Africa

Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those...

Tunisia is imposing COVID-19 vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, Reuters reported on a presidential decree on Friday. Officials, employees and users are required to show a...

Registration for candidates in Libya's presidential and parliamentary elections should open in November, the head of the High National Elections Commission, said on Sunday reported Reuters. Emad al-Sayah said...

A US envoy underlined Washington's support for a democratic transition to civilian rule in Sudan on Saturday during talks with the head of its ruling council and the prime...

Two ministries in Algeria have decided to end French language usage in their correspondences, in conjunction with an escalating crisis between Algeria and Paris. On Thursday, the Ministry of...

A Moroccan party has harshly criticised the normalisation of ties between Morocco and Israel, stressing that this will never bring stability or economic benefits, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. "The...

Algeria has rejected attending roundtable talks on Western Sahara, considering the roundtable format "deeply unbalanced and counterproductive", Algeria's Western Sahara Envoy Amar Belani expressed on Friday. "We confirm our...

Two Algerian ministries have decided to end their use of the French language in official correspondence in the light of increasing tensions between Algiers and Paris, Anadolu News Agency...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, said on Thursday that a "national dialogue" will be launched in which young people will participate and will address topics including the country's "political and...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday sacked the Governor of Gafsa, Sami El-Ghabi, according to an official statement. "The President of the Republic, Kais Saied, issued on Thursday, a presidential...

The war on terrorism in Somalia got a boost on Friday after the UK donated equipment and vehicles to the Somali army to combat roadside bombs in Somalia, Anadolu...

Turkish intelligence services have dismantled an Israeli Mossad network that was gathering information on Palestinians living in the country, the Turkish Sabah newspaper reported yesterday. Fifteen people were arrested earlier this...

Tunisia's Ennahda party yesterday called to put an end to the "exceptional measures", announced by President Kais Saied in late July, saying they have damaged Tunisia's gains and reputation...

US and Moroccan armed forces officials yesterday inaugurated a 15-metre (50-foot) Rappel Training Tower at the Royal Navy Dive School in Sidi Kankouch, near Tangier. A statement issued by...

With a four-day Africa tour by Turkey's president having come to a close on Wednesday, Ankara enjoys a striking presence on the continent as a result of 20 years...

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) today, Thursday, adopted a resolution on the situation in Tunisia in which they expressed deep concern about the concentration of powers in the...

Liverpool's record goalscorer Mohamed Salah has had a waxwork of him unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London today. The 29-year-old football star said it was "like looking at my...

On Wednesday, Paris called on Algeria to "respect" French sovereignty, after the Algerian ambassador urged his community in France to "form a lever" to interfere in "French political life."...

The Secretary-General of Tunisia's largest union, Noureddine Taboubi, has criticised President Kais Saied and called on him not to treat the state as a "game". The head of the...

Thousands of Sudanese protest demanding 'the protection of the revolution, the completion of its tasks and the realisation of its demands' in Khartoum

Algerian coast guards have rescued 701 irregular migrants who were fleeing for Spain and Italy in a week, the country's Ministry of Defence announced yesterday. The ministry said in...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah today supported the holding of national elections on 24 December as envisaged in a UN-backed peace plan, Reuters reports. Speaking at the Libya Stabilisation Conference in...

The Tunisian Parliament called on President Kais Saied to reconsider his "unconstitutional" decisions, and lift the freeze imposed on legislative institutions. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the parliament's presidency called...

Water-scarce Egypt aims to more than quadruple desalination capacity by granting private companies concessions from its sovereign wealth fund to build 17 plants over the next five years with...

Turkish-German scientist, Ugur Sahin, has been declared "Man of the Year" in the Muslim world in an annual publication by the Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC), Anadolu...

The expansion of Al-Qaeda attacks in Mali threaten dozens of Moroccan truck drivers who transport goods to sub-Saharan Africa every day. The terror group has hit a 3,700-kilometre road...

The Egyptian health minister has inaugurated a medical centre in the town of Jinja in Uganda as it moves to solidify relations with the African country. Hala Zayed said...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was today welcomed by his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari with an official ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the capital Abuja. Erdogan was accompanied...

A thief who stole the mobile phone of a Youm7 journalist whilst he was live streaming to the website has had his face broadcast on social media platforms in Egypt

Moroccan authorities will suspend direct flights with Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands over COVID-19 concerns starting tomorrow, Reuters reported flag carrier RAM announcing today. Morocco recently announced that it would impose a...

The first round of the strategic dialogue between Sudan and Britain was launched in the capital, Khartoum, yesterday co-chaired by Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi and Minister...

Spain may buy larger quantities of Algerian gas in order to re-export some to meet the needs of the Moroccan market, local media reports have said, however, such a...