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The industrial sector, like other productive sectors in Sudan, suffers from many problems that have led to the closure of many factories and the displacement of thousands of workers....

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has condemned the Iranian bombing of areas in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, describing it as a "blatant violation of Iraq's sovereignty and security". In...

Russia has threatened to cut gas supplies to Europe in response to Western sanctions

Central Bank of Tunisia data showed yesterday that the Tunisian dinar fell to a record low against the US dollar, causing concerns about a possible decline in foreign exchange...

Tunisia's Court of Appeal yesterday postponed the hearing into the appeal submitted by the Public Prosecutor against a judge's decision to release 39 defendants who are under investigation for...

Some 820 people including politicians have been charged in the case of sending jihadists to Syria, a judicial official in Tunisia said yesterday. The official spokesman of the Court...

The French Ambassador to Morocco, Helen Le Gall, said Thursday she was ending her tenure in the North African nation, Anadolu News Agency reports. The diplomat said her 3-year...

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced two police officers to six years in prison after they were found guilty of torturing Mahmoud Khamis Gaber to death while he was...

19 people in northern Morocco have died of poisoning after drinking contaminated alcoholic drinks, local media reported on Wednesday. Several news websites said that the city of Al-Qasr Al-Kabir...

A political bloc of five parties in Tunisia expressed on Wednesday its categorical rejection of the "coup authority's" iron-fist policy and security solutions in the face of growing civil...

The inflation rate in Algeria increased to 9.6 per cent at the end of August, amid the rise in the prices of basic commodities globally and its impact on...

Morocco and Mauritania are looking to boost bilateral security cooperation following a meeting between the security chiefs of both countries in Rabat on Tuesday. The Director General of Mauritania's...

Security and police officers organised a demonstration in Tunisia on Wednesday during which they demanded trade union freedoms and the release of eight of their colleagues who were arrested...

Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach oil company announced on Wednesday that its gas production is expected to increase by 10 billion cubic metres in 2023, Anadolu has reported. The announcement was...

Sudan's Public Prosecution has launched legal proceedings against a prominent newspaper and the Bar Association, triggering complaints that authorities are trying to restrict basic freedoms nearly a year after...

The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia, on Wednesday, signalled the neighbours will lay greater focus on economic ties in the coming future, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prime Minister, Abiy...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday pledged to solve the problem of the shortage of production requirements resulting from the restrictions on imports within two months, adding that he...

The UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary has proposed that British citizens abroad receive a statutory right to Foreign Office consular assistance, reports The Guardian. The UK government is currently not...

Detainees that have been transferred to the new Badr prison complex in Egypt have complained about the conditions there, reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Egyptian authorities tried to sell the prison...

The prestigious Al-Azhar Foundation in Cairo and its head, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, have ignored the opportunity to express condolences on the death of the former head of the International...

US Ambassador to Khartoum, John Godfrey, yesterday warned the Sudanese government of the repercussions of allowing Russia to build a military base in the Red Sea, the Anadolu news...

Egypt has topped the list of arms importers from France in 2021 thanks to an order of 30 Rafale fighter jets, making the Middle East the largest arms buyer...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has received an invitation from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to attend the upcoming Arab League Summit being held in Algeria in early November, the Moroccan...

The British envoy to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, Sarah Montgomery, and her envoy colleague to Sudan and South Sudan, Robert Fairweather, have expressed their "support"...

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra yesterday expressed his country's support for granting Palestine full membership at the United Nations General Assembly, seconding the request made by Palestinian President Mahmoud...

The head of the Hamas movement abroad, Khaled Meshaal, offered his condolences to the Palestinian people and the whole nation following the death of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who passed...

Twelve human rights organisations have signed a petition calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release detainees held for peacefully exercising their human rights ahead of COP27. In...

Local media reports said that an Israeli company supplied drones to the Kingdom of Morocco. Hespress quoted the Israeli company, Blue Bird, as saying that it had "signed a...

Egypt has launched a pilot programme to teach the Chinese language at 12 public middle schools across three governorates in the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year, the Deputy Minister of...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki warned yesterday of a new "Egyptian scenario" with the "deep state preparing to oust President Kais Saied and replace him with someone worse." "On...

The Vice President of Ennahda Movement in Tunisia, Ali Laarayedh, said yesterday that he trusts in the judiciary "to be fair" to him, the movement and its President Rached...

Dozens of activists from the Tunisian Youth Climate Movement yesterday organised a sit-in in front of the capital's Municipal Theatre to demand "a climate state of emergency" be declared...