Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir will not be pilloried for the rest of his life as a fugitive from justice. He arrived in South Sudan last Friday for the first time since Africa's once-largest country split in 2011, raising cautious hopes (...)
Tunisia should mark its national day of internet freedom on 13 March by releasing immediately and unconditionally 28-year-old blogger Jabeur Meiri, who has been in prison for more than a year, Amnesty International said.
“It's ironic that on 13 (...)
A question accompanying a picture of an elderly American couple on Facebook caught my eye and made me feel that we have changed a lot over the years and not necessarily always for the better. The question asked is “how is it that you stayed happily (...)
Tunisia's ruling Islamists dissolved the government and promised rapid elections in a bid to restore calm after the killing of an opposition leader sparked the biggest street protests since the revolution two years ago.
The prime minister's (...)
We landed at Kharga Airport after a 75-minute flight from Cairo and hopped on a bus for two hours until we reached Dakhla Oasis. The primary aim of the trip was to attend a forum about sustainable tourism in Al-Wadi Al-Gadid (New Valley), but we (...)
Having risen serendipitously through the party ranks of the now defunct National Islamic Front to reach the top in 1989 in a bloodless coup that toppled the democratically-elected government of Sadig Al-Mahdi, leader of the National Umma Party (...)
Human rights groups are fretting over a law issued by President Mohamed Morsi on 9 December giving soldiers policing powers. The military will enjoy policing rights until the results of the 15 December referendum on a new constitution are announced. (...)
Human rights groups are fretting over a law issued by President Mohamed Morsi on 9 December giving soldiers policing powers. The military will enjoy policing rights until the results of the 15 December referendum on a new constitution are announced. (...)
The Government should do its best and act fast to retrieve the country's stolen assets, as it needs the cash to bail out its sliding economy, analysts say.
But the Government seems to be failing in this, says Moataz Salah Eddin, the head of the (...)
The attack on an Egyptian police station on the Israeli border on Sunday was staged by militants who infiltrated from Gaza through tunnels and others from the Sinai region, an Egyptian security official was quoted as saying by the state news (...)
TUNIS: A draft law to criminalize offenses against “sacred values" threatens freedom of expression. The Islamist Ennahdha group introduced the bill in the National Constituent Assembly on August 1, 2012.
The draft bill would provide prison terms and (...)
“Respect and the protection and realization of all human rights must be the guiding concepts of any fundamental law. Thus recognition of human rights in the Constitution establishes the legitimacy of the State, and the respect of these rights will (...)
Since the January 25 Revolution, many problems have surfaced, while other problems have grown bigger.
President Mohammed Morsi has vowed to solve five of Egypt's biggest problems during his first 100 days in office.
He has promised to put an end (...)
CAIRO - The entire nation was waiting for the trial of the century – that of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in February 2011 after 18 days of peaceful demonstrations in Tahrir Square.
Justice Ahmed Refaat sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the (...)
Although women were at the forefront of the Arab Spring revolutions, some feminists say that women's rights have since been under attack, writes Gihan Shahine
the 25 January Revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, the late Al-Azhar (...)
The recent violence in Abbasiya is a rude reminder for the next president of the legacy that awaits him, writes Amira Howeidy
It was Friday evening, 4 May, when a senior manager of one presidential frontrunner slouched in his chair, giving in to the (...)
Car and roadside bombs killed at least 43 people in cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said, extending a spate of violence ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad.
The meeting is seen as the country's (...)
BAGHDAD: At least 16 near-simultaneous explosions struck cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding more than 200, despite a massive security clampdown ahead of next week's Arab League summit.
It was Iraq's (...)
Amira Howeidy meets the campaigners on whom the success or otherwise of presidential candidates depends
When Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa resigned his post early last year to run for Egypt's presidency he asked his chef de cabinet, (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood may yet fall short of a majority in the upcoming parliament, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
The third -- and final -- stage of parliamentary elections ended yesterday, with Islamists expected to gain a majority of seats in the (...)
When American tanks rolled into Baghdad on 9 April 2003, the aim of the Bush administration (so its neo-con supporters claimed) was to crush the autocratic regime of Saddam Hussein and unleash a democracy wave throughout the Arab world.
But with (...)
The members of the public coalition of the law and Sharia (Islamic law) graduates presented a complaint to Egypt's Attorney General against two young people for publishing naked photos of themselves online.
The case is filed against Alia (...)
Heavy gunfire breaks out in Sudan's Blue Nile state despite statements made by Military Governor Yahia Mohammed Kheir that life in the capital, Damazin had returned to normal and residents had started to return
Heavy gunfire broke out on Tuesday in (...)
CAIRO - More than 24,000 road accidents occurred in Egypt in 2010, representing a rise of some 6.9 per cent over the previous year causing death and injury to thousands of people, around half of whom were young.
These fearful figures are liable to (...)
A proposed document of inviolable constitutional principles floated by the deputy prime minister may herald a new political civil war, writes Amira Howeidy
Less than two months after the dust settled on the last battle over the polarising issue of (...)