Egypt signs Med-Red Sea high-speed rail link deal
Cairo – Egypt signed a $4.45-billion contract on Wednesday with a consortium including Siemens to construct a high-speed electric... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Amnesty demands Tunisia probe ‘refugee’s forced Algeria return’
Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Tunisia issues arrest warrant for ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui
Tunis – Tunisia issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui and his brother, authorities said,... Read more
1 Sep, 2021
Libya minister raises possibility of delayed elections
Algiers – Libya’s foreign minister on Tuesday refused to exclude the possibility that general elections set for December may have... Read more
1 Sep, 2021
Tunisian ex-presidential contender Nabil Karoui held in Algeria – reports
Tunis – Liberal party leader Nabil Karoui, runner-up in Tunisia’s 2019 presidential election that saw Kais Saied elected, has been... Read more
31 Aug, 2021
Libya’s UN envoy says time running out for polls framework
Algiers – The UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis said on Monday that time was pressing for Libyans to finalise... Read more
31 Aug, 2021
Fear, acceptance mix in cradle of Tunisian revolution
Sidi Bouzid – Many people in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution that launched the Arab Spring, see... Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Scientists discover fossil of amphibious whale that dates back 43 million years
Cairo – Egyptian scientists have discovered the fossil of a new species of amphibious whale that dates back 43 million... Read more
27 Aug, 2021
Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with ‘hostile’ Morocco after months of tensions
Algiers – Algeria’s Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said on Tuesday that his country has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco... Read more
25 Aug, 2021
Moroccan-Italian jailed for ‘insulting Islam’ to walk free
Rabat – A dual Moroccan-Italian citizen jailed for three and a half years for “insulting Islam” will walk free on... Read more
24 Aug, 2021
