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Jul 15, 2015

Top News: One Hundred Bodies Wash Up at Libyan Coastal Town

By MENASource

As many as 100 bodies, presumably of sub-Saharan boat migrants, washed up near the Libyan city of Tajoura. The bodies are believed to be victims of a shipwreck off the western coastal town, east of Tripoli. Tajoura is known as a departure spot for Europe-bound boat migrants.

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Jul 15, 2015

Top News: Sisi Says Al-Azhar Has Failed to Renew Islamic Discourse

By EgyptSource

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has accused Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb and other clerics of failing to develop Egypt’s religious discourse.

MENASource

Jul 15, 2015

EconSource: Tunisia Gets $230 Million World Bank Loan to Link Interior to Cities

By EconSource

Tunisia has obtained a $230 million loan from the World Bank to build and expand 146 kilometers of roadways to the most isolated regions in the country.

MENASource

Jul 14, 2015

Top News: Pro-government Forces Retake Aden Airport in Yemen

By MENASource

Forces loyal to ousted President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi, known as the Popular Resistance, recaptured the airport in Aden on Tuesday. Aden airport had been in the hands of the rebels since soldiers of the 39th Armored Brigade defected on March 25. The retreat by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels came as the Shia power struck a historic […]

MENASource

Jul 14, 2015

Top News: Egypt Issues New Law Liberalizing Electricity Market

By EgyptSource

A new legislation liberalizing Egypt’s electricity market and encouraging private sector investment in the market was published in the official gazette on Monday.

MENASource

Jul 14, 2015

EconSource: Algeria’s Foreign Reserves Fall by $19 Billion

By EconSource

Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves dropped by $19.02 billion to $159.9 billion in the first quarter of 2015 due to the collapse in global crude oil prices, the country’s central bank said.

MENASource

Jul 13, 2015

Top News: US Wants Drones to Combat Islamic State in Libya; US Confirms Tunisia’s “non-NATO ally” Status

By MENASource

The United States is in talks with North African countries about positioning drones at a base on their soil to ramp up surveillance of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Libya. It would be the most significant expansion of the campaign against the extremist group in the region.

MENASource

Jul 13, 2015

Top News: One killed, Ten Injured in Car Bomb Blast at Italian Consulate in Cairo

By EgyptSource

A powerful blast left at least one dead in front of the Italian Consulate in downtown Cairo Saturday, the second car bomb attack in the Egyptian capital in less than a fortnight.

MENASource

Jul 13, 2015

EconSource: Tunisia Sees Growth at 1 Percent This Year

By EconSource

Tunisia’s economic growth is expected to slow to about 1 percent this year, compared with 2.3 percent in 2014, Finance Minister Slim Chaker told Reuters.

MENASource

Jul 10, 2015

Top News: Sisi Approves New Parliamentary Election Law

By EgyptSource

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified amendments to an election law regulating electoral constituencies, paving the way for setting a date for long-delayed parliamentary elections, according to state news agency MENA.