Noticias

Mohamed uld Abd el Aziz revalida su mandato con una aplastante victoria en las elecciones presidenciales de Mauritania. Según los resultados definitivos de la Comisión Electoral, Abd el Aziz ha conseguido el 82 por ciento de las papeletas en unos comicios en los que la participación fue del 54 por ciento. No es necesaria pues una segunda vuelta. La tasa de participación era prácticamente la única incógnita importante ya que la mayor parte de la oposición boicoteó los comicios.

Turks and Qataris in eastern Libya – “from Sirte to Musaid (on the Egyptian border)” –  have been told to leave the country. The stark warning came from General Khalifa Hafter’s spokesman, Mohamed Hejazi. He told the Libya Herald that they had to go “within 48 hours” of the warning.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is proceeding on its “presidency road” without worrying about individual concerns and who will lead the party after the elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 21. 

Speaking to his party’s Istanbul provincial members, Erdoğan said the AKP would continue on its road regardless of who will lead it. 

Elders and dignitaries from the greater Benghazi area have openly criticised the statement made earlier this month by the Grand Mufti, in which he described the Operation Dignity forces led by retired General Khalifa Hafter as “outlaws” and called on Libyans to fight them.

El tribunal penal de la ciudad egipcia de Minia condenó hoy a muerte a 183 seguidores de los Hermanos Musulmanes, entre ellos el líder de la cofradía, Mohamed Badía, por el asesinato de un policía e incitación a la violencia, informó la agencia estatal de noticias Mena.

La fuente señaló que otros 496, sobre un total de 683 acusados, fueron absueltos, mientras que cuatro personas recibieron una sentencia de cadena perpetua.

The most senior Shiite religious leader in Iraq has called for the formation of an “effective government” to foster national unity and criticised "past mistakes" made by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's administration, in a departure from previous support for the embattled Iraqi leader.

In Contrast to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s overtures to Muslim Brotherhood members not involved in violence in the post-30 June 2013 period, the government is continuing to follow through on policies aimed at politically eliminating the Islamist organisation and cutting off its sources of funding. Most recently the Teachers and Pharmacists Syndicates, long time political platforms for the Brotherhood, were sequestrated. Earlier this week the assets of Zad and Seoudi supermarket chains, owned by leading Brotherhood members Khairat Al-Shater and Abdel-Rahman Seoudi, were seized.