Dialogue “not possible so long as terrorist groups and criminal militias control Tripoli
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The wave of arrests comes ahead of a “million-man march” Friday to demand the removal of Sisi from office
Prosecutors at the military court in Blida, south of Algiers, had asked for the maximum sentence of 20 years
The report comes days after Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok set up a seven-member committee to probe the crackdown
Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Friday and Saturday in rare anti-Sisi demonstrations
Raissouni, whose lawyers called for her acquittal, denied she had had an abortion, insisting she had received treatment for internal haemorrhage
“This is the first time people take to the streets in many years but I am not sure if it will be the last,”
“The people want the fall of Gaid Salah,” they chanted, referring to the de facto strongman in post-Bouteflika Algeria.
The protests come on the back of Mohamed Aly, a disgruntled exiled Egyptian businessman, demanding the toppling of Sisi.
Ben Ali, who ruled Tunisia from 1987 until 2011, was viewed by some as a bulwark against Islamist extremist