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Egypt’s poor human rights record has been under the spotlight especially as it hosted the COP27 conference in November 2022

Morocco celebrates World Cup win with Palestinian flag

The 4th international festival of dates in Khartoum, Sudan

The head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, yesterday said his country intends to pay its outstanding debts to Tunisia this month, in addition to unifying...

Egypt plans to award deals next year to build 21 water desalination plants in the first $3 billion phase of a programme that will draw on cheap renewable energy,...

Moroccan fans celebrated on Thursday as their country became the only Arab nation to reach the knockout rounds of the first World Cup held in an Arab country, dancing...

The official Hakomitna platform concerned with publishing news from the interim Libyan Government of National Unity announced on Wednesday that President Kais Saied and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the head of the Libyan Government of...

Egypt is a "strategic partner" for Israel, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, adding that it was the "first neighbouring country to sign a peace agreement with...

Tunisian lawyers announced yesterday the establishment of the "Defence Body for the Judiciary and Its Independence" to defend the rule of law and democracy. "A body to defend the independence of the judiciary...

An intelligence firm owned by a former Israeli army intelligence officer has supplied surveillance equipment to a Sudanese militia accused of committing war crimes, an investigation has found. According...

A British-based Christian rights' group, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has lauded the Egyptian government's recent decision to legalise dozens of churches in the country, describing it as "encouraging". On...

Israeli theatre group tours Morocco

The Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, warned on Wednesday of a "social battle" after the recent price increases in the country. He made his...

Players from the Tunisian football team tried to help a Tunisia fan who ran onto the pitch waving a Palstine flag, during the North African country's stunning victory over France in the 2022 World Cup. Fans could be heard chanting 'Palestine!' in support of the pitch invader, who was manhandled by a large group of security staff, prompting jeers from spectators and interventions from the Tunisian team

The European Union (EU) is supposed to have a common regional policy, particularly in relation to its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the entire North African region. Such a policy...

Thousands of Sudanese protesters marched on Wednesday against a deal between the civilians and the military, which is expected to be finalised soon, Anadolu News Agency reports. The protests...

FIFA World cup football supporters from Morocco and Senegal dance together

Police in Italy said they had arrested 12 people allegedly involved in a ring that transported migrants from Tunisia to Sicily, with six suspects still unaccounted for, AFP reports....

Thousands of Moroccans, on Tuesday, performed the rain prayer in mosques in various drought-affected cities and rural areas across the Kingdom, Anadolu Agency reported. Among the mosques in which...

Saudi Arabia has extended the term for a $5 billion deposit it made to Egypt's Central Bank, state news agency, SPA, said on Tuesday. SPA said the extension came...

"August, September, October, November." Ghafra Faraj is recalling how many times she applied to the Israeli authorities for a permit so she could leave Gaza and travel to East...

Egyptian filmmaker and artist Salma El-Tarzi has been fined 50,000 Egyptian pounds and ordered to pay 20,000 Egyptian pounds in civil compensation after she stood in solidarity with victims...

Most private flour mills in Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, have been forced to shut down due to a supply crisis, Africa Intelligence website revealed on Monday....

Thousands of Egyptians are demanding that the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone as the museum marks 200 years since deciphering hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone was a breakthrough in...

The Algerian Ministry of Defence denied on Tuesday reports in the international media that its armed forces have conducted joint manoeuvres with their Russian counterparts near the Moroccan border....

Turkiye and Egypt may restore full diplomatic ties and re-appoint ambassadors mutually "in coming months," Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Monday as reported by Reuters. The agency...

Israel's Kan channel reported that Israel is considering building a memorial for the Egyptian commando fighters who were burned and buried in a mass grave near the city of...

On Sunday, the National Salvation Front in Tunisia (NSFT) accused President Kais Saied of "individuality in decision-making", and it warned that this situation "will exacerbate the socio-economic crises," calling...

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Algerian President, Abdul Majid Tebboune, renewed his call for defending Palestinian rights. The International Day of Solidarity with the...

The position expressed by most members of the European Parliament regarding the recent developments in the conflict between the Greek government and the Government of National Unity (GNU) headed...

An Egyptian construction worker in Kuwait has been killed, allegedly after his colleagues dumped rubble and construction material over him by mistake, according to Gulf News. The rubble was...

A 47-year-old Egyptian man has died in Egypt's Badr 3 Prison bringing the total number of deaths in jail to five since the beginning of November. Another prisoner died...