Africa

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday expressed his country's dissatisfaction with US Congress discussions on democracy in the North African state. In a meeting with the US Ambassador to Tunisia, Donald Blom, at the Carthage Palace, Saied "informed the US ambassador of his dissatisfaction with the inclusion of the situation in Tunisia on the agenda of...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday launched an attack on his predecessor and threatened to withdraw his diplomatic passport and ban him from travel. Amnesty International has monitored the Tunisian...

Sudan's Sovereign Council chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, yesterday called for the inclusion of "new political factions" in the county's transitional government. Speaking in his meeting with the ambassadors and...

A Rome judge yesterday suspended the trial of four senior members of the Egyptian security services citing concerns that there was no certainty they had been formally made aware that they were charged...

Democracy in Tunisia is in danger following a series of executive orders issued by President Kais Saied, the Congress Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism said yesterday....

Tunisia's Ennahda movement yesterday slammed what it called a "de facto government led by Bouden." In an official statement, the movement said that the formation of the Bouden government...

Egypt has won an international award for its restoration work on a historic synagogue in the city of Alexandria. According to an announcement by the Ministry of Antiquities on...

Said Bouteflika, advisor and brother of the late Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, said that he preferred silence over revealing secrets that would shake the foundations of the State. This...

Members of the General Shura Council of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Abroad renewed their "pledge of allegiance" to the General Guide, his deputy and acting director, Ibrahim Mounir, announcing...

An Egyptian military court yesterday upheld a 25-year life sentence against 32 defendants for "forming 22 terrorist cells, and attempting to assassinate the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and...

Qatar's Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, expressed strong reservations over the so-called Abraham Accords and their potential to bring about peace without addressing the problem of Israel's never-ending...

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that it is not responsible for any visits or discussions held by officials outside the state's official foreign policies and which...

A prominent Moroccan academic and rights activist, Maati Monjib, announced yesterday that he had launched a hunger strike to protest against a travel ban placed on him. "I am...

A massive fire broke out in the main hall of the El Gouna Film Festival site in Egypt yesterday, one day ahead of the opening ceremony of the fifth...

Security forces claim 17 members of a group called 'MAK' were detained and they had documents indicating contact with Tel Aviv

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Tuesday assured his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, that Cairo supports the steps he has taken to maintain stability in Tunisia, Anadolu reported. The presidency said...

The African Union is to discuss granting Israel observer status during its meeting starting today, a step condemned by Palestine along with many member states. The Palestinian Authority (PA)...

The Turkish president will leave on Sunday for a four-day diplomatic tour to three African countries, diplomatic sources have told Anadolu Agency. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially visited 28...

General Khalifa Haftar's loyal military forces obstructed Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's visit to the city of Ghat, Anadolu Agency reports. Nasr Youssef, who represents Ghat in...

The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Barhim Ghali, has vowed to continue fighting against Moroccan forces along the wall that separates the disputed desert territory under the...

Sudan's security service has slapped a travel ban on members of a task force overseeing the country's transition to democracy, government sources said, as tensions between civilian and military...

On Tuesday, 12 October 2021, the World Bank said that governments around the world have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by launching massive tax, monetary and fiscal stimulus packages....

French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian reiterated, on Tuesday, "the unwavering respect for Algerian sovereignty", amid the tension that prevails in relations between Paris and Algiers, particularly regarding colonial...

Tunisia's Permanent Council of La Francophonie yesterday agreed to postpone the 18th Summit of La Francophonie to next year. The proposal will be presented in the coming days to...

The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has ruled mostly in Somalia's favour in its maritime boundary dispute with Kenya. In a ruling at The Hague...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told attendants at the V4 summit that the EU cannot cope without Egypt it's most obvious, external ally. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger...

Hamas has rejected an Egyptian proposal to form a unity government with Fatah, citing previous unity agreements foiled by the secular Palestinian movement. In remarks made to Arabi Post yesterday, Hamas...

The death of businessman Khaled Al-Adawy is "considered premeditated murder" as he was forcibly disappeared, tortured, and denied medical treatment, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights said in a...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned of the "immediate danger" to the safety and wellbeing of at least 1,000 women and children detained in refugee detention centres...

Algeria is fulfilling its contractual obligations for supplying natural gas to its partners in Europe, state news agency WAJ reported Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab, saying yesterday. Arkab said Algeria now...

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced that Turkey has lost its patience with the Kurdish militias attacking the country from neighbouring Syria, stating that a new military operation...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the largest trade union organisation in Tunisia, demanded that the exceptional period in the country not be extended, and a clear vision after...