Arts and Leisure Russian tourists fly in to Egypt’s Red Sea resorts after 6-year ban Cairo – A Russian tourist flight from Moscow landed in an Egyptian Red Sea resort on Monday for the first... Read more 9 Aug, 2021
Business Corruption: Ex-head of Algeria’s Sonatrach extradited Algiers – The former head of Algeria’s state energy firm Sonatrach was extradited from the UAE on Wednesday, state... Read more 6 Aug, 2021
Business Egypt’s Sisi sparks anger as he vows to raise price of subsidised bread Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said this week his administration is ready to raise the price of... Read more 5 Aug, 2021
Politics Egypt offers ‘full support’ for Tunisian president Tunis – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday threw his country’s “full support” behind Tunisian President Kais Saied, who... Read more 4 Aug, 2021
Coronavirus Tunisia over worst of Covid-19 wave but must speed up jabs: WHO Tunis – Tunisia -which has seen the world’s worst Covid-19 death toll – may be over the peak of the... Read more 3 Aug, 2021
Politics Two more Tunisia MPs critical of president arrested Tunis – Tunisian security forces have arrested two MPs from an Islamist party opposed to a power grab by... Read more 2 Aug, 2021
Politics Tunisia’s Rached Ghannouchi suffers ‘malaise’ amid political turmoil Tunis – Rached Ghannouchi, the 80-year-old leader of turmoil-wracked Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, suddenly became unwell on Saturday while... Read more 1 Aug, 2021
Politics In Tunis cafes, cynicism saps opposition to president’s power grab Tunis – Under a blazing Tunis sun, cafe owner Radhi al-Chawich is chatting amicably with customers when he lets... Read more 31 Jul, 2021
News Muammar Gaddafi’s son hints at Libya presidential bid Tripoli – Seif al-Islam, the son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, wants to “restore the lost unity” of Libya after... Read more 31 Jul, 2021
Politics LATEST | Tunisian MP critical of president’s power grab arrested Tunis – Tunisian security forces on Friday arrested a member of parliament who condemned President Kais Saied’s power grab as... Read more 30 Jul, 2021