Here in Sudan, claims of responsibility for the downfall of the government of Omar Al-Bashir have become commonplace. On the dusty walls of buildings are graffiti-like writings proclaiming hashtags...

Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and the possession of large sums of money without legal grounds, a judicial source...

Egyptians began voting on Saturday in a three-day referendum on constitutional changes that could allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and bolster the role...

Protests that gripped Algeria for nearly two months finally came to fruition this month, after long-ruling, ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that he would be stepping down. His resignation...

The Network of Sudanese Journalists yesterday announced that it rejects naming Abdel-Majed Haron, an official in recently-deposed President Omar Al-Bashir’s party, to administer the country’s information ministry. A statement...

The press freedom situation in Egypt has become more alarming under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Reporters Without Borders has said in its annual report. “Egypt is now one of...

Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khemaies Jhinaoui, has called for “an immediate ceasefire and putting an end to bloodshed in Libya”. A statement from the Tunisian Foreign Ministry reported...

Morocco is to contribute to rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral, which caught fire in the French capital Paris earlier this week. The Moroccan embassy in France has commissioned its ambassador,...

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will not involve giving land from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to the Palestinians, an American envoy said on Friday, Reuters reports. Jason...

Hundreds of thousands of Algerians on Friday staged demonstrations in capital Algiers to demand the departure of all officials affiliated with the regime of ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who...

US President Donald Trump discussed “ongoing counterterrorism efforts” and the need to end hostilities with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar during a telephone call earlier this week, the White House...

The UN Refugee Agency on Friday evacuated 163 refugees to Niger from Libya, where fighting began earlier this month, Anadolu reports. Some 539 refugees have been evacuated in the...

France on Thursday evening issued remarks on a group of armed French nationals who were briefly detained by the Tunisian authorities earlier this week after entering the country from...

Barely a week before Zimbabwe’s military ousted President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, its top commander visited Beijing. Exactly what he discussed with his People’s Liberation Army counterparts has...

The Egyptian and Somali foreign ministers met in Cairo on Thursday to discuss recent political developments in Sudan and Red Sea security, Anadolu reports. According to an Egyptian Foreign...

The interior minister in Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has told ministry officials to “stop dealing with France” due to the latter’s support for renegade military commander Khalifa...

A senior official of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on Algeria to support it against renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu reports. “We expect Algeria to...

Egyptian expatriates on Friday started voting in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes that would extend incumbent president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s term until 2030, Anadolu reports. The voting process...

The United States and Russia both said on Friday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya at this time, diplomats...

Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled an unusually large tomb on Luxor’s west bank dated to ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty, Reuters reports. The 3,500-year-old, 450-square-metre (540-square-yard) tomb contains 18 entrance gates...

The US State Department on Thursday called on Sudan’s military to step aside and make way for a peaceful civilian-led transition, as protesters in Khartoum kept up demands for...

Mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a clinic and adding to people’s suffering after two weeks of an offensive by eastern troops...

Egypt has stepped up security across the country in advance of a Saturday referendum on proposed constitutional changes that would, if approved, allow President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to remain in...

An armed group attacked a major air base in southern Libya held by eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday after he moved most of his forces north to...

Thousands of Sudanese on Thursday demonstrated outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand that executive authority be relinquished to a civilian government, Anadolu Agency reports. Last week, Sudanese President Omar...

Egypt has seen a recent growth in the so-called “used food” markets, as citizens bear the brunt of President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s economic reform programme, Arabi21 has reported. Markets...

The number of reported car accidents in Egypt fell by nearly a quarter last year, according to new figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS)....

An Egyptian politician who is known for having supported the bloody coup which ousted the country’s first freely elected president in 2012, has expressed his opposition to the constitutional...

An armed Sudanese rebel movement announced yesterday it was unilaterally suspending hostilities in support for peaceful transition of power in the country, Reuters reported. The movement, which is active...

The security services of the Matrouh province, in the northwest of Egypt, have foiled an attempt by 309 Egyptians to cross the country’s western border into Libya, the state-run...

When the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched its current offensive on Tripoli on the orders of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, his regional backers as well as international sympathisers were...

If we ask the question today about the source of the greatest threat to the Arab states that prevent the people from realising their will, most of the answers...