Month: May 2016

Ennahdha’s 10th Congress Promise

“We are leaving political Islam and entering democratic Islam. We are Muslim democrats who no longer claim to represent political Islam,” announced Rached Ghannouchi to Le Monde ahead of the party’s 10th congress, held on 20-22 May, at Hamamet. The...

/ May 22, 2016

Still Turning Around in Libya

Faize Serraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA) continues to face strong resistance from the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR). On 16 May, HoR president Aguila Saleh reiterated his call for Serraj’s Presidency Council (PC) to travel to Tobruk and seek...

/ May 16, 2016