North Africa

RABAT, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Morocco’s tourism industry looks set to have had a record year, boosting the wider economy, despite September’s earthquake and what sector professionals see as some…

(Brussels) – The European Union’s negotiations on an upgraded bilateral partnership with Egypt risk missing an opportunity to press for human rights reforms in the midst of the country’s ongoing economic and human rights…

DUBAI, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Egypt said on Tuesday that the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have failed, but it will closely monitor the process of…

The announcement by the world’s four largest shipping companies at the end of the week about suspending sailing through the Suez Canal due to the increasing Houthi attacks in the…

Egypt has rejected the deployment of a joint Egyptian-Israeli force on the Philadelphia axis near the border with the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media on Monday. “A recent Israeli…

Cairo. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who has ruled with an unquestioned grip for the past nine years, won reelection to a third, six-year term in office, election authorities announced Monday.…

In our edition of 18 November, we reported on the dismissal of the army’s Comptroller General, Major General Mustapha Oudjani, without specifying whether he had been recalled to other functions or had…

Egypt said Tuesday that it looks forward to US support for a UN resolution to stop hostilities in the Gaza Strip, along with securing “safe navigation” in the Red Sea.…

Since February 2019, Mustapha Bendjama, the editor of the daily newspaper Le Provincial, has been held by police forces and interrogated at least 35 times. In his hometown of Annaba…

Tunisia  – The Assembly of People’s Representatives, Monday, approved the 2024 budget of the Ministry of Communication Technologies, with 118 in favour, 8 abstentions, and 5 against. The budget for Communication…