[HRW] Beirut -- The Algerian authorities should immediately release human rights defenders, civil society activists, opposition figures, journalists, and all others arbitrarily imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights to speak and assemble, ...

[Namibian] THE Brave Gladiators are looking to realise their dream of playing at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations with victory over Zambia in Johannesburg today.

[Egypt Online] The Health and Population Ministry announced that 44 free medical convoys were launched Sunday in remote areas, which are deprived of health services, across the nation.

[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Egyptian Armed Forces aircraft arrived at Khartoum Air Base in Sudan today, carrying 120 tons of medicine and medical equipment for the Sudanese people and Sudanese Armed Forces.

[SPS] Algiers -- Participants in the Diplomatic Forum of Solidarity with the Sahrawi people affirmed, Monday in Algiers, the imperative to allow the Sahrawi people to exercise its right to self-determination, calling on the United Nations (UN) to acc...

[SPS] Brussels -- Spain has a legal, historical, political and moral responsibility towards the Sahrawi people, and must assume its role in achieving the decolonization of occupied Western Sahara, affirmed the President of the Republic, Secretary- Ge...

[Egypt Online] Egypt sent medical and humanitarian aid to Sudan as part of its continued support and solidarity with the Sudanese people in the face of various crisis.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Water is flowing to Sudan and Egypt as usual while generating power to the Ethiopian people who do not want to starve and thirst the people of Sudan and Egypt, Prime Minister Abiy said today.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Aati conferred on Sunday with Regional Director for the World Bank Group's Sustainable Development Department for the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region Ayat Soliman and h...

[Egypt Online] The cabinet media center denied reports circulated on social media about a decision by the prime minister to suspend classes at all schools and universities nationwide on Sunday over adverse weather condition.

[Egypt Online] The Red Sea governorate said all roads were re-opened to traffic Sunday as the weather improved.

[IFRC] Marseille/Geneva/Budapest -- Since Monday, 14 February, the Ocean Viking has been waiting with 247 rescued people on board to be assigned a place of safety. Despite 5 requests to the relevant maritime authorities, the ship has yet to receive i...

[MAP] Rabat -- The Moroccan painter Hossein Tallal died Saturday in Casablanca at the age of 80, announced the National Museums Foundation (FNM).

[MAP] New York -- Ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, was, Thursday, the guest of honor at a conference organized by the University of Harvard-Boston, at the initiative of the collective of Moroccan students of Harv...

[Egypt Online] The Cabinet media center has denied reports that the government is willing to privatize the new universal health insurance system in conjunction with the establishment of "Reayat Misr" holding company to achieve economic revenues.

[IPS] Tripoli -- Libya was supposed to hold elections early this year. Instead, it now has two rival political administrations -- a return of the divisions of the past.

[MAP] Rabat -- The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, chaired, Thursday in Rabat, a meeting on the emergency measures needed to cope with the effects of rainfall deficit.

[Cosafa] South Africa have put one foot into the finals of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations with a dominant 2-0 victory in the first leg of their second round over Algeria at the Orlando Stadium on Friday.

[Chatham House] Experiences from the MENA region show that successful energy subsidy reforms must focus strongly on mitigating social impacts.

[African Arguments] Despite facing harassment, more and more women and girls are defying sexist attitudes and riding bikes and motorbikes around Cairo.

[HRW] Beirut -- Provide Medical Care, Investigate Torture Claims

[VOA] Cairo -- As Libya's parliament, which meets in the eastern city of Tobruk, prepares to approve a new national unity government next week, the country's High Council of State says that the parliament should have consulted it before removing outg...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The World Bank (WB) will provide $400 million (about 1152.5 million dinars) to support Tunisia's social reforms, said World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj on Tuesday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- One hundred and thirty-two (132) olive oil samples will be evaluated by a team of olive oil sommeliers, from February 14 to 17, 2022, within the framework of the 5th edition of the Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil C...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of attacks against refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia has increased in the past period, notably after shutting down the temporary accommodation centres, Official Spokesperson for the Tunisia Foru...

[Egypt Online] The government has approved a proposal made by the Ministry of the Public Business Sector, putting the minimum wage of workers in affiliated companies at 2,700 pounds per month.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Tuesday 15/2/2022 in the Belgian capital of Brussels to participate in the Sixth European Union - African Union Summit, set for February 17 and 18 at the EU headquarters.

[HRW] Visiting Brussels for a summit between the European Union and the African Union this week, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is eyeing a series of separate high-profile meetings as another opportunity to boost his tainted image. But instea...

[RFI] Libya's western-based administration has upheld a decision by lawmakers in the country's east to appoint a new prime minister, effectively creating two rival heads of government. The UN has urged all sides to preserve calm "as an absolute prior...

[DW] Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital after President Kais Saied granted himself new judicial powers in a decree. Saied can now fire and block appointments of judges unilaterally.