Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), the longtime de facto ruler of UAE has unanimously been elected by the federal council as new president following the death of his half-brother the former president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed. [ More … ]
The recent deepening rift between Somalia’s President and Prime Minister has plunged the Horn of Africa country into political crisis, reported Anadolu Agency. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who took office in 2017, suspended Prime Minister, Mohamed [ More … ]
Adel Abdul Mahdi to step down if lawmakers can agree on his successor, following month of protests in which more than 250 people have been killed Iraq’s president said on Thursday that Prime Minister Adel [ More … ]
Independent candidate Kais Saied won a landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election in Tunisia, two exit polls projected, although no official results had yet been announced, reported Reuters. Saied, a retired law professor with conservative [ More … ]
Can Sisi Preserve Stability In Egypt As Warning Signs of Mistrust Rise? It’s not uncommon to hear Egyptians saying that the revolution failed – that it was hijacked by opportunists, while the true revolutionaries were [ More … ]
The only way for Egypt to recover from the death spiral it is now in is to reclaim its own leadership and sovereignty You can imagine the telephone calls. A third heavyweight challenger has emerged [ More … ]
By Jamal Khashoggi* In June 2018, when the term of Egypt’s current president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, ends, he should leave office. But given Al-Sisi’s clear and unfortunate intention to run for another term, the only [ More … ]
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Thursday arrived in Morocco on a private visit that coincides with the presence of where he is expected to meet the Saudi Arabia’s, King Salman. According to the official SUNA, al-Bashir [ More … ]
Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir and the head of the Church of England Justin Welby Sunday discussed the religious freedom in Sudan, as the former reiterated his government keenness to protect Christians. In a ceremony held [ More … ]
Former reformist Iranian President KIhatami has urged supporters once again to back Rouhani who is running for re-election as president this week. Former reformist President Mohammed Khatami has once again asked supporters to back Mamoud [ More … ]
The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Friday has called on the government and opposition parties to commit to a rational political practice after the formation of the new government during this week. Al-Bashir, who addressed the [ More … ]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will sign a strategic partnership agreement with the Sudan announced the Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir from Bahrain on Wednesday. Al-Bashir arrived in the Bahrain’s capital Manana where he was welcomed [ More … ]
Pressure is piling on Rodrigo Duterte to deal with the issue of Filipino workers not receiving their salaries in Saudi Arabia. Philippines President Duterte met with Saudi King Salman for the first time, as a [ More … ]
Somalia’s Parliament elected former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen, as the country’s new president Wednesday. Farmajo was declared victorious after incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud dropped out of the contest following [ More … ]
The UN Women Executive Board has elected Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, the UAE’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, to the Presidency of the UN-Women Executive Board for 2017. The UAE’s Permanent [ More … ]
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