Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali’s presidential runoff election with 78 per cent of the vote, the government announced yesterday. The result gives the former prime minister a strong mandate to seek peace with northern separatists and to push for sweeping reforms of the army after a military coup. Sunday’s …
Read More »German FM says Egyptian scenario cannot take place in Tunisia
Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Tunis on Thursday that “the Egyptian scenario cannot take place in Tunisia,” citing major
Read More »Tunisia calls on Egyptian security forces to stop using violence
A Tunisian government’s spokesman condemned on Thursday the Egyptian army’s “disproportionate use of force” against protesters.
Read More »Turkey recalls its Ambassador to Egypt
Turkey’s ambassador in Egypt has been recalled to Ankara for consultations following the bloody crackdown in the country on supporters of the toppled President Mohamed Morsi.
Read More »UNSC holds closed-door consultations on Egypt crisis
The UN Security Council on Thursday launched closed-door consultations on the crisis in Egypt, one day after a deadly crackdown by security forces. The meeting at the request of France, Britain and Australia comes a day after nearly 600 people were killed when
Read More »More than 550 killed in Egypt after crackdown on protesters
Fresh violence targeted the security forces in a tense Egypt Thursday, as Washington cancelled a joint military exercise in response to a crackdown on protesters that killed nearly 600 people. Security sources said at least seven soldiers and a policeman were killed in attacks in the Sinai
Read More »Belgrade calls on Kosovo Serbs to vote in November elections
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has called on Kosovo Serbs to adopt a decision on voting in the Kosovo elections on November 3 – and said Belgrade will not support a boycott of the polls.
Read More »Serbia ready to drop genocide case if Croatia does it first
Serbia said that it is ready to drop its genocide case against Croatia at the International Court of Justice, but only if Zagreb drops its own lawsuit against Belgrade first. “It should be noted that we didn’t file charges against Croatia [first], but that Zagreb did it first… Our lawsuit …
Read More »POLITICAL ISLAM VS. THE MILITARY CASE STUDIES: EGYPT, PAKISTAN, TURKEY
The recent developments in Egypt and Turkey, as well as the May 11, 2013 general election in Pakistan, that marked the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its history, brought to the attention the complex phenomena resulting from the …
Read More »Turkish Republican People’s Party asks UN to call for sopping violence in Egypt
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on the U.N. Security Council to call for a halt to the violence in Egypt, arguing
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