Africa

Since Sudan's military staged a coup six months ago, many former allies of toppled autocrat, Omar Al-Bashir, have been allowed to rejoin the civil service, while others have been...

Egyptian security forces yesterday arrested journalist Safa Al-Korbiji after she published a video in which she criticised the entry of Israelis into Sinai. Egypt has held two music festivals...

Israeli efforts to divide Palestinian holy sites spatially and temporally are part of its manoeuvres to Judaise them, Tunisia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Othman Jerandi warned during the Arab...

The Tunisian central bank said yesterday it had signed a $700 million loan deal with Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank). The deal was signed in Egypt on 13 April...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday that restoration work has begun on the Ben Ezra synagogue in the Religious Complex of Old Cairo. The restoration work,...

Spanish football giant FC Barcelona is reported to have forced one of its young stars to delete a pro-Palestine Instagram post. According to Palestine Online, 20-year-old winger Abde Ezzalzouli,...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of prisoners being held in Moroccan jails over the last ten years, an official from the prison administration...

President Kais Saied has said that there is peaceful coexistence between power and freedom in Tunisia. He made his comment as he criticised opposition leaders who receive security protection...

The Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has again refused to hand over power until a new government has been put together after...

Libya's oil production should not be politicised, the United Nations's special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, warned yesterday. Williams said on Twitter that there is a "need to...

A video of ousted Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir walking around a hospital ward yesterday sparked a wave of anger on social media, Reuters has reported. The news agency quoted...

Egypt's Court of Cassation yesterday upheld the life sentence handed to Mohamed Badie, the leader of the now banned Muslim Brotherhood, Anadolu reported. Judicial sources reported that the court also upheld life terms against two other Muslim Brotherhood...

Hundreds of protesters rallied on Wednesday night in the Sudanese city of Omdurman as part of an ongoing movement to demand civilian rule, Anadolu has reported. Calls were also...

A State Department delegation has arrived in Jordan to discuss ways to stop the tensions escalating in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reported. The delegation is visiting Amman as part of a...

He told the officials that Libya is missing out on exporting 500,000 barrels a day as a result of the closures

Former Moroccan Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Justice and Development Party, Abdelilah Benkirane, on Tuesday said his government had told the king that the contact which saw Algeria...

Tunisia is taking "resolute steps" towards dictatorship amid a deep political crisis in the North African nation, three political parties warned on Wednesday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. In...

An imported chocolate bar brand has caused a stir in Egypt over allegations the product contains traces of the narcotic opium poppy. Earlier this month, a high-profile lawyer and...

Morocco and Saudi Arabia will open a maritime line in the coming weeks to give a new dynamic to the economic cooperation and trade between the two countries, the...

Tunisian Minister of Defence Imed Memmich has had his car broken into, with media sources saying "significant documents" were stolen from it. According to the reports, the Anti-Crime Unit...

Faced with renewed interest in its natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Algeria may not be able to meet the growing demand, according to a report today by the FT. Despite...

The arrest and imprisonment of journalist Ahmed Al-Bahey has raised the number of reporters in Egypt's jails to 70, according to the Arab Observatory for Media Freedom. Al-Bahey, a...

The court trying ousted Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and 27 former officials of the 1989 coup that swept his regime to power has announced an adjournment for a...

Algeria has demanded "frank clarifications" from Spain before its envoy returns to Madrid following the Spanish government's surprise shift in its position over the Western Sahara issue. The Algerians...

Some 11,500 doctors resigned from government hospitals between 2019 and March 2022, according to a recent report issued by the General Syndicate of Egyptian doctors. The report also stated...

Morocco yesterday announced that its current stock of petroleum products had been "stable for the past 20 years." Energy Minister, Leila Benali, told parliament that the country's stock of...

Egypt is setting a ceiling for external borrowing, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced yesterday, adding that the country's foreign debt hit $145.529 billion at the end of December...

Egypt's Public Prosecution says it has found no evidence of criminal violence in the death of an economic researcher after concluding investigations based on an autopsy report, despite concerns...

Communal meals, in which hundreds of people packs around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely...

The Moroccan parliament yesterday proposed a draft law to pardon detainees from the Hirak Rif movement who were arrested in recent protests. Nabila Mounib MP, a member of the...

Ten Islamic factions in Sudan have signed a charter for the establishment of the "Broad Islamic Current" intended to create organisational integration between them, Anadolu has reported. The charter,...

Ahmed Najib Chebbi, a leader in Al-Amal Party (Hope), presented the Ennahda movement with an initiative to form a National Salvation Front to "save Tunisia from its severe and...