Algeria: election plagued by grave irregularities
The 2024 presidential election in Algeria, which was expected to unsurprisingly secure a second term for the incumbent President Abdelmadjid...
Year: 2024
Palestine finally granted UN membership with limitations
America’s veto against Palestine becoming a member of the UN has finally been lifted, according to Reuters on September 10th....
Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on September 11th hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes,...
Tunisia: body rejects monitoring groups due to ‘foreign funds’
On September 11th, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) rejected requests from civil society organizations to monitor the presidential...
Biden seeks accountability after death of US citizen in West Bank
President Joe Biden said on September 11 that Israel must ensure that incidents like the fatal shooting of a Turkish-American...
Jordan’s Islamists make gains in parliamentary elections
Jordan's Islamist opposition made substantial gains in the election, initial results showed on September 11, according to The Arab Weekly...
Muslim sodas sparkle after coke and Pepsi boycott over Gaza
Right across the Muslim world, the growth of both Pepsi and Cocoa Cola are both facing a hard time because...
Algerian opposition candidates challenge election result
The two candidates who ran in Algeria’s presidential race legally challenged the election result on September 10, as reported by...
UN says warring parties in Sudan are disregarding international law
On September 10th, UN Human Rights Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif condemned the warring parties in Sudan for disregarding international...
Borrell: West Bank could become “new Gaza”
European Union diplomat Josep Borrell warned on September 10th that increased violence in the occupied West Bank means it risks...
ICC seeks to confirm Hamas leader’s death
Legal filings found on September 10th showed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking into the death of Hamas...
Jordan poised to give many seats to Muslim Brotherhood in elections
Jordan may well no longer be a western satellite after elections results there expect to give many seats to Islamists,...
Heavy rains in Morocco and Algeria take lives, destroy homes
Unusual heavy rains have hit both Morocco and Algeria in desert areas that killed nearly two dozen people and destroyed...
Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
Lebanon’s ex-central bank chief to remain in detention amid probe
On September 9, a judge ruled that Lebanon’s former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, would remain in detention as part...
