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Libya’s NTC hands over power to General National Congress - 09/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
Mustapha Abdul Jalil the National Transitional Council leader handed over power to the General National Congress on Wednesday evening. The oldest member of the 200 seat legislative assembly Mohammed...
Syrian Forces Launch Ground Assault in Aleppo - 08/08/2012 IPS News.
The Syrian army has launched a ground assault on the northern city of Aleppo, sparking fierce clashes with opposition fighters in the frontline district of Salaheddine....
Persecuted Libyans Struggle to Be Heard - 08/08/2012 Mel Frykberg - IPSNews
Pregnant women miscarrying due to mistreatment, detainees mainly from sub-Saharan Africa denied adequate food and water. Small cells crammed with 80-100 detainees subjected to arbitrary justice by...
Power cuts in Algeria and Tunisia - 07/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
The resort to load shedding in south-eastern region of Algeria will continue till the end of summer to preserve a balance between the demand and supply, said thed CEO of electricity and gas company...
Strengthening transitional institutions in Mali, "a necessity," says Messahel - 07/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
Strengthening transitional institutions in Mali is a "necessity" and a "precondition" for the settlement of other problems in the country, said Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader...
Shell pulls funds out of European banks - 07/08/2012 NAU
For fear of the risks of economic crisis in the euro area, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, today announced its wish to withdraw funds from European banks. Shell has made a firm decision to place $...
Tunisia has to give "positive signals" to foreign investors, says IMF - 07/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official called for Tunisia to send "positive signals" to the international community and foreign investors on Monday....
High-Level Defections, Escalating Violence Mark New Phase of Syrian Uprising - 06/08/2012 Samer Araabi - IPSNews
As government security forces continue a week-long siege of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, high-ranking Syrian officials have begun to defect from the regime in record numbers....
Mali: population defies the Islamists in Gao - 06/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
Faced with Islamist groups, such as Mujao, trying to impose Sharia law, a portion of the population resisted in Gao. Demonstrators prevented amputation of the hand of a thief. To overcome the lack...
Tunisia considers Judicial Independence - 06/08/2012 NAU
The Consitutional Assembly is considering a draft bill for a temporary judicial council which Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns does not contain sufficient measures to protect judges against arbitary...
16 Egyptian soldiers killed near border with Israel - 06/08/2012 NAU
16 Egyptian soldiers and border guards at Rafah crossing were killed by armed attackers who then stole 2 armoured vehicles and attempted to enter Israel yesterday. One vehicle containing explosives...
Mali armed groups using hundreds of child soldiers: NGO - 06/08/2012 AFP
Hundreds of children have been forced into armed groups in northern Mali, some serving as soldiers and others used as sex slaves, rights campaigners told reporters Sunday....
Palestinian Bubble Set to Burst - 06/08/2012 Jillian Kestler-D'Amours - IPSNews
“It will collapse, and the collapse will be harder when it happens later,” says Tareq Sadeq, Palestinian economist and professor at Birzeit University, about the financial bubble building up in the...
This pathological fear of freedom - 06/08/2012 Soufiane Ban Farhat - La Presse de Tunisie
In many areas, it seems to work backwards. Actually, we also come to see the disadvantages and shortcomings of the spontaneous, unorganized revolution. The period of euphoria has passed and all...
New bookshop opens in Algiers - 06/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
A new shop devoted to books and cultural debates called “Emir Abdelkader Bookshop” was inaugurated on Saturday in Algiers, aiming at providing an extra space for local cultural actions....
Algerian electrical equipment: new products for developing the sector - 05/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
New activities such as the manufacturing of large power transformers and solar batteries for photovoltaic panels which are currently imported, will be taken for businesses by GSP-Cables and...
IMF report increases estimate of Tunisian growth rate by 2.7% in 2012 - 05/08/2012 NAU
The IMF Executive Directors report noted that following Tunisia’s political transition, the country faces pressing economic and social challenges, including elevated unemployment and regional...
Algeria 10 May legislative elections: EU observers report. - 05/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
The European Union election observation mission for 10 May 2012 legislative elections in Algeria expressed his satisfaction with "the cooperation and assistance" provided by Algerian authorities...
Turkey: Caught Between Syria’s Kurds and a Hard Spot - 05/08/2012 Dorian Jones - IPSNews
In a display of muscle-flexing, Turkish tanks this week carried out military exercises on the Syrian border, just a few kilometres away from towns that Syrian Kurds had seized from Syrian President...
Abdelkader Messahel in Niamey (Niger) for Sahel core countries meeting. - 04/08/2012 NAU - Agencies
Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel heads his delegation to the meeting of the core countries Ministers of the Sahel region, scheduled for Monday in Niamey, Niger....