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Jul 23, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Sentences Mubarak-era Prime Minister to Five Years Over Graft

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced former prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Nazif, to five years jail over graft charges, toughening an earlier three-year sentence in a retrial. Nazif was also given a EGP 53.3 million fine in the corruption case dating to his tenure under Mubarak.

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

A Win for Women in Egypt’s Courts

By Nancy Messieh and Suzanne Gaber

Last month, Egypt swore in twenty-six new female judges, in the largest appointment of women to the judiciary since 2007. This brings the total number of female judges in Egypt to around eighty. Shortly after his own swearing in, Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend had announced his intention to appoint a group of female judges in […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

Top News: Two Turkish Policemen Shot Dead Near Syrian Border, PKK Claims Attack

By MENASource

A Turkish official said two police officers were found shot dead in their home Wednesday morning in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Ceylanpinar. Militants in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) released a statement shortly after the attack claiming responsibility and saying it was in retaliation for the suicide bombing that killed thirty-two people in Suruc on Monday.

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

Top News: Right to Information Law to Criminalize Spreading Rumors on Social Networks

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s cabinet will reportedly begin discussing the final draft of the new Right to Information Law next week, upon Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab’s return from a trip to Italy.

MENASource

Jul 22, 2015

EconSource: UAE to Scrap Subsidized Price Controls on Fuel

By EconSource

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it would said it would do away with fuel price controls in a politically sensitive reform that could save the government billions of dollars. Authorities plan to begin linking fuel prices to global prices as of August 1.

MENASource

Jul 21, 2015

Egypt through the Lens of the State Department’s Terrorism Reports

By Elissa Miller

The Department of State (DOS) recently released its 2014 Country Reports on Terrorism, offering an in-depth look at terrorism around the world and efforts various countries are taking aimed at its eradication. Several trends can be identified from the 2014 reports’ discussion of terrorism and counterterrorism efforts in Egypt, which are especially relevant given a […]

North Africa

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Jul 21, 2015

Top News: Prominent Libyans Face EU Sanctions

By MENASource

European Union (EU) foreign ministers met yesterday in Brussels to try and push forward the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Peace Accord. The EU is looking at preparing asset freezes and travel bans against five named Libyans.

MENASource

Jul 21, 2015

ISIS Attempts to Shake the Gulf

By Mona Alami

Another suicide bombing has shaken the Gulf region, as young Saudi Abdallah Fahd Abdallah Rashid blew himself up at a checkpoint in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on July 16. Rashid conducted the bombing just after killing his uncle, a colonel with the Saudi Ministry of Interior.

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MENASource

Jul 21, 2015

Top News: Sexual Harassers in 340 Reports Released After Girls Failed to Sign Police Report

By EgyptSource

Perpetrators of sexual harassment in 340 incidents during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, mostly verbal, were reportedly released because the women who were harassed did not go to police stations to sign the police reports.

MENASource

Jul 21, 2015

EconSource: EU Decides to Increase Tunisia Annual Olive Oil Export Quota

By EconSource

The European Union (EU) on Monday agreed to help Tunisia boost its economy by raising quotas on how much olive oil it can sell in EU markets. The EU will raise Tunisia’s annual olive oil export quota to 25,000 tonnes.