Egypt has started the construction of a six metre wall around the popular tourist hotspot Sharm El-Sheikh, in a bid to protect foreign tourists from the ongoing conflict in...

A court in Tripoli on Wednesday sentenced four Palestinians to prison terms ranging from 17 to 22 years over their alleged links to Hamas. The four defendants were accused...

An Egyptian court has upheld the detention of Khalid Lutfi, the owner of the Tanmia Bookshop in Cairo, for five years on charges of revealing military secrets and spreading...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has commented on the execution of nine young Egyptians accused of assassinating the country’s former Attorney General Hisham Barakat saying “no one can interfere...

The Moroccan government yesterday denied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was planning to visit Rabat, describing the reports as “mere rumours”. Government spokesman Mustapha El-Khalfi told reporters “regarding...

Sudanese port workers went on strike, Thursday, in solidarity with their colleagues in the Southern port of Port Sudan, east of the country,  who went on strike, Monday, demanding...

Over the past five years, Egypt’s military coup authorities have executed 52 citizens who opposed the coup. They have been convicted in 13 political cases in special courts without...

Sudanese security forces have arrested dozens of opposition leaders in the country’s capital of Khartoum, Germany’s Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported yesterday quoting eyewitnesses. “A group of security forces’ vehicles...

An Algerian fighter jet has crashed during an overnight training exercise, killing its two crew members, the defence ministry said on Thursday, reports the AFP. The Russian-made Sukhoi SU-24...

Sudan announced that it had released some 2,430 protesters from custody yesterday, as US officials warned that the violent crackdown on demonstrators threatens Sudan’s removal from Washington’s terror blacklist....

Sudan’s Prime Minister, Motazz Moussa, and the special aide to the US president and the top adviser for Africa at the National Security Council, Cyril Sartre, yesterday discussed strengthening...

As Samir Gasim reels off the problems facing his Khartoum confectionery and packaging factories, already running well below capacity, the power cuts and generators kick in, reports Reuters. Now...

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy accepted nearly $8 million from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential election campaign, Libya’s ex-spy chief Mohamed Abdulla Senussi confirmed to...

"Sir, w have been given enough electric shocks to power Egypt for the next 20 years"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American-Jewish leaders that Israel has “potential” diplomatic relations with Mali and Niger, reported The Times of Israel. “Israeli officials have long acknowledged their...

A recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed that, if implemented, economic integration among the countries of the Maghreb region would make it possible to achieve a...

Tunisian Finance Minister, Ridha Chalghoum, stated that the total value of bank accounts, cash, and properties confiscated from the former president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and his family,...

Libyan state oil firm NOC will reopen the El Sharara oilfield, the country’s biggest, only after an inspection to establish security, a spokesman said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The comments...

Abdul Razzaq Muqri, the Head of the Algerian Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP), has attacked Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their alleged role in what is known as...

A video allegedly showing Egyptian soldiers fighting in Libya’s Derna has surfaced on social media, the Libyan Observer has reported. The video shows what appears to be Egyptian soldiers...

The African National Congress Youth League has affirmed its support for the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Speaking to Middle East Monitor on Monday, the Secretary General...

Israeli security services have raised high alert regarding the near defeat of Daesh in Syria, fearing it would turn into an elusive organisation that carries out attacks around the...

The Moroccan Justice and Development Party (JDP) has rejected attempts by Arab and Gulf states to normalise relations with the Israeli entity, describing them as “dwarfs and their fate...

“The constitutional amendments which were recently approved in principle by the country’s parliament are in favour of Egypt,” the spokesman of the country’s parliament, Salah Hasaballah said yesterday. Speaking at...

A Moroccan official said Monday that road traffic accidents kill more than 3,600 people and injure some 12,000 others each year. Prosecutor general Hisham al-Balawi said during an event...

Uber has agreed to pay value-added tax on its services in Egypt, Egyptian officials said on Monday, a move that may help resolve a long-simmering feud with traditional taxi...

The Head of the High Independent Commission for Elections in Algeria, Abdul Wahab Dirbal, has stressed that inviting international observers to monitor the country’s upcoming presidential election is a...

Social media activists have called for protests to be held later this week against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to run for a fifth presidential term, despite his deteriorating...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, on the side-lines of the UN General Assembly meeting last September. The...

Mahmoud Al-Sisi, the son of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, has been holding marathon meetings within the General Intelligence Service (GIS) while seeking to extend his father’s presidency,...

A Sudanese fruit seller died on Sunday after choking on tear gas fired at protesters in the market where he worked in Khartoum, his family members told Reuters. Hundreds...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Kuwait next month to hold the third round of strategic dialogue between the two countries, Kuwait’s state news agency quoted the...