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Whatever the numbers are that are being broadcast about voter turnout percentages in the current presidential elections, one must bear in mind that the number of people going to...

Amr Moussa, the former foreign minister who currently heads the advisory board of Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi's presidential campaign, issued a press statement on Sunday saying that, "the door is...

The technical committee tasked with providing evidence against jailed Al Jazeera correspondents has failed to submit any evidence that proves Al Jazeera coverage on Egypt was fabricated, the Doha-based...

The EU made a "political" decision to re-instate its election monitoring team in Egypt, despite conditions which fell well below international norms for observing elections, the Middle East Eye...

Fresh allegations have emerged about the links between Tony Blair and his former spin doctor Alistair Campbell, and the post-coup Egyptian military regime. According to a report in The...

This is Dr Mabrouka al-Werfalli's timely offering for readers to gain a better understanding of Libya's complex political, social and economic milieu in the wake of the 2011 revolution....

In the second part of his interview with the Egyptian newspaper, Al Masry Al Youm, the leader of Libya's failed coup General Khalifa Haftar said he would welcome Egyptian...

General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Dr Mohamed Badie said that the nationwide boycott of the 2014 presidential elections proves that the Egyptian people has "insisted on providing a...

Almasry Alyoum daily newspaper published an article written by the well-known playwright Ali Salem in which he calls on the Egyptian police apparatus to form special militias to carry...

Morocco's King Mohamed VI has called for the establishment of "a large, strong and capable" Arab Maghreb Federation. In a speech before the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly on Saturday,...

The interim Libyan government, led by Abdullah Al-Thunni, said in a statement on Saturday that "the Libyan people represent the only legitimacy in the country, and only addresses those...

The United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will provide Egypt with up to $20 billion in a new aid package to be negotiated following the inauguration...

Ambassador Mirvat Tilawi, Chair of the National Council for Women, on Saturday expelled an European Union observers delegation for submitting a report criticising the presidential elections and citing cases...

Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Zvi Mazel said on Saturday that the elected Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi is expected to face many difficulties in reviving Egypt's economy, General...

Former leader of the Libyan ground forces and current renegade General Khalifa Haftar said that he had never met Egyptian coup leader Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi, but he is to follow...

Tunisia and Morocco signed 23 agreements on Friday in a number of fields. These included cooperation agreements in the fields of security, development, industry, technology, scientific research, education, health...

An Egyptian state-owned TV channel broadcast an interview with one official at a polling station who said that the number of voters exceeded the actual number of eligible voters...

Participants in the Tunisian national dialogue announced on Friday an agreement to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on separate dates. The political parties represented in the Tunisian constituent assembly...

The electoral campaign of presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi demanded the exclusion of the votes cast on the third day of elections, citing electoral fraud. In a statement Friday, the...

Vice president of the Shura Council of the Egyptian Islamic Group (Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya) Osama Hafez said that Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi's statements on the role of Islam in politics "aim...

The British idiom "pig in a poke" could aptly be used to describe the state of the latest Egyptian election. It comes from the Middle Ages when dodgy butchers...

A new study published including Moroccan lecturer Said Haddad confirmed that Military institutions in the Maghreb are not similar and each has its own independent relationship with the politics...

In the clearest indication of the shock felt at the low turnout at the Egyptian presidential elections, and understanding the limited popularity of the coup, an Israeli military and...

Newly appointed Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteg held his first parliamentary meeting with all the members of his government on Thursday. The prime minister's official page reported that Maiteg...

A video exclusive to Rassd Network, titled "The moment a police officer assaulted an elderly woman in front of a polling station in El-Mahalla El-Kubra", ranked as the number...

Egypt's newly elected President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said he will choose "fighters" to bring about what he called "security and stability "in Egypt, following the election which has been...

Egypt's leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi yesterday conceded defeat in the country's presidential election after preliminary results revealed that former army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi achieved a landslide victory. "I...

Some 10 to 15 million votes were cast for Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Egypt's presidential elections, Reuters quoted Western diplomats as saying, this is despite initial estimates indicating that...

Foreign ministers of countries neighbouring Libya yesterday expressed "grave concern" about the developments in the security situation in the country. In a statement issued following the meeting of the...

Egypt's leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi conceded on Thursday his defeat in the country's post-coup presidential election after preliminary results revealed that former army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi had achieved...

In the wake of the restoration of the concept of a Palestinian reconciliation including the combination of Hamas and Fatah fighters and the start of the formation of true...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that an "intense crackdown" on the opposition in Egypt is creating a "repressive environment that severely undermines the fairness of the elections."...