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Egypt's government will start selling discounted bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy programme as it battles accelerating inflation, the Supply Minister said on Monday, Reuters reports....

The top Court in London granted an appeal to a charity which challenged the Court's decision that the government's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their status...

A village in Upper Egypt has been designated as a "Safe Village Free of Violence against Women" by the Equal Opportunities Unit of the Department of Women, Motherhood and...

China's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, urged Israel on Sunday to stop its "incitement" in order to avoid escalation with the Palestinians, news agencies have reported. In a...

The Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J Burns, has demanded that the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, should cooperate with the...

Chairman of Egypt's media union has referred Egyptian journalist Yasmin Ezz to interrogation on accusations of inciting violence, following formal complaints made by women's councils about her TV show....

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced an investigation into remarks made against the Kingdom of Morocco during the opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship currently being...

The dispute between Cameroon and Algeria over the result of a football match last year has apparently been ended, Anadolu has reported. The head of the Cameroon Football Federation...

The Algerian authorities have warned citizens to be cautious after some butchers have sold cat meat labelled as "rabbit". The alarm was raised by the Municipality of Bir Mourad...

The Anti-Corruption Criminal Court in Sudan convicted Widad Babiker on Sunday of illegally amassing wealth. The second wife of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir was also stripped of her assets,...

Sudan's army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Sunday warned politicians against interference in the military, Anadolu reports. "We warn politicians against meddling in army's affairs. They have to...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke about the strong relationship between South African leader Nelson Mandela and Algeria. This profound relationship was the reason for naming the new stadium in...

The Association of Families of Martyrs and Wounded of the Awfiya Revolution (Awfiya) announced on Friday that it would confront: "Any political manoeuvring targeting the file of the martyrs...

Migrants made nearly 330,000 attempts to enter the European Union (EU) without a permit last year – the highest number since 2016, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency...

Tunisian President Kais Saied carried out a tour of Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the capital, Tunis, on the eve of the Tunisian opposition's preparations to protest against him on...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune yesterday inaugurated the Nelson Mandela Stadium in the capital in the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African...

Inflation remained high in Algeria, reaching 9.4 per cent during the first nine months of 2022, primarily due to a 13.6 per cent increase in the prices of foodstuffs,...

Turkiye and Rwanda have agreed to boost cooperation and bilateral relations in the field of security, defence industry, culture, economy and education, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Today, we signed...

A Tunisian Court has issued various prison sentences against an all-female extremist group, prosecuted since 2016, on charges of forming a "terrorist" cell and planning to assassinate the then...

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) told Turkiye "not to take seriously" a court ruling that suspended an energy exploration deal that the Tripoli government signed with Ankara last...

Tunisia's trade balance deficit jumped by 40 per cent last year, compared with 2021, amid a sharp rise in the value of the commodity import bill. Data from the...

The Italian Foreign Ministry said that Minister Antonio Tajani held a telephone conversation with his Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi, highlighting the importance of cooperation with Tunisia on issues related to migrants,...

Egypt's pound weakened by more than 13 per cent to a new low below 32 to the US dollar on Wednesday as the Central Bank moved to a more...

Amnesty International slammed Morocco, on Wednesday, for imprisoning migrants trying to cross into the Spanish exclave of Melilla, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Moroccan Association for Human Rights said,...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has vowed to reduce the military's undue influence over the country's economy as part of a new $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout....

A district council in Devon has voted to investigate renting a cruise ship to house refugees and homeless people. The council says that demand for public housing has been...

The Tunisian journalists' union warned on Tuesday of the dangerous effect of presidential decree 54 regarding freedom of expression and the press in light of the initiation of lawsuits...

A Moroccan court sentenced 13 Sudanese and Chadian migrants to three years in prison for storming the border fence of the Spanish-controlled city of Melilla last June, the Moroccan...

A Tunisian national TV presenter has started the 8 o'clock evening news with a warning that semi-skimmed milk is not healthy for adults. Tunisian National Television presenter started off...

Seventeen people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Algeria over the past 24 hours, the Algerian Civil Defence said yesterday. Nine people from one family were found dead on...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 1,067 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week, Reuters report. According to the report, in the period...

Egypt's government has instructed ministries to cut non-essential spending until the end of the fiscal year in June as it tries to cope with continuing pressure on its currency...