The Somali government has warned illegal fishing boats not to enter its territorial waters without obtaining the necessary permit. “These boats must leave the country’s territorial waters immediately or...

Vice President of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, on Saturday arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo to discuss “bilateral security and economic relations”. Sudan News Agency (SUNA) yesterday...

The Sudanese government signed a political memorandum on Saturday with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) — North led by Malik Agar, on issues of governance, authority and powers...

Ethiopia’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Adam Mohamed, has said that the army is ready to resist any attack on the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile, and carry...

Authorities in Kuwait, Algeria and Jordan on Sunday reported new cases of the novel coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. In a press conference, a spokesman for Kuwait’s Health Ministry said eight...

Algeria confirmed a new death from coronavirus on Sunday, taking the total fatalities to four, according to the health ministry. An 84-year-old woman died from the virus in the...

Doha continues to flourish and overcome economic difficulties despite a blockade that has been underway for more than 1,000 days, Anadolu reports. “At the end of February 2020, the...

Egypt will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises each day, reaching 109 with two deaths,...

On Friday Cairo announced the suspension of flights to and from Khartoum following a decision taken by the Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority, Arabi21.com reported. EgyptAir announced in a statement:...

A Moroccan second instance Court of Appeal in Casablanca, assigned with the case of naturalisation trafficking of Israelis with Moroccan citizenship, decided on Wednesday to postpone the court session...

Libyan schools in areas controlled by both the Tripoli government and a rival administration in Benghazi will close for two weeks, both have announced, Reuters reports. Libya has not yet confirmed any...

Libya is not in a position to confront the coronavirus if it arrives, the head of its disease control centre said on Thursday, calling for greater support to prepare...

Last month, courts in Egypt ruled in favour of closing down local Shia TV channels and websites. Despite a previous decision to annul the verdict, it was overturned by...

Thirteen people were injured when two passenger trains collided amid bad weather conditions in Cairo yesterday, causing a brief suspension of rail services. One train, travelling from Aswan, collided...

Egyptian police arrested three people for allegedly spreading fake news on social media regarding the number of people affected by the coronavirus in the country. The Egyptian Ministry of...

Egyptian education minister yesterday said that schools would continue as normal, stressing that there were no suspected coronavirus cases found.  In an official statement on Facebook, Tarek Shawky said...

The Speaker of Tunisian People’s Assembly (Parliament), Rached Ghannouchi, said Thursday that the parliament’s office held a meeting today, during which an extraordinary plenary session next Tuesday in the...

Activists set several examples of similar accusations made against the Muslim Brotherhood, including blocking rain drains, increasing the prices of lemons and vegetables and causing the baby boom The...

United Nations (UN) secretary-general, António Guterres, yesterday announced the designation of Stephanie Turco Williams as the new Acting Special Representative in Libya and the Head of the United Nations...

Ahmed Al-Mesmari, a spokesperson for Khalifa Haftar’s forces, attacked Turkey, Qatar and the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), accusing the latter of violating the ceasefire. In two separate...

Saudi Arabia suspended on Thursday the travel of citizens and residents outside the country temporarily to several states that have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus. The Saudi...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Thursday, a German government spokesman said in a statement, urging him to move quickly towards...

The African Union’s High-Level Committee is convening today in the Republic of the Congo to discuss the turbulent situation in Libya, the German news agency DPA reported. The meeting...

The Egyptian government has suspended work in all state institutions today following predictions of very bad weather, the state-run Al-Ahram has reported. The suspension will not apply to workers...

Head of Change and Reform Bloc in the Palestinian Parliament, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, yesterday discussed mutual cooperation with Speaker of Tunisian Parliament Rachid Ghannouchi, a statement said. Al-Zahar and Ghannouchi...

Algerian presidency announced on Tuesday evening the preparation of a supplementary budget to manage the collapse of oil prices in a country which economy depends almost entirely on the...

An Israeli general said that “the death of former President Hosni Mubarak is a good occasion to remember an Arab leader who understood the meaning of peace with Israel,...

Moroccan media reported, on Wednesday, that Rabat has withdrawn its ambassador and consulates in the UAE, due to the Emirati authorities’ reluctance for a whole year to appoint an...

Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper revealed that retired Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has recently visited Damascus secretly, followed by Head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kamel, who also attended the Syrian capital...

Egypt has registered seven new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 67, the health ministry said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Of the total number, at...

Four Egyptian men who were facing the death penalty over alleged crimes committed as children have had their charges dropped yesterday as a mass trial of 304 people at...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested two residents accused of spreading fake news about the coronavirus in the West Bank. The pair are suspected of recording an audio message...