Imed Drij Condamné

Imed Drij, porte-parole des «Hommes de la Révolution du Kram» (association membre de la Ligue nationale de protection de la révolution(LPR)) a été condamné à quatorze mois de prison pour incitation à la haine et à la violence via les...

/ March 27, 2014

The GNC Amends Article 30 on Ethnic Groups

Last Friday, the General National Congress amended article 30 of the constitutional declaration. The wording of the article now recognizes that issues related to Libyan ethnic groups will be adopted by consensus in future legislation. Therefore, future legislation and the...

/ March 21, 2014

The GNC Sacks Ali Zeidan

On Tuesday 11th , Congress had passed a motion removing Zeidan with 124 votes in favour out of 138. While Zeidan left Libya despite a travel ban, the defence minister, Abdullah Thenny, has been appointed acting PM until a new...

/ March 11, 2014

Nida Tounes Open to Form a Coalition Government with Ennahda

Beji Gaid Essebsi, former PM under Ben Ali and leader of Nida Tounes (Tunisia’s Call), told Reuters that his party would be open to form a coalition government in the next general elections should Ennahda fail to win by majority....

/ March 9, 2014

The Military Coup in Egypt: Challenges of the Transition

This Op-Ed was published on 4 July 2013, the day following the coup. It was widely re-produced by different media outlets including Politico, Today’s Zaman, and other translations in Arabic and French. The ousting of President Mohamed Morsi by the...

/ July 4, 2013

Le coup d’Etat en Egypte : les défis de la transition

L’éviction du président Mohamed Morsi par l’armée égyptienne est un coup d’Etat militaire pur et simple. En effet, cette éviction répond à la définition d’un renversement illégal de la tête de l’Etat par l’armée, une faction interne, ou les services...

/ July 4, 2013

The Military Coup in Egypt: Challenges of the Transition

The ousting of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army is a military coup d’état pure and simple. Morsi’s ousting qualifies for a military putsch which is by definition the illegal removal of the head of the state by the...

/ July 4, 2013

Election Outcomes in Algeria

On 10th May the Algerian regime is holding parliamentary elections against a backdrop of a string of strikes, protests, riots, and the spectre of a massive boycott and abstention. In trying to reverse the tide of boycotts the regime exposed...

/ May 9, 2012