The head of Sudan’s ruling military council visited neighbouring Egypt on Saturday – his first trip abroad since the army overthrew former president Omar al-Bashir last month after mass protests against...

It is always refreshing to see the international community come together in emergencies when individual countries are blighted by man-made and natural disasters. Many European countries, for example, including...

A coalition of Sudanese protest and opposition groups on Friday called for two days of strikes in private and public enterprises next week as part of pressure on military...

A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up more than 200 migrants from two dinghies in the Mediterranean and was bringing them to Malta on Saturday, a spokesman said,...

The Algerian Interior Ministry announced that 77 people, including heads of three political parties, have expressed their desire to run for the presidential elections scheduled for 4 July. The...

Russia yesterday unveiled details of a military agreement it signed with the regime of former Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir which allow Moscow’s warships to use the country’s ports. The...

Forces loyal to Libyan General Khalifa Haftar yesterday targeted the House of Representatives in the capital Tripoli, a local source said. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency the source added...

Some 762 detainees have died in Egyptian jails since the July 2013 coup, a UK-based human rights group reported yesterday, adding that 551 of them had died as a...

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the capital and other Algerian cities on Friday to demand the postponement of a presidential election and the removal of the...

American spy Jonathan Pollard, who was jailed for decades for selling American secrets to Israel, has criticised Tel Aviv for failing to help him move to Israel. “To make...

There are at least a dozen reasons, some fictitious, why Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) appears reluctant to give up power, but protest groups are becoming increasingly aware...

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The International Union of Muslim Scholars has called on Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to immediately release all prisoners of conscience. “We are increasingly concerned...

Rockets hit a luxury hotel in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, early on Friday in an attack the internationally recognised government blamed on eastern forces trying to capture the city, Reuters...

A number of employees of the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) have joined the country’s nationwide protests against the Transitional Military Council (TMC), calling for elections of a civilian...

Libya’s coast guard rescued 290 migrants clinging to inflatable rafts on Friday in two operations near the capital Tripoli, a naval forces spokesman said. Reuters reports, the western coast...

EuroPal Forum warned of an Israeli government program aiming to fund activities and campaigns against BDS. The chairperson of the London-based forum, Zaher Birawi, declared that Israel aims to...

Direct Arab investments in Morocco declined by 10.5 per cent during 2018, for the third year in a row. The share of Arab investments in total foreign direct investment...

Egyptian authorities today released Al Jazeera news reporter Mahmoud Hussein under caution after detaining him for 29 months. His daughter, Az-Zahra, confirmed his release on Facebook. Defendants released “under...

The Moroccan Committee to Support National Causes yesterday called on the German to reverse a resolution that classed the boycott movement against Israel “anti-Semitic”. In a statement, the committee...

Algeria’s ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) has frozen its parliament activity until Speaker Mouad Bouchareb steps down. “Due to the intransigence of Mouad Bouchareb in responding to the demand...

Today marks 16 years since Paul Bremer, the former American diplomat, made history three times in the space of one month. First he was appointed head of the Coalition...

Algeria’s former foreign minister Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi yesterday agreed “in principle” to lead his country’s transitional phase following calls by the Al-Hirak Al-Shaabi — “Popular Movement” – party, Anadolu...

Tunisia’s Finance, Planning and Development Commission at the approved the government’s request to rely on foreign debt markets and borrow $800 million to fund the 2019 budget, Wednesday. The...

Sudan Transitional Military Council (TMC) reversed its decision Wednesday to freeze former trade unions loyal to ousted President Omer Al-Bashir, Anadolu reports. “ TMC has reviewed many of its...

Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, speaking on Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, ruled out a ceasefire and said he wanted to rid the capital of militias that had...

The Ennahda movement on Wednesday warned against the possibility of “foreign interference” in Tunisia’s domestic affairs, including upcoming presidential and parliamentary polls, Anadolu reports. In a Wednesday statement, the...

Reports that three prominent and moderate Saudi Arabian Sunni scholars held on multiple charges of “terrorism” will be executed shortly after Ramadan are startling, not because the charges are...

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Maria Ribeiro, strongly condemned the suspension of water pumping from the Great Man-Made River, which interrupted the fresh water supply to hundreds of thousands...

Tunisia’s authorities tightened security on Djerba Island, ahead of celebrations at El Ghriba synagogue. Security and military forces moved to the island, of the coast of southern Tunisia, while...

Algerian students on Tuesday demonstrated in capital Algiers – and in other cities – to demand the departure of government officials close to the regime of former President Abdelaziz...

The ongoing conflict in Libya between the UN-recognized government and a breakaway commander is imperilling the unity of the country and will have lasting effects even if hostilities were...