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Egypt police shoot dead 2 Brotherhood leaders

Two leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group were shot dead by Egyptian security forces south of Cairo, the country’s interior ministry said.  In a Tuesday statement, the ministry said Mohamed Kamal, 61, was killed along with Yasser Shehata in a shootout late Monday in Cairo’s...

Egypt: 5 policemen killed in Sinai attacks

Five policemen were killed and nine others injured in two separate militant attacks late Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said unidentified gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying five police personnel in North Sinai’s city of Arish....

Tunisia PM pushes broad reform package, talks with unions

Tunisia's prime minister plans key talks with unions to hold down state sector wages and sees close to 3 percent economic growth next year from a package of reforms aimed at underpinning the democracy won in the 2011 revolution with economic gains. Opportunities and jobs are a constant...

NGO warns of widespread torture in Tunisia’s prisons

More than 400 cases of torture have been reported in prisons across Tunisia, a Tunisian NGO said Wednesday. According to the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), however, alleged torture cases by the Tunisian regime -- which reportedly occurred in the period from October 2013 to October 2015...