News Jihan Sadat, wife to Egypt’s ex-president, dies Cairo – Jihan Sadat, the widow of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat who was assassinated for making peace with Israel,... Read more 10 Jul, 2021
Business Libya’s central bank receives audit in key reunification step Tripoli – Libya’s central bank, long split into two branches due to war, took delivery of a long-awaited audit... Read more 9 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus Morocco to produce Sinopharm Covid vaccine Morocco has announced plans to produce locally the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm, the official MAP news agency says, adding... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus Tunisia hospitals struggle with Covid ‘tsunami’ Tunisian hospitals are battling to keep operating as the number of people dying of Covid-19 spikes and bodies are... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
News Ethiopia begins second stage of filling mega-dam, angering Egypt Ethiopia says it has started the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile River, Egyptian authorities... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
News At least 200 Algeria bathers sick after sea polluted Nearly 200 people were hospitalised briefly after swimming on Saturday in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Teens... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
News Over 60 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia in three days More than 60 migrants of sub-Saharan origin have been lost at sea off Tunisia since Saturday, after two Europe-bound... Read more 6 Jul, 2021
News Egypt: Megatanker that blocked Suez Canal to be released Cairo – The megatanker retained by Egypt since it blocked the Suez Canal in March will be released on... Read more 5 Jul, 2021
News Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea to “secure shipping lines”,... Read more 4 Jul, 2021
Business Tunisia hopes Libya stability could bring economic relief After years of war in Libya, Tunisian traders celebrated the reopening of the border with their oil-rich north African... Read more 4 Jul, 2021