ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court on Monday sentenced the brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to eight years in prison for corruption, according to the official Algeria Press Service. Said Bouteflika was convicted of issuing secret funding for a presidential election campaign that was cancelled in 2019. The Sidi M’ha...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – The voter turnout on Sunday for Kazakhstan’s constitutional referendum reached 68%. Polling stations across the country closed at 8.00 p.m. local time (1400GMT) and at 9.00 p.m. local time in western parts of the country, with over 11.7 million voters eligible to cast a ballot. More than 8.3 million pe...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday sacked 57 judges accused of corruption and other crimes, after passing a new law strengthening his grip on the judiciary. Saied, who has steadily extended his powers since he sacked the government and suspended parliament last July, issued a decree late on Wednesday allowing...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): Hundreds of Sudanese protesters rallied in front of the United Nations mission in Khartoum to call for its dismissal. The protests were endorsed by groups that have criticized efforts by the UN to resolve the political crisis in Sudan since last year’s military coup. The rallies came as the UN Security Coun...
ANKARA (AA) – For the first time in the country’s history, Australia’s Cabinet will feature two Muslim members, local media reported. Anne Aly and Ed Husic, both Muslim members of parliament, were sworn into the Cabinet on Wednesday, SBS News reported. Husic will be minister for industry and science while Aly will serve as minister […]...
BEIRUT – Veteran politician Nabih Berri has been re-elected Lebanon’s parliament speaker for the seventh time in a row, holding onto his record as the longest-serving head of a legislative assembly in the Arab world. Berri has maintained the position thanks to the 1989 Taif Agreement, which established a power-sharing deal among the country’s ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament said Tuesday the government it appointed under former Interior Ministry Fathi Bashagha has officially started working from the central city of Sirte. Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said Bashagha’s government can’t enter the capital “as Tripoli is under the control of armed groups.” “The government offi...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese authorities have released dozens of political detainees one day after lifting a state of emergency in the country. “At least 33 political detainees have been released today after the lifting of the emergency,” said Samir Shaikh Aldin, a spokesman for the Emergency Lawyers advocacy group. He said 24 prisoners wer...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): The trial of four people accused of fatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12. General Ali Bareema was killed ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday evening issued a decree to hold a referendum on a new constitution on July 25. The official gazette said that polling will start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. on July 25. For Tunisians living abroad, voting will be held between July 23 […]
