Tunisians have headed to polls on Sunday to elect their representatives in the parliament. It is the second parliamentary election since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution. Polling stations opened...

Chairman of General Authority for Entertainment in Saudi Arabia, Turki Al-Sheikh, hinted on Friday that he would prosecute Egyptian defector, Mohamed Ali, Anadolu News Agency reported on Friday. “I heard that there is...

Aid convoy of medical equipment arrives in Gaza delivered by Miles of Smiles

Egypt announced on Thursday evening the reduction in local prices of various types of fuel, to 25 piaster per litre. The Oil Ministry announced in a statement that Egypt...

Ethiopia continues its rejection of any new Egyptian proposal regarding the filling of the Renaissance Dam, as Ethiopian newspapers reported that water experts have confirmed that the recent Egyptian...

An Egyptian policeman has beaten up a lawyer in the city of Mahala in the Nile Delta over a parking dispute. The picture of the Ahmed Ramzi Alwan shows...

The number of migrants and refugees who have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya has dropped by 43.1 per cent in the first nine months...

The Egyptian government is spying on journalists, politicians, activists and lawyers through smartphone apps in a coordinated cyberattack, reports a cybersecurity firm. According to a report published today by...

Facebook Inc has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia, citing “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, Reuters reports. A total...

Egypt is discussing possible further assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it carry out structural reforms once its current three-year IMF programme ends next month, its...

Sudan’s prime minister on Thursday warned of disastrous consequences for his country if the world doesn’t help get its name removed from the US list of state sponsors of...

Egyptian security forces have raided the homes of the family members of a prominent TV anchor and forcibly disappeared his brother after he broadcast a report critical of the...

South Africa’s Ambassador to the UN Jerry Matjila has criticised the UN for not implementing any of its 72 resolutions on Palestine since 1948. Matjila, president of the Security...

The Algerian army chief, Gaid Salah, was reported to have described Panot’s move as “interference in his country's internal affairs.”

Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly referred to as Hamedti, a member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and head of the Rapid Support Forces, said on Wednesday that there are currently no...

Tunisian Mufti, Othman Battikh, has denied rumours on social media that he supported Kaïs Saïed in the second round of the Tunisian presidential elections. Websites circulated a statement attributed...

Egyptian businessman and artist, Mohamed Ali, has unveiled a plan to demonstrate against President Sisi’s regime, saying it will make it difficult for the army and security forces to...

At least six government soldiers were killed and several others wounded when twin roadside explosions targeted a military convoy outside the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, officials said. The...

Sudan has launched a women’s football league, a move that reflects the new transitional government’s aspirations for the country and allows female players to push for wider acceptance, reports...

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The Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Ali Abdel-Al, has said that the country is going to see political, party and media reforms soon. Abdel-Al made his remarks...

Head of the Egyptian parliament Ali Abdel-Al has praised Adolf Hitler in a comment widely considered to be a comparison between the German dictator and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi....

The Tripartite Technical Committee for Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam met on Monday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Al-sharq.com has reported. The initial agenda includes the issues between Egypt and...

Libya’s Mitiga international airport in the capital Tripoli was hit by an airstrike Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement posted on social media, the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA)...

Egypt’s Ministry of Supply said yesterday said it will reinstate 1.8 million Egyptian citizens to the so-called “smart-card system” for subsidised goods. Minister of Supply Ali Al-Muselhi, it added,...

A Tunis appeal court initiated, on Tuesday, a hearing on a request for the release of presidential candidate Nabil Karoui. A member of the Karoui presidential campaign’s media office,...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali said on Tuesday that no force could stop Ethiopia’s path towards prosperity. This came in a speech at the opening of a project...

A man from sub-Saharan Africa has died after stowing away in the landing gear of a Royal Air Maroc plane. Having made his way onto the runway at Conakry...

More than 1,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that this “bleak milestone” has been reached, the United...

Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, who faces an election run-off this month, must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial crimes that he denies, a court ruled...

The allegations date back to 2013 and are unconnected to anti-government protests taking place in Lebanon now

Egypt has detained over 83 women in September alone, according to figures compiled by the rights group We Record. The arrests are part of a widescale crackdown in Egypt...