[RFI] In Tunisia, public anger over how the government has been handling the Covid pandemic is rising, highlighting an ongoing political power struggle between the President and the Prime minister.

[MAP] Paris -- Any person or organization accusing Morocco must bring proof, or assume their slanderous denunciation in court, said on Thursday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita in connection wit...

[MAP] Rabat -- The Ministry of Health denied on Thursday the content of a post attributed to the Minister of Health including a therapeutic protocol relating to Covid-19 and a set of measures to be followed to fight certain symptoms.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Local Health Directorate in Tataouine announced 19 more fatalities of the coronavirus during the last 48 hours, in addition to 264 new infections.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tokyo/Japan -- On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a staunch advocate for the Toky...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The reported investments in the services sector jumped 22.9% during the first half of 2021, reaching 542.4 million dinars (MD) against 441.4 MD during the same period of 2020, according to the latest data publi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 14 COVID-19 fatalities were reported in Sidi Bouzid governorate, taking the death count in the region to 559, Deputy Director of Basic Healthcare in Sidi Bouzid Bechir Saidi told TAP Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- One person died of the coronavirus in Monastir and 79 were infected in the last 48 hours, the Local Health Directorate said on Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the paediatric association Mohamed Douagi said 3,000 children have tested positive for the coronavirus in one week.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- At least 150 undocumented migrants of different nationalities, most of whom are Bangladeshi, have been rescued on Wednesday by 3 navy units backed by national coast guard units, as their boat is drifting some 3...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "France will provide Tunisia with a new batch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses," Minister of State for Tourism, French Nationals Abroad and Francophonie Jean Baptiste Lemoyne said Thursday at a meeting with Pr...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eight people have died of the coronavirus during the last 48 hours in Gabes, where the death toll reached 499, said Director of Preventive Health in Gabes Yahia Hamdi on Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A scientific study will be conducted shortly to assess the efficiency of the COVID-19 vaccines used in Tunisia, Head of the Clinical Immunology Ward at the Pasteur Institute Malika Ben Ahmed said Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, on Thursday, made an inspection visit of the vaccination campaign in the rural areas of Sejnan and Jomin in Bizerte, where he stressed the need to step up the vaccination pace.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The transport revenues of the Tunisair carrier declined by 29.3%, during the first half of 2021, to reach 183 million dinars, according to data provided by the company on the Tunis Stock Exchange website.

[Egypt Online] Housing Minister Assem el Gazar said 45 projects is now under construction in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya to improve services offered to citizens.

[Egypt Online] In the cable, Putin said "Please accept my sincere greetings on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the July Revolution of 1952." "Russia highly values its relations with Egypt and the advancement of the joint strategic partnership...

[Egypt Online] Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi said that Egypt is keen on fostering cooperation with Japan in sportive programs and activities, as well as the exchange of youth delegates.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed ways of benefiting from the Belgian Jan De Nul Group's expertise in the fields of maritime in the Red and Mediterranean seas, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said on Thursday 22/7/2021.

[Egypt Online] Local Development Minister Mahmoud Sharawi stressed that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is keen to continuously support the program of local development in Upper Egypt which is one of the main executive mechanisms implemented by the Eg...

[Egypt Online] The official gazette on Thursday published presidential decree No. 290/2021 on extending a nationwide state of emergency for three months.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's naval forces saved on Wednesday the crew of a yacht that run aground and was stuck at coral reefs in the Straits of Tiran in Aqaba Gulf.

[Egypt Online] Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al Tayyeb on Wednesday offered his condolences to Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saudi over the death of Princess Nouf Bint Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin.

[Egypt Online] Egypt offered condolences for China over the victims of the floods that swept Henan Province, leaving behind scores of people dead and injured.

[Egypt Online] Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb asserted Wednesday Al Azhar institution's full support for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's nation-building efforts.

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the grossly unjust prison sentences that two Moroccan journalists, Omar Radi and Imad Stitou, received from a court in Casablanca yesterday after proceedings marked by many irregularities.

[New Times] Rwandan youngster Junior Hakizumwami has departed for Morocco where he is expected to start his scholarship programme at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) High-Performance Training Centre.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi met on Wednesday at the Kasbah Palace with Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social Affairs and acting Minister of Health.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The trade balance of fisheries products remains stable to the end of May 2021, recording a surplus of 102.7 MD against 101.5 MD, during the same period of 2020, according to the bulletin of the (National Observ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied, had, Wednesday, a telephone conversation with King of Jordan Abdullah II Ben Hussein, during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the advent of Aid El-Idha.