be deployed in rapid reaction units,” Belhasan al-Waslati said.

The EU Thursday imposed substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol. “This is to reinforce the EU’s policy of not recognising their illegal annexation by Russia,” said an EU statement which came hours before EU leaders are to begin a summit in Brussels to discuss …