New Delhi: An Algerian terrorist who was a Pakistan-trained member of the Al Qaeda, had been ordered to attack the Indian Embassy in Paris this year, a leading French newspaper has claimed. The Le Monde, one of France’s most popular newspapers, quoting French intelligence sources however said that the 23-year-old Algerian was shot dead by [...]
Tunis – There are currently 59 women in the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA), out of the 217 deputies elected last fall to draft a new constitution. These 59 women were able to run in the elections as part of a political party either because they had demonstrated leadership in the past or because they [...]
ALGIERS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday congratulated the people and the Government of Algeria for the peaceful conduct of legislative elections last week, and welcomed the increased representation of women in the new parliament, according to his spokesperson. “The Secretary-General encourages the Government of Algeria and all political parties in the country to [...]
Women’s rights in Morocco have come under the spotlight recently after a young woman was assaulted in a Rabat market by people she called “Salafists,” or ultra-conservative Islamists. She said she was accosted by the men because of the short dress she was wearing. Other witnesses were reported by the Magharebia news portal as saying [...]
CAIRO: Moroccan activists are up in arms after a court sentenced popular rapper Mouad Belghouat to one-year in prison for lyrics in his music. The court convicted “El-Haqed,” or “the enraged,” without giving the rapper the opportunity to make a statement. He was kept in prison and his defense team wasn’t present. Defense lawyers said [...]
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Tunisian authorities to respond to the current lack of judicial clarity, which presents a serious danger to freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The organization reiterates its demand for the application of new media laws to supersede the old legislation, which is at odds with new provisions [...]
CAIRO: The United Nations has called on Tunisia to ensure that the right to education is being prioritized in the country in the post-revolution transition. On Wednesday, an independent UN expert urged the Tunisian government to ensure that human rights, especially the right to education, are kept at the heart of the historic reforms taking [...]
A Tunisian court on Thursday fined the director of a TV station to $1,550 for airing the Franco-Iranian film Persepolis, which Islamic activists saw as an insult to Islam as it contains a scene that depicts God. The fine came as a relief to many, as the charges could have carried up to three years [...]
CAIRO: For American automaker General Motors, earnings fell by nearly two-thirds in the first quarter as the company’s European operations racked up losses due to the Euro-zone dept crisis, the company said in a press release on Thursday. Net income of the company has fallen to $1.35 billion from $3.42 billion a year earlier, after [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi met on Wednesday with the chief of the United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) James Mattis and his accompanying delegation. The SCAF is playing the role of custodial government, and stepped in after the popular uprising of 2011 toppled the decades-long ruling [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi received on Tuesday a report from Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr about his recent visit to Juba, the capital of South Sudan. A diplomatic source at Egypt’s State Information Service told Bikyamasr.com that the minister has listened to the [...]
CAIRO: With parliamentary speaker Dioncounda Traoré newly installed as interim president, Reporters Without Borders looks back at the past three weeks of turmoil in Mali since the 22 March coup d’état and, in particular, its impact on media freedom and the country’s journalists. “The nationwide chaos and ensuing grave problems – including partition of the [...]
CAIRO: Egypt rejected on Tuesday a unilateral declaration of the independence of northern Mali. Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr underlined the importance of protecting the sovereignty of the State of Mali and its territorial integrity, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Amr Rushdi. Amr also asserted the necessity of preventing any division of any African country [...]
CAIRO: The Sudanese daily Arabic language newspaper, Al-Jareeda, announced that authorities confiscated its entire print-run on Tuesday and ordered that its prominent columnist, Zuhair al-Saraj, be suspended. In a statement released to the media, the paper said that the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) had seized all copies of its Tuesday’s edition after being [...]
Tripoli (dpa) – Two days of tribal clashes in southern Libya have left 37 people dead, a news report said. Around 120 were injured when fighting broke out between members of the African Tabu tribe and two Arab tribes, news broadcaster Al Jazeera reported late Tuesday. The violence was triggered Monday when a car was [...]
Tripoli (dpa) – Relative calm has been restored in southern Libya after clashes erupted between two tribes, killing around 15 people, state-run media reported on Tuesday. Abdel Maguid Saif al-Nasr, member of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), told the Libyan News Agency that government troops were able to restore calm in the city of [...]
Tunisia’s Islamic Ennahda Party has said no to calls from conservatives for a new constitution based on Islamic law, or sharia, in a move that will likely see Tunisia’s secular history preserved. Ennahda, which leads the current government, said on Monday that it had no intention of pushing an Islamic-based constitution. “Ennahda has decided to [...]
CAIRO: The Sudan’s Minister of Environment, Forestry and Development, Hassan Hilal, met in his office Sunday with United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador in Khartoum, Hassan Alshieh, where they discussed the joint cooperation between the two countries. The minster presented full explanation of Gum Arabic in the Sudan and the importance of the UAE to invest [...]
Brussels (dpa) – Libya has been “abandoned” by the international community and risks being taken over by Islamist extremists, the man who fronted the opposition to Muammar Gaddafi during the NATO campaign warned Saturday. Mahmoud Jibril – who, as a former chair of the National Transitional Council and head of its international affairs has been [...]
Dakar (dpa) – Mutinous troops in Mali claimed to have ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure in a coup on Thursday after overrunning the presidential palace and taking control of broadcasting stations. A spokesman for the troops said they had overthrown the Toure government because of its “inability to deal with the crisis in the north [...]
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