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The Public Prosecution Office in Tunisia decided not to detain the Speaker of the dissolved Parliament Rached Ghannouchi in connection with suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria. Ghannouchi was...

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained former Prime Minister and senior official in the Ennahda Party, Ali Laarayedh, for one day after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria,...

Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity has said that it will package the leftover food at the end of the upcoming UN climate summit in November and distribute it to...

Hundreds of Chadians were detained on the streets of a Libyan town for a ninth day in retaliation for the Chad government's arrest of four Libyan men on suspicion...

Uganda and Israel, on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on defence, amid growing criticism in the country over Israel's hacking software, Anadolu News Agency reports. The signing...

The unemployment crisis in Tunisia is hitting the country again, despite the decline in the second quarter of this year to 15.3 per cent. It peaked last year in...

Morocco yesterday lifted anti-dumping duties from Jordanian carpets and textile floor coverings, and imposed them on imports from China and Egypt. The representative of the Leather and Knitting Industries...

A Tunisian presidential decree which orders the imprisonment of any person who spreads false news and information or rumours on social media has been condemned by human rights defenders,...

Egyptian ready-made garment exports have risen by about 35 per cent during the first seven months of the current year, to $1.44 billion compared to $1.06 billion during the...

A recent study by GlobeScan has revealed that 61 per cent of young people in Egypt say that climate concerns are a deterrent to them having children. In Turkey...

Five Tunisian parties yesterday announced their boycott of the legislative elections which President Kais Saied called to be held in December. This came during a press conference held in...

Activists are speaking out online about the announcement that British International Investment (BII) is financing local start-ups in Egypt to the tune of $100 million. The BII, which is...

Delegations from Fatah and Hamas have headed to Algeria to discuss ways to end the division and achieve Palestinian unity. Fatah said in a statement yesterday that its delegation...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday discussed military cooperation with India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, statements from both men's offices said. Al-Sisi lauded the deep ties binding Egypt and India, asserting Cairo's keenness to...

The lawyers of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi and his deputy Ali Larayedh have been prevented from attending their interrogation by the security services in Tunisia, Anadolu has reported. According...

Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki said yesterday that several Arab states want Syria to be returned to the regional body. In a statement, Zaki said: "Syria's attendance was not at all...

Tunisia's Ennahda leaders Rached Ghannouchi and Ali Al-Arayedh are being questioned by the Tunisian authorities on Monday over the issue of the deployment of jihadi extremists to "hotbeds of...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has said that remittances from Egyptian workers abroad were $2.38 billion in July 2022, compared to about $2.79 billion in July 2021. However,...

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority plans to raise the transit fees for ships passing the waterway by 15% at the start of 2023, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Canal...

Tunisia said on Saturday it is raising the price of cooking gas cylinders by 14% and fuel by 3% as part of a plan to reduce energy subsidies, a...

The Tunisian Ministry of Interior on Thursday accused unnamed parties of extrajudicially working to spreading malicious rumours and fallacies that target the country's stability and security. This came in...

The US Republican senator (from Florida) and the Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Marco Rubio – AFP US Republican Senator and Vice Chairman of the...

President of the European Council Charles Michel announced on Friday that the European Union (EU) should negotiate energy issues with Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and...

Egyptian authorities yesterday ordered the release of 46 pretrial detainees, including lawyer and leftist political activist Haitham Mohamadin. Member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, Tariq Al-Awadi, announced the release...

Two UN experts have called on Tunisian authorities to stop harassing judges who are exercising their right to peaceful assembly. A joint statement issued by the UN Special Rapporteur...

The Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing (GFAR) yesterday accused the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fishing, Dr. Muhammad Hamzeh, of manipulating the livelihood of farmers and fishermen...

Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) announced yesterday that it had received a "draft decree that regulates the legislative elections" from the president. ISIE spokesperson, Mohamed Mansri, told...

Egyptian and French naval forces carried out joint naval drills in French territorial waters, with the aim of "supporting efforts to maintain stability in the region", the Egyptian military...

Some 32 detainees have died in Egyptian prisons this year, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK said yesterday. In a press release , the organisation said...

The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfil human rights conditions, US officials said on Wednesday, but allowed some...

Six Palestinian fishermen were detained yesterday by Israeli and Egyptian naval forces off the coast of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Al-Quds Al-Araby, has reported. The Israeli navy...

Tunisia's government and the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) have reached an agreement for the wages of state employees to be increased by 3.5 per cent, Anadolu has reported....