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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:59:20 GMT
Libya: Why Elections Will Not Solve Libya's Deep-Rooted Problems
[The Conversation Africa] Libya is poised to hold presidential and parliamentary elections this year but there are still many unresolved issues. Ongoing political turmoil has caused the elections to be postponed several times, with no exact date set.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:45:04 GMT
Libya: Unified Libya Will Come Only Via Ballot Box, 'Not the Gun', Security Council Hears
[UN News] Libya is at a "delicate and fragile juncture in its path to unity and stability", the UN Political Affairs chief told the Security Council on Monday, urging the international community to remain united in supporting national elections postp...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:06:43 GMT
Africa: From Algeria to Zimbabwe - How Africa's Autocratic Elites Cycle in and Out of Power
[The Conversation Africa] In 2021, coups d'état ousted four heads of state in sub-Saharan Africa. Army interventions in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan halted a years-long decline in military takeovers. Some heralded this as the comeback of the army in...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:31:24 GMT
Tunisia: Kaïs Saïed Meets With Prime Minister and Ministers of Justice and Interior
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed met on Monday at Carthage Palace with Prime Minister Najla Bouden-Romadhane, Justice Minister Leila Jaffel and Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:31:06 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisia Denounces 'Repeated' Aggressions Against UAE
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi had, last week, two telephone conversations with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyane, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:31:03 GMT
Tunisia: Bizerte Logs Two More Coronavirus-Related Fatalities, 1,216 New Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more fatalities of the COVID-19 were recorded in Bizerte governorate during the last 48 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,234 since the emergence of the virus, member of the medical monitoring cell in Biz...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:57 GMT
Tunisia: Progress of Procedures to Sign U.S.500-Million Grant Agreement Reviewed
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The progress of procedures relating to the signing of the USD 500-million grant agreement to be made available under the "the Millennium Challenge" to support Tunisia in the economic and social development fiel...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:54 GMT
Tunisia: Coronavirus - Tataouine Records 1 Death and 167 Infection Cases
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A coronavirus-related death was reported in the last 24 hours in Tataouine governorate. This takes to 12 the total number of deaths from the pandemic in the region during the month of January, the local health ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:49 GMT
Tunisia: U.S. Companies Willing to Invest in Basic Infrastructure in Tunisia - Donald Blome
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A number of US companies are willing to invest in basic infrastructure and logistics to support Tunisia's efforts in this field, US Ambassador in Tunis Donald Blome stressed at his meeting Monday with Transport...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:24 GMT
Egypt: PM in Talks Over Decent Life Initiative
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli stressed on Monday that "Sakan Karim" is one of the main pillars of Decent Life initiative which aims at developing the Egyptian countryside.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:18 GMT
Egypt: Egypt, Saudi Arabia Start 'Morgan-17' Naval Exercise‎
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian-Saudi "Morgan-17" naval maneuvers started Monday in Saudi Arabia. The several days' drills fall within a series of joint exercises between the two countries.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:17 GMT
Egypt: PM - Govt Works On Increasing Egypt's Exports
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said on Monday that the government strives to increase Egypt's exports upon directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:16 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Welcomes His Algerian Counterpart At Cairo Airport
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi welcomed at Cairo International Airport on Monday Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune who started a two-day working visit to Egypt, said Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:30:14 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Follows Up On Status of Egypt's Future Project
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday followed up on the executive status of the agricultural Egypt's Future project, which is part of a giant scheme to reclaim more than two million feddans.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:29:33 GMT
Egypt: President Tebboune Meets With Representatives of National Community in Egypt
[Algerie Presse Service] CAIRO-President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune met Monday at the headquarters of his residency in Al-Qubba Palace in Cairo with representatives of the national community in Egypt under his working and fraternal visit t...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:29:31 GMT
Egypt: President Tebboune Starts Working and Fraternal Visit to Egypt
[Algerie Presse Service] CAIRO-President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday started a two-day working and fraternal visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:29:28 GMT
Algeria: President Tebboune Arrives in Egypt for Working, Fraternal Visit
[Algerie Presse Service] Cairo -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune arrived, Monday afternoon, in the Arab Republic of Egypt, as part of a two-day working and fraternal visit.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:24:46 GMT
Tunisia: Nadia Akacha Resigns As Chief of Staff of the Presidential Cabinet
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Nadia Akacha resigned from her post as chief of staff of the Presidential Cabinet, a source at the Presidency of the Republic confirmed to TAP.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:24:43 GMT
Tunisia: Ennahdha Says Rejects Attempts to Control Judiciary
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ennahdha movement said it rejected "attempts to take control of the judiciary" and denounced "the smear campaign" against the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (SCJ).

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:24:41 GMT
Tunisia: Sfax-Covid-19 - Four Deaths, 188 New Infections and 259 Patients Recovered
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four people have died from the Coronavirus during the last 24 hours in the governorate of Sfax where the pandemic has caused a total of 1,898 deaths, according to an updated report published Monday by the Regio...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:24:36 GMT
Tunisia: Fifth Edition of Chokri Belaid World Forum for Arts and Culture to Kick-Off January 29
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Some 32 graffiti artists, including Tunisians and foreigners, will take part in the 5th edition of the Chokri Belaid World Forum for Arts and Culture scheduled from January 29 to February 13, 2022.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:17:37 GMT
Algeria: President Tebboune Leaves Algiers for Egypt
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune left on Monday Algiers for Egypt, for a two-day working and fraternal visit.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:17:34 GMT
Egypt: President Tebboune's Visit to Egypt - Strengthening Historical Relations, Partnership
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The working and fraternal visit that President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune will pay as from Monday to Egypt will enable strengthening the historical and political relations between the two countries, promo...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:32 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Denounces Houthi Attacks On Saudi Arabia, UAE
[Egypt Online] Egypt has strongly condemned the cowardly and incessant Houthi ballistic missile attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:31 GMT
Egypt: Age of Children Receiving Pfizer Vaccine Reduced to 5 Years Old
[Egypt Online] Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar asserted that the age of

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:29 GMT
Africa: EAPD Organizes Tour in Luxor for the African Ambassadors
[Egypt Online] The Foreign Ministry's Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) organized Sunday a tour in Luxor governorate for the African ambassadors in Cairo, in cooperation with the the General Authority of Healthcare.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:26 GMT
Egypt: PM Follows Up Projects in Alexandria
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli followed up on Sunday the progress made in implementing some projects, currently implemented in Alexandria governorate, topped by Souk El Gomla housing project in Borg El Arab district.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:23 GMT
Egypt: Ministers Confer On Preparations for Climate Summit
[Egypt Online] Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla has stressed the importance of holding the climate summit in Egypt, as a representative of Africa.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:22 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Reports 1,603 New Coronavirus Cases, 38 Deaths
[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Sunday that 1,603 new coronavirus infections were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 410,098.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:58:56 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Infections Up in Kébili
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Kébili governorate logged one more COVID-19 death and 370 infections from January 19 to 23, bringing the death toll to 538 and the infection tally to 16, 976 including 15,814 recoveries since the outbreak of t...



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