[allAfrica] Earlier this month, Egypt announced the appointment of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to lead the international climate talks in Sharm-el-Sheikh in November 2022. Alongside Minister Shoukry's appointment as COP27 president, Egypt's woman ...

[HRW] Beirut -- Whereabouts Unknown; at Risk of Torture

[TechCrunch] The Egyptian social e-commerce market will be worth over $14.8 billion by 2024. The opportunity in the market can be attributed to the growth in online social sellers in the country, over 1.25 million them, helping little-known brands se...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Othman Jerandi and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra had a talk Sunday on the fringes of their participation in the 156th consultative meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Kuw...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The French Embassy to Tunisia announced the launch of a new channel called TiVi 5 Monde, targeting children aged between 4 and 14 years.

[SPS] El Aaiun (Occupied Territories) -- The Moroccan occupation authorities at the occupied Airport of El Aaiun banned Thursday the President of the Sahrawi Body against Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM), Aminatou Haidar, from travelling to Spain, on the...

[CAF] Egypt booked their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Morocco at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

[SPS] Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories) -- Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have targeted sites of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the sectors of Hawza, Farsia and Awsard, indicated a military communiqué No. 443 of the Natio...

[MAP] Rabat -- His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and compassion to the family of playwright Abdelkader El Badaoui, who died Friday at the age of 88.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Some 113,457 participants, the majority of whom are men ( 87, 816) in Tunisia and abroad, have responded to the online public consultation launched a fortnight ago.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The total number of people who have completed the coronavirus vaccination scheme is estimated at 6 million 227 thousand people until January 29, announced the Ministry of Health in a public statement.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia administered 5,275 COVID-19 jabs on January 30, including 828 first shots, 1,236 second doses, 3,193 boosters and 18 travel shots, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 20 COVID-19 deaths and 6,132 infections were logged on January 29 from 20,166 tests (30.41% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 907,239 and death toll to 26,271, the Health Ministry said.

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Friday 28/01/2022 that 2,007 new coronavirus infections were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 419,460.

[Egypt Online] The Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned Friday's missile shelling of Baghdad International Airport, which resulted in material damage.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, sent on Friday a message of condolences to the families of the martyrs, second lieutenant, Merb...

[HRW] Beirut -- Children, Adults Arbitrarily Detained, Denied Access to UN Refugee Agency

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister and President-designate of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) Sameh Shoukry said Thursday that funding allocated for international climate action is still insufficient.

[MAP] Rabat -- The government announced Thursday the reopening of the airspace to flights to and from Morocco as of February 7, 2022.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's Foreign Ministry has held consultations with a group of countries and parties on their visions on different topics pertaining to climate change, as part of ongoing preparations for hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conf...

[CAF] Egypt have qualified to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 following a 5-4 penalties shootouts victory over Cote d'Ivoire.

[DW] Spain's emergency services said it had rescued more than 300 people from seven different boats. Activists said at least 18 would-be migrants were dead.

[Capital FM] Douala -- Mohamed Salah scored the winning penalty while Eric Bailly missed for Ivory Coast as Egypt beat The Pharaohs 5-4 on post-match penalties to sail to the quarter finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Douala on Wednesday.

[VOA] Washington -- The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday.

[DW] The Pharaohs played a goalless draw with the Elephants of Ivory Coast in Douala but went on to win after a penalty shoot-out. The seven-time champions are still on course to stretch their record.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian General Labour Union (French: UGTT) reiterated Wednesday its call to establish January 26 as national day to commemorate January 26, 1978 events. Several Tunisians, including trade unionists and yo...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The coronavirus claimed one more life in Sousse, taking the death toll to 1,356.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The first edition of the Smart Customs Hackathon, which puts in competition 13 project ideas aimed to develop innovative solutions to modernise customs services, was closed on Wednesday during a press conferenc...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A training programme for 25 eco-entrepreneurs with start-up projects has just been launched by the Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (CONECT).

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Said and CEO of the International Islamic trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and Arab Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Program Secretary General Hani Salem Sonbol on Wednesday si...