Egypt unveils $53B Gaza rebuilding plan
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Military officers announced the removal from office of Burkina Faso’s junta leader on Friday. The dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who himself came to power in a coup last January, was announced in a statement read out on national television. The rebelling military also announce...
KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwaiti opposition groups secured nearly 60% of the seats in the 50-seat National Assembly, according to the final results of early parliamentary elections. According to the results, only 23 members of the previous parliament managed to keep their seats in the new parliament, while 27 are new members. The state-run KUN...
ANKARA (AA) – Meeting in the capital Beirut, Lebanon’s parliament has failed to elect a new president, threatening to deepen the country’s continuing crises. Candidate Michel Mouawad, backed by the Lebanese Forces Party, failed to get the necessary votes to win the post, and pushed to hold another voting session, according to local media. Curr...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – A Sudanese court has summoned the deputy leader of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, for testimony in the trial of former President Omar al-Bashir, according to a defense lawyer. “Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, was ordered by Khartoum court to give testimony in the case,” Wail Ali Saeed told [&hell...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Eighteen candidates vying for Nigeria’s presidency started on Wednesday their nationwide campaigns ahead of next year’s general elections. “Presidential campaigns start on 28th September 2022,” Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed in its timetable. Nigerians...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been arrested for allegedly “inciting riots” in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. A report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency said Faezeh Hashemi was arrested by a security agency for “instigating...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina will hold elections on Oct. 2 to choose members of cantons, entity and national parliaments, as well as the Presidential Council. Some 3.3 million people are expected to vote for members of parliament in the country’s two entities — the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and th...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A coalition of Iraqi Shia groups close to Iran will vote against the resignation of Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, said a local politician on Tuesday. Al-Halbousi tendered his resignation on Monday amid a months-long political crisis in Iraq. Parliament is set to hold a session on Wednesday to vote on the resignation. ...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): In the heart of Iraq’s capital lies Baghdad’s fortified ‘Green Zone,’ which last month saw angry protesters storm its perimeter — the latest in nearly two decades of assaults on the seat of power. Inside the heavily guarded compound, which spans 10 square kilometres (6.2 square miles), are the...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has submitted his resignation amid a political crisis in the country. A statement by the assembly said the Parliament will convene on Wednesday to vote on the speaker’s resignation. No details were provided about the reason for al-Halbousi’s resignation. Iraq has been locked in a dee...
