With the finalisation of the presidential vote and preliminary result pointing to Essebsi as Tunisia’s next president, the political coalition awaits to be formed. Could there be an Ennahda-Nidaa...

After counting most votes in Tunisia’s presidential election, leader of the Nidaa Tounes Party Beji Caid El Sebsi is leading the runoff polls. With 75 percent of votes counted,...

Egypt’s military prosecution has scheduled the trial of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader Mohammed Badie and 311 of the group’s members and supporters, including two women, for January 11. “The...

The UAE sent 16 armoured vehicles to the city of Tobruk, Libya, to support renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s troops, the Ean Libya news site claimed yesterday. Voice of Libya...

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad are due to meet in Riyadh, under the auspices of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul...

Deputy Head of the Political Office of Palestinian faction Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Saturday called on Egypt to put pressure on Israel to abide by the terms of an...

The Egyptian army had received ten apache helicopters as part of U.S. military aid, partly frozen in 2013, Egyptian media reported Saturday. “The armed forces had received ten apache...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has relieved intelligence chief Mohamed Fareed al-Tuhami for “health reasons,” a state-run newspaper reported late Saturday. According to Al-Ahram daily, al-Tuhami was relieved of the...

Concerns about the health of the President of Algeria have been brushed aside by the chairman of the ruling national Liberation Front. Ammar Saadani said that the mental and...

Presidential candidate Moncef Marzouki said on Friday that he would win over those who consider money to be everything in politics, Anadolu news agency has reported. Speaking at the...

As Tunisia’s presidential runoff draws ever closer, the political campaigning has stepped up a gear, and has been full of smearing, aggressive rhetoric, media gossip and political lobbying. Opposition...

Haitham Abu Khalil, general manager of the Victims Centre for Human Rights, condemned the referral of 1,045 Egyptians to military courts in less than a month, noting that human...

The Tunisian authorities yesterday ordered the partial closure of border crossings with Libya during the upcoming presidential elections, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Tunisian government said:...

Egypt’s retired Lieutenant General and former Chief of Staff Sami Anan appealed against the decision to object to the establishment of his new party, Alamatonline.net reported yesterday. The political...

Sana Abdul-Jawad, the wife of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Beltagy, who lost her daughter Asmaa during the Rabaa Al-Adawiya massacre on 14 August, 2013, shared her heartbreaking story...

The Ennahda party will cooperate with the next president whoever he is because he is because he is chosen by the people, the party’s President Rashid Ghannouchi said. In...

The United States embassy in Khartoum has welcomed Sudan’s accession to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The protocol...

An Egyptian administrative court yesterday overturned a decision by a special committee to seize the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders, Reuters reported. Brotherhood activities were banned last September...

Israeli rabbis of Ethiopian origin yesterday accused the Israeli rabbinate of racially discriminating against them despite all the challenges they have fought to transfer tens of thousands of Jews...

Tourism investors have criticised the ignorance of the Egyptian government’s handling of the industry in the Sinai Peninsula, incuding Taba, Nuweiba and Dahab. Taba and Nuweiba airports closed last...

There is a big difference between us and them, but it wasn’t always that way. They used to be like us, maybe even worse 100 years ago, but we...

Cairo police briefly detained three men, including two Britons, after a man told them he overheard them talking about ways to destabilise the country during the upcoming anniversary of...

Eight women have been referred by Egypt’s general attorney for the Ismailia Appellate Court for military trials on charges of protesting. The women are: Sarah Saber, 18 Sarah Abdel...

Tunisia’s presidential candidate for the elections runoff Mohamed Moncef Marzouki said yesterday that “some considered the Tunisian revolution that overthrew the former regime, just a transient event, but the...

The interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, has insisted that the battle against the regime of ousted president Zine Al-Abidin Bin Ali is ongoing. He has called for it...

Israeli gas companies announced on Sunday details of a new gas find in the Mediterranean off the Israeli coast. Named Royee, it is said by the Israeli media that...

Last week I reported for MEMO on Britain’s new base in Bahrain, the island kingdom in the Gulf that has been subject to civil unrest and protests since the...

The Belgian authorities yesterday released an Algerian airliner that was held in Brussels on Friday over a legal dispute with Dutch aviation firm K’AIR BV, an incident which sparked...

The general secretary of Algeria’s ruling party warned against what he said was an American-Zionist plot that could harm the country, in cooperation with internal political forces. Ammar Seidani...

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi made a quick visit on Thursday to Amman where he received a warm official welcome (the masses were clearly unhappy) which sent a clear...

The Libya Dawn militia today announced that it had seized control of Al-Sidra oil terminal in the east of the country, Libya’s official news agency reported. Meanwhile, at least...

Tunisia’s Interim President Moncef Marzouki, who is seeking re-election, pledged Sunday to defend public and private freedoms and to fight against all forms of terrorism and poverty if he...