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Mar 31, 2016

EconSource: Libya Requests UN Sanctions Exemption for Sovereign Wealth Fund

By EconSource

Libya is asking the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to approve a sanctions exemption for its blacklisted sovereign wealth fund, in order to halt billions of dollars in losses caused by ineffective management of frozen assets.

MENASource

Mar 30, 2016

Top News: Leahy Asked State Department to Investigate Egyptian, Israeli Human Rights ‘Violations’

By EgyptSource

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and 10 House members have asked the Obama administration to investigate claims that the Israeli and Egyptian security forces have committed “gross violations of human rights” — allegations that if proven true could affect US military aid to the countries. In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry dated February […]

MENASource

Mar 30, 2016

Top News: Libya’s Presidential Council arrives in Tripoli

By MENASource

Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj and most of the Presidency Council headed to Tripoli by boat in a last-ditch attempt to get to the Libyan capital. Serraj arrived in the capital with six deputies and set up a temporary seat of power in a naval base despite threats from rival factions.

MENASource

Mar 30, 2016

EconSource: IMF says Iraq Could Secure Three-Year Standby Deal by June

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) could approve as early as June a standby arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that would provide $15 billion in international assistance over the next three years.

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Case No. 173: The State of Egypt’s NGOs

By Elissa Miller and Margaret Suter

In late 2011, Egyptian authorities raided 17 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on democracy and rights issues. Two years later, an Egyptian court ordered the closure of several international NGOs and handed down sentences to the defendants on charges of operating illegally in the country. The second part of the case, referred to as Case No. […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Yemenis Express Resolve and Pride in Anti-Saudi Demonstrations

By Jillian Schwedler

Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in Sanaa on Sautrday to express their resounding opposition to the Saudi-led war. Organized on the first anniversary of the start of the Saudi air campaign, the massive turnout represented a rebuke of the Saudi intervention, which has led to more than 6,000 deaths, pushed the […]

Yemen

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Top News: ISIS claims central Baghdad bombing

By MENASource

ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning in central Baghdad that police said killed three people and wounded 27.

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

Top News: EgyptAir Hijacking Suspect Arrested in Cyprus

By EgyptSource

An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker was arrested after giving himself up. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320 flight when it took off, Egypt’s […]

MENASource

Mar 29, 2016

EconSource: Iraq Says Expects $6.4 Billion Financial Support This Year

By EconSource

Iraq expects to receive financial support of $6.4 billion in 2016 from donors and international organizations, Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Tuesday.

MENASource

Mar 28, 2016

Egypt’s Youth and the Pull to Migrate

By Eduard Cousin

Two-thirds of Egypt’s population is under 30, and youth unemployment for 15-24 year-olds is around 42 percent, according to World Bank figures. After the January 2011 revolution, unemployment rose sharply from 9 percent in 2010, reaching 12.7 percent in 2016. Ahmed, a 24-year-old business administration graduate, currently working for a stock trading company in Cairo, […]

North Africa