A Tunisian court has sentenced Ayachi Zammel, one of the challengers to President Kais Saied in next month’s presidential election, to 20 months in prison on fraud charges, his lawyer said Wednesday, condemning the ruling as politically motivated. Zammel was convicted of falsifying signatures for his candidacy papers in the city of Jendouba, just two weeks after his arrest. The opposition figure faces over 20 additional charges across Tunisia, with four cases set to be heard on Thursday.
Egypt and Russia have concluded their joint naval exercise, Bridge of Friendship, held over several days in the Mediterranean, according
Said Naciri, former chairman of Wydad Casablanca and a senior member of Morocco’s ruling coalition, denied in court Friday
Algeria is making headway in diversifying its economy beyond hydrocarbons, tripling non-oil exports to $5.1 billion in 2023, according
In a phone call on Saturday, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed the current situation in
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