Egypt Today The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern over recent developments in the Libyan capital Tripoli. “The mission received reports about the deployment of groups armed with heavy weapons in Tripoli areas, which poses danger to civilians”, a statement by the UNSMIL read. “Such developments …
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Egypt Independent Polls in crisis-ridden Lebanon opened for a high-stakes parliamentary election on Sunday morning. The election was the first in Lebanon since the 2019 popular uprising demanded the downfall of the ruling elite. Demonstrators had blamed political parties for widespread corruption and mismanagement of the country’s public affairs and …
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Egypt Independent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for winning the presidential elections on Sunday. “Egyptian-French historical relations were, and still are, close and growing. We look forward to continuing consultations and mutual coordination on regional and international files of common interest”, Sisi tweeted. Macron won …
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Egypt Today “Three polling stations have been made available for members of the French community in Egypt to vote in the second round of the French presidential elections which took place today”, French Ambassador to Cairo, Marc Baréty, revealed. The announcement was made at a contract signing ceremony at the …
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Renewed polarisation between Macron and Le Pen in the presidential election conceals a pas de deux. Éloi Laurent* For the last 20 years, French politics has been an unforgiving puzzle, whereby democratic votes result in neoliberal and xenophobic policies the French say they resent. Sunday’s presidential election first round is no different. …
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Egypt Today The Libyan High Council of State announced the setting up of a committee to engage in consultations with the country’s House of Representatives on Monday. “An emergency session was held last night by the council in Tripoli and adopted a mechanism for choosing the committee members who will …
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If the Conservatives are to be defeated at the next Westminster election, Labour must back a coalition alternative. Frances Foley* It’s the open secret of politics in the United Kingdom: its next government will likely involve more than one party. And recently, for the first time progressive party leaders were reported by …
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Angana P. Chatterji Critical elections are proceeding in five states in India, including in its most populous state and political nerve center, Uttar Pradesh. The election there in particular illustrates the majoritarian nationalism that is driving widespread and lethal aggression against Muslims across the country. Amid the balloting that commenced on Feb. 10 and will end March 7, with …
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Egypt Today The United Nations’ Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has urged all Libyan parties, Tuesday, to “focus on holding a free, fair, inclusive and credible presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible”. “Libyan authorities and institutions must now work together to address the fundamental issues causing the postponement. They …
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Ahram Online Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States urged war-torn Libya on Friday to quickly set a new date for delayed presidential elections. “We call on the relevant Libyan authorities to respect the aspirations of the Libyan people for prompt elections by swiftly determining a final date for …
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