Prominent Egyptian businessman Nassef Sawiris' fortune has hit $8.3 billion, Forbes reported yesterday."It appears that Sawiris' fortune in 2020 amounted to $5 billion," Forbes said in its annual 'The World's Billionaires' report. The...

Egypt's Minister of Education, Tarek Shawki, yesterday praised his country's education system saying that it has reached the same level as the education standards in the US and United...

The Turkish Embassy in Algeria has denied allegations on local news websites that it is interfering in the internal affairs of the country, Anadolu has reported. Claims have been...

Ethiopia is threatening Sudan's national security with its intention to begin filling the Renaissance Dam's reservoir in July, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said in a statement...

Chad's President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, Reuters reported an army spokesman saying today, the day after Deby was declared...

Medical professionals in Sohag Governorate are calling for urgent measures to combat a sharp rise in coronavirus cases as hospitals turn patients away. Head of the doctor's union in...

Several Egyptian MPs are demanding that the minister of transport be held accountable for the death of 11 people in yet another train crash, this time in Qalyubia Governorate....

Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna was forcibly disappeared upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport, his brother said on Sunday, only to arrive home 24 hours later. Abdelrahman Fares, Al-Banna's...

An Israeli orientalist has said that there is a slowdown in relations between Tel Aviv and Khartoum, despite efforts by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to bring both sides...

A group affiliated with Daesh has claimed responsibility for the execution of an elderly Coptic Christian in Egypt, according to a video posted on its Telegram channel. Two members...

The Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is going to visit the eastern city of Benghazi and hold a government meeting there in the presence of all ministers,...

At least 11 confirmed deaths and 98 casualties as 4 carriages came off the rails in Qalyubia

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday that the 2nd filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would be conducted in July and August, Anadolu Agency reported. Ethiopia broke...

At least two people, including a top national army commander, were killed when a roadside bomb targeted a military vehicle outside Bal'ad, Middle Shabelle region, an official said on...

Libya's High Council of State on Saturday welcomed UN Security Council Resolution 2570, which calls for timely presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya scheduled for December 24 this year,...

Algerian Ambassador to Ankara Murad Ajabi has called on Turkish businesspeople to invest in his country, promising that it could bring about distinctive commercial potential to both countries. In...

The Tunisian National Office for Civil Protection (ONPC) on Friday recovered the bodies of 21 immigrants whose boat sank off the coast of Sfax while trying to illegally cross...

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen expressed his country's categorical rejection of any attempts to force Addis Ababa to accept a "colonial agreement" with Egypt and Sudan regarding the Renaissance...

The US has urged Eritrean forces to leave Ethiopia's Tigray region immediately, and the Ethiopian government to hold those responsible for human rights violations accountable, Anadolu Agency reports. Linda...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly refused to issue a work visa for a British woman allegedly due to her Somali heritage. The woman, named Samia, took to...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended the Security Council to refer cases of conflict-related sexual violence in a number of countries to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The countries...

A Tunisian court has fined Head of the Heart of Tunisia party Nabil Karoui 19.3 million dinars ($6.5 million), local media reported on Wednesday. The ruling issued by the...

Ethiopia today has reiterated its position that trilateral dialogue on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should focus on the filling and operation, Anadolu Agency reports. Ethiopia already announced nearly...

Egypt announced on Thursday that it has taken delivery of a second Bergamini class FREMM frigate from Italy, Anadolu has reported. The vessel has joined the Egyptian navy in...

Tunisian security forces stormed the headquarters of the Tunis Afrique Presse news agency (TAP) on Tuesday and attacked journalists who refused the state appointment of the media group's director. The Tunisian General...

Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tunisians are "Muslims, not Islamists" after his visit to Egypt, sparking widespread controversy. Saied added: "There is a major manoeuvre taking place in our...

The Libyan army has accused Egypt of arming renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The army announced yesterday that, "Two Egyptian planes landed at Sabha Airport carrying a shipment of...

A Turkish delegation is to visit Egypt early next month to mend strained relations, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today. "Egypt has invited a delegation from Turkey. The delegation...

There has been yet another train crash in Egypt after a train travelling from Cairo derailed in Sharqia Governorate last night. Egypt's health ministry announced that 15 people were...

Nine French MPs have called on President Emmanuel Macron to provide data and maps about nuclear waste sites in Algeria, agencies reported yesterday. The French conducted nuclear tests in...

When Ethiopian migrant Jamal Hussein boarded a UN-run repatriation flight out of Yemen, he ended a journey through the war-torn country that he had hoped would take him to...

Residents of the Tunisian town of Souassi torched a police station and police vehicle after two young men were killed by a police car in a road accident, Agence Tunis Afrique...