Ghaya Ben Mbarek

Nov 26, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Ghaya Ben Mbarek

A delegation of Iranian politicians has begun a week-long visit to Algeria and Tunisia as Tehran seeks greater co-operation and a stronger presence in North Africa. The group, led by Ibrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, was on Wednesday in Algeria and is expected to arrive in Tunisia on Thursday. Mr Azizi was accompanied by other members of the committee as well as Mohammad Reza Babai, Iran’s ambassador to Algeria.

Nov 19, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Adla Massoud |Ghaya Ben Mbarek

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Tuesday that his office is finalising cases linked to crimes committed in Libya between 2014 and 2020, pledging imminent action. Karim Khan told the UN Security Council said his office is moving expeditiously in relation to investigations into detention facility crimes.

Nov 18, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Ghaya Ben Mbarek

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Monday the composition of his new government nearly three months after his landslide re-election for a second five-year term in September. In a statement published on the official Algerian presidency website, Mr Tebboune said he had accepted on Monday the official resignation of his former government but decided to renew his confidence in Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui and charged him with forming the new government.

Nov 12, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Nihad Sirees |Pushkin Press |Ghaya Ben Mbarek

While Libya struggles with the impact of years of civil war and the division of the country under two separate governments, the Interior Minister in the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity is seeking to make head coverings mandatory for women and launch a morality police to enforce this and other measures against "indecent" behaviour in public.

Nov 12, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Ghaya Ben Mbarek

Former Tunisian presidential hopeful Ayachi Zammel could serve a total of 35 years in prison after being handed a sentence of two years and eight months on charges relating to the falsification of voters’ signatures to endorse his candidacy, his lawyer told The National on Tuesday. Mr Zammel, the head of the opposition Azimoun Party, has been detained since September 2 on several electoral fraud charges, namely the forging of voters’ endorsement documents.