Africa

At midnight on 24 September 2019 plainclothes police officers broke into Ahmed Al-Kholy's apartment in the Haram district of Cairo and took him to the National Security building in...

President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC), Salem al-Meslet, yesterday called on Algeria "not to stand with" the Syrian regime, saying it lacks "legitimacy" and "does not represent Syria...

Egyptian Judge Ayman Hajjaj has confessed to murdering his wife, saying it was not premeditated, while the second defendant in the case has denied any wrongdoing. This came during...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki yesterday denounced what he considered an Arab country "resorting" to Israel to "bully" another Arab country, in reference to Morocco. Marzouki's remarks came after...

The family of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have denied having bank accounts or real estate abroad, in its first comment on a former official's condemnation...

The Tunisian judiciary has commenced investigating the President of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, in the so-called "Namaa Tunisia Association" case. Ghannouchi arrived at the Judicial Pole of Counter-Terrorism...

Algerian expert, Elhouari Tigharsi, apologised to Tunisians after telling Sky News Arabia that the Algerian authorities considered Tunisia "a very important Algerian province." Hours later he turned to Facebook...

The Moroccan army announced yesterday its interest in establishing joint projects with Israel in the field of defence. A statement issued by the General Command of the Royal Armed...

About thirty human rights organisations in Tunisia said in a joint statement today, on Monday, that the referendum scheduled to be implemented on 25 July is a referendum on...

A Moroccan court in Nador has sentenced 33 irregular migrants to 11 months in prison each after they attempted to cross to the Spanish enclave of Melilla last month,...

Granting the son of Tunisia's minister of the interior a diplomatic passport violates the law, opposition groups have said. This comes after photos were published of Kais Charfeddine showing...

A Tunisian official revealed on Saturday that the Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union has requested clarification of the reasons for the investigation into the Speaker of the...

Twenty-one QCs have added their names to a list of public figures who oppose the government's controversial scheme to deport refugees who arrive in the UK to Rwanda for...

Opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been released after being questioned by an investigative judge for several hours on Tuesday following allegations of money laundering. The head of the Islamist...

Selamawit Teklay, a famous beauty queen in Tigray, experienced "a harrowing ordeal" during her journey across the English Channel to seek asylum in the UK, she recounted. Selamawit travelled...

The UK's High Commissioner to Rwanda warned against the government's plan to send refugees to Rwanda, documents presented at a High Court hearing yesterday revealed. Kigali has been "accused...

Military commanders from Libya's rival eastern and western authorities have agreed to start the process of reuniting the country's military, Anadolu reported yesterday. A statement posted on the Facebook page of...

In a blog entry, reflecting on the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 7-8 July, the High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, seems to have...

Turkish foreign policy during the era of the Justice and Development party witnessed several stages of change, primarily coinciding with, and influenced by, local and regional developments. However, the...

Somalia's breakaway region, Somaliland, on Tuesday banned the BBC from operating in its territory, citing the British public broadcaster's refusal to recognise the territory as a democratic republic, Anadolu...

The outbreak of violence in the Blue Nile leading to the death of at least 60 people this weekend and the injury of over 100 was sadly not unexpected....

Egypt's leading renewable energy company, Infinity Group, is on course to become the largest in Africa, when it acquires Africa-based Lekela Power along with Africa Finance Corporation. The sale...

Algerian President Abdulmadjid Tebboune announced yesterday that his country will sign a $4 billion agreement to supply Italy with large quantities of natural gas. Tebboune and Italian Prime Minister...

In a new desperate attempt to find cash without taxing the military, Egypt's govt is charging Egyptians 20 Egyptian pounds to walk on the newly built "Walkway of the...

Israeli army Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, is set to hold talks in Morocco on bilateral security relations and Iran's influence in the region, according to Israeli media on...

Raging wildfires continued, on Tuesday, to devour thousands of hectares of mountain forests in northern Morocco, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Ministry of Agriculture said 9,200...

The speaker of the Tunisian parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, will appear in court today in the case involving the Namaa Tounes development association. This follows the decision by the Indictment...

Over 50 US and UK lawmakers called on President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step up efforts to press Egypt to stop human rights abuses in...

Dozens of human rights activists demonstrated in front of the Moroccan parliament building in the capital Rabat on Monday in protest at the visit of the Chief of Staff...

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi claimed on Monday that the people of Egypt enjoy absolute freedom, news agencies have reported. Al-Sisi made his claim during a joint press conference...

Germany and Egypt have agreed to cooperate on building a hydrogen economy as part of Europe's efforts to diversify its energy sources, news agencies reported on Monday. Agreement was...

Twenty-three Egyptians are still in prison more than 19 days after the a Cairo criminal court acquitted them in the case known in the media as "Helwan Brigades," Ikhwan Online news...