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Algerian president says “Tunisia has gone off democratic path”

May 28, 2022 MEO Staff

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has become increasingly isolated as political climate continues to deteriorate in country, and Algerian president offers help Algeria’s president has offered to help Tunisia return to the “democratic path” as political [ More … ]

Tunisia

Tunisia: Joint letter to Biden to press Saied for restoration of democracy

March 4, 2022 MEO Staff

US former diplomats and foreign policy experts, including government officials, former US ambassadors, and MENA analysts say Tunisian President Kais Saied’s coup against democracy threatens the foundations of the US-Tunisia relationship The letter stressed that [ More … ]

Analysis

What after Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’?

December 14, 2021 MEO Staff

Some observers say the U.S. president’s ‘democracy’ gathering is another failed move to restore America’s global image How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? In [ More … ]

Analysis

From ME, only Iraq & Israel invited to democracy summit, what does this imply?!

December 12, 2021 MEO Staff

Only Iraq and Israel out of all Middle East countries, only Iraq from Arab counties, were invited to attend U.S. president’s recent summit on democracy. What does this say about democracy in the Middle East [ More … ]

Analysis

EU losing democracy in Tunisia in favor of regional autocracy, says former Italian PM

August 4, 2021 MEO Staff

The West’s silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in an [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

IS celebrates Tunisian president’s coup on democracy!

August 2, 2021 MEO Staff

Social media accounts have circulated details of an Islamic State (IS) publication celebrating the coup carried out by Tunisian President Kais Saied. The terrorist organization considers that Saied’s action constitutes a setback for the democratic [ More … ]

Analysis

Tunisia’s democracy is in crisis, President accused of a coup

July 26, 2021 MEO Staff

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the government and frozen the parliament in one of Tunisia’s biggest political crises since the 2011 revolution that introduced democracy. President accused of attack on Tunisian democracy after sacking [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt puts 13 people including ex-MP on the terrorism list

April 20, 2020 MEO Staff

Egypt added on Saturday 13 people, including former lawmaker Zyad al-Elaimy, on the country’s “terrorism list” for collaborating with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood! Hundreds of people have been added to Egypt’s terrorism list in recent [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian parliament to discuss emergency law amendments that would give Sisi new powers

April 17, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

The question is; Does Sisi need more powers?! The powers would include the right to suspend the school and university year, to postpone payment of utility bills and taxes, and to quarantine returning expats, Ahram [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in the US!

March 31, 2020 MEO Staff

According to The Guardian: Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of phone tracking requests sent over a four-month period Saudi Arabia appears to be exploiting weaknesses in the global mobile telecoms network to track its citizens as they [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Mohamed Bin Salman detains king’s brother, nephew in a new crackdown

March 7, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew – according to reports citing sources with knowledge of [ More … ]

Analysis

Iran: Iranians vote to elect a new parliament

February 23, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

It is a religious obligation to vote amid concerns of low participation, Iranian leaders say. Iranians voted in their country’s 11th parliamentary election, seen as a test for the popularity of President Hassan Rouhani‘s reformist-moderate camp as [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Interview with J. Stacher on His ‘Egypt’s Turbulent Transition’, OD

February 21, 2020 MEO Staff

Why is Egypt in its current state? And what happened to the revolution? These two questions and many others were addressed by Open Democracy in an interview with Joshua Stacher about his new book, “Egypt’s [ More … ]

Tunisia

Tunisia parliament elects Ennahdha’s Rachid Ghannouchi as speaker

November 14, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Rival Heart of Tunisia supports Ghannouchi’s election and appears likely to join a coalition government with Ennahdha. Tunisia‘s new parliament on Wednesday elected Ennahdha party’s Rached Ghannouchi as its speaker after the rival Heart of Tunisia party backed [ More … ]

Analysis

Tunisia declares mourning period after the death of President Essebsi

July 27, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]

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