[UN News] Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and another man, who have been detained under suspected terrorism offences, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, sa...

[RFI] The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), an award-winning Egyptian organization, announced this week that it would be closing its doors forever because of government persecution.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Anti-Saied parties and coalitions, led by Ennahdha Movement, called on Tuesday for a demonstration on January 14 to express their rejection of the July 25 process.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia administered 10,907 COVID-19 vaccines on January 11, including 6,257 first doses, 2,821 boosters, 1,804 third doses and 25 travel shots, said the Health Ministry.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- BioNTech SE and Tunisian InstaDeep Ltd announced on Tuesday the development of a new computational method that analyses worldwide available sequencing data and predicts high-risk variants of SARS-CoV-2.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eleven COVID-19 deaths and 4,865 infections were logged on January 10 from 19,924 tests (24.42% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 749,832 and death toll to 25,707, the Health Ministry said.

[New Times] The national basketball team will play a build-up game against Egypt as part of its preparations for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria has expressed its "full readiness" to actively accompany Mali and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) "in the salutary path of mutual understanding" that would protect the highest interes...

[RFI] Nigeria laid a claim on Tuesday night to be considered among the favourites for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations title with an impressive display in a 1-0 victory over Egypt.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Foreign currency reserves amounted by late December to 7.998 billion dollars ( nearly 23.066 billion dinars) or 136 days of import, down 6% on last year (8.490 billion dollars or 162 days of import), said the C...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Union of Secondary Education under the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) has called for the temporary suspension of classes in schools for a certain period and with specific dates to be set by the scient...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Average liquidity needs of banks dropped in November 2021, reaching 8.943 billion dinars against 10.187 billion dinars in October, reads the Economic and Monetary Developments and Medium Term Outlook- January 2...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 70 people in the governorate of Siliana have tested positive for the Coronavirus, following the publication of the results of 226 tests, a positivity rate of 30.97%, according to an updated report published Tue...

[RFI] Sierra Leone marked their return to the Africa Cup of Nations after more than two decades with a gutsy draw against the defending champions Algeria.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Average liquidity needs of banks in November 2021 dropped, reaching 8.943 billion dinars against 10.187 billion dinars in October, reads the Economic and Monetary Developments and Medium Term Outlook- January 2...

[CAF] Three time champions Nigeria opened their TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 campaign with a spirited 1-0 victory over record champions Egypt on Tuesday.

[CAF] As promised, Sierra Leona looked the reigning African champions Algeria straight in the eye, pushing them to their last corner in the first period before putting up a Maginot Line to register their first point of the tiurnament.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The trade balance for 2021 posted a deficit of 16, 215.1 million dinars (MD) compared to 12,757.8 MD in 2020. The coverage rate fell by 1 percentage point compared to last year, reaching 74.2%, the National Ins...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The budget deficit is expected to ease to 10.4 billion dinars, accounting for 8.3% of GDP, at the end of 2021, against 11.2 billion dinars (9.6% of GDP) in 2020, showing a decrease of 7.2%, according to the not...

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli asserted that climate change has become a pressing issue by all standards and all world countries should stand up against it firmly and swiftly in order to cope with the resulting rapid changes in the co...

[Egypt Online] Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi, UAE's Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Vice President of the Arab Youth Center Shamma Al Mazrui reviewed opportunities for joint youth capacity-building programs. The two sides met on the ...

[Egypt Online] International media outlets on Monday highlighted the messages and calls made by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi the main session at the opening of the 4th edition of the World Youth Forum for the sake of humanity and overcoming challen...

[Egypt Online] State Minister of Emigration Nabila Makram, during her participation in the 4th edition of the World Youth Forum, visited the exhibition of her ministry in the forum.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's Black Stars started their AFCON 2021 campaign in Cameroon on a shaky note, losing 1-0 to the Atlas Lions of Morocco in their Group C opener yesterday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of active COVID-19 carriers in schools in Nabeul governorate reached 136 after logging 71 more infections during the past 4 days, including 120 students and 16 among the educational staff, Preventive...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Stakeholders in Nefta city (Tozeur governorate) have rallied to organise a hiking trail in the natural land depression La Corbeille de Nefta (the Basket of Nefta), by conducting activities to better receive vis...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ben Arous Local Education Authority decided to close for one week a middle school and several classes of educational establishments in the region due to the increase of COVID-19 infections.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia administered 11,572 COVID-19 vaccines on January 10, including 6,083 first doses, 2,377 boosters, 3,099 third doses and 13 travel shots, said the Health Ministry.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four COVID-19 deaths and 1,129 infections were logged on January 9 from 6,341 tests (17.80% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 744,967 and death toll to 25,670, the Health Ministry said.

[Egypt Online] Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II expressed pleasure at participating in the World Youth Forum, lauding President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's initiative to organize the event.