Turkey: Mayor of Istanbul arrested in government crackdown
The Mayor of Istanbul has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation as the Turkish government intensify their crackdown...
Election
Ivory Coast: Ex-banker becomes top contender in October election
Prospective Presidential candidate Tidjane Thiam has renounced his French citizenship as the ex-banker looks set to become a top contender...
Revealed: Top Libya analyst evaluates Russia and UN plans
An expert on Libyan politics has warned of the Kremlin’s free reign in the Benghazi-based government of Eastern Libya, and...
Voting under way in German election
German voters are heading to the polls in the country's February 23rd general election to elect a new parliament following...
Mozambique president sworn in amid election boycott
Mozambique has sworn in its newly elected parliament after the opposition leader called for a strike in protest against the...
Nawaf Salam picked as new PM for Lebanon
Lebanon's President, Joseph Aoun selected Nawaf Salam, who is the presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The...
Lebanese president begins consultations for picking new PM
Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, has began talks with Lebanon's 128 MP's about who to pick as new prime minister for...
Lebanon fails to elect president in first round of voting
Lebanese MP's have failed to elect a president during the first round of voting on January 9th. But officials feel...
Mozambique: 3,000 refugees flood into Malawi and Eswatini
The disputed presidential election in Mozambique on October 9, 2024, has resulted in violent unrest, causing over 3,000 Mozambicans to...
Sarkozy stands trial over Gadhafi campaign financing
Former French President Sarkozy is standing trial for alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by Moammar Gadhafi, former...
Mozambique: Opposition leader to return amid violent protests
Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane says he will return home from exile on January 9th, according to the BBC. Mondlane...
Chadian election officials ask military for protection
Chad's electoral commission has asked for military protection for election officials and candidates amid a spike in attacks ahead of...
Court upholds prison sentence of former Egyptian presidential candidate
An Egyptian court has reaffirmed a one-year prison sentence for the ex-Egyptian presidential candidate, Ahmed Tantawy and his campaign manager,...
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...
Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner
As reported by The Arab Weekly and agencies, President Abdulmadjid Tebboune was the overwhelming winner of the September 7 election...
