An Egyptian appeals court has upheld the February conviction of opposition politician Ahmed Altantawy, meaning that he will serve a one-year jail sentence with hard labor.
Now barred from running for office for five years, Altantawy suspended his campaign last year after claiming that state-linked groups had been blocking him from collecting signatures as well as arresting relatives and political allies — something the government denied before arresting him.
Government authorities accused him of "circulating election-related papers without official authorization."
To combat cross-border crime, Morocco and Saudi Arabia signed three new agreements in Riyadh on Wednesday, focusing on bolstering collaboration
Officials from the foreign ministries of Egypt and Turkey convened this week to discuss Somalia, Libya, and broader cooperation in
According to reporting by the EU Observer the EU appears set to rebuild its presence in Africa’s Sahel region
Egypt’s foreign minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for talks with top officials. He said Cairo
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