[DW] At least 24 people have died and emergency services have rescued 10 workers from the basement as the search continues for potentially trapped survivors.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A no confidence motion in Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (HPR) Rached Ghannouchi exceeded the 73 signature threshold, MPs Mongi Rahoui and Zouhaier Maghzaoui told TAP on Monday. It was not yet...

[HRW] Drop Charges Against Witnesses, Investigate Alleged Perpetrators

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The parliamentary committee on Security and Defense voted without quorum to hear the Defence Minister in a closed session, Al Bawsala said Monday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Bizerte recorded 5 deaths from the Coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths related to the pandemic in the region to 333, said Regional Director of Health, Jamel Eddine Saidani. The r...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Ben Arous, on Monday, recorded one death from coronavirus, taking the overall fatality numbers to 346, since the pandemic spread, the local coronavirus impact monitoring committee said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Several international companies specialising in rail transport have indicated their willingness to carry out the Sfax metro project, under partnership, Minister of Transport and Logistics Moez Chakchouk announc...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The decision to shut down the Tabarka-Ain Draham airport was made as a result of the national and international health situation due to the COVID19, said Minister of Transport and Logistics Moez Chakchouk.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A $500,000 cooperation and partnership programme in the field of higher education intended to hone Tunisian educators' English language skills has been launched, the US embassy in Tunis announced.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The annual El Ghriba pilgrimage, cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set for April 25-May 2, Organising Committee President Perez Trabelsi announced Sunday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The situation at the Tunisian-Libyan borders "is marking a change for the better," thanks to attempts at appeasement and dialogue between the various Libyan stakeholders, said Minister of National Defence Brahi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- First Deputy Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (HPR) Samira Chaouachi stressed Monday the importance of commemorating Sakiet Sidi Youssef events in consolidating ties between Tunisia and Algeria,...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Center for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) will launch Tuesday, an awareness campaign to fight against digital violence against women, which coincides with the Safer Inter...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Bizerte recorded 5 deaths from the Coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths related to the pandemic in the region to 333, said Regional Director of Health, Jamel Eddine Saidani.

[SudaNow] Khartoum -- As related by an Egyptian writer in Almajara Press website under the title: Sudanese Thief... the Most Surprising Theft in Cairo, wrote the website:

[UN News] The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council, marking what the UN Special Representative called another "historic moment" on the road ...

[DW] Authorities held the Egyptian journalist for four years, accusing him of "spreading false information" and belonging to the banned group Muslim Brotherhood.

[Egypt Online] Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe stressed the importance of Egypt's role in resolving the Lebanon crisis, saying Egypt is the Arab country that is most familiar with the differences among the Lebanese people and means of resolvi...

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday 06/02/2021 reaffirmed Egypt's full support for achieving the desired goals for advancing the African Union and its institutions, fully implementing the Agenda 2063 and its first 10-year plan a...

[Egypt Online] Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki attended Saturday 06/02/2021 a ceremony marking the end of a military preparation course given to students of military academies.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's Amani Abo Zeid has been re-elected to serve a new four-year term as the African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy.

[Egypt Online] Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi inaugurated on Saturday 06/02/2021 the activities of a workshop held under the rubric "Greater Cairo youth dialogue over national strategy of youth".

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister and Acting Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi met on Thursday evening with a delegation from the National Union of Internal Security Forces led by its Secretary-General Nabil Ayari.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said he sent a correspondence to the Presidency of the Republic to set the date for the swearing in of the new ministers, hoping for a favourable outcome.

[Cameroon Tribune] Defending champions, Morocco, will face Mali in the final of the CHAN 2020 on Sunday February 7, 2021 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

[New Times] The national basketball team will take on Egypt and Tunisia in warm-up matches as part of the preparations for the upcoming African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket) qualifiers.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati said qualifying the ministry staffers who will be moving to the new governmental premises in the New Administrative Capital tops priorities of the ministry in the coming pha...

[Egypt Online] Finance Minister Mohamed Ma'eet has directed all measures be eased to encourage importers and owners of goods, as well as customs officials and foreign exporters, to join the Advanced Cargo Information (ACI) system, whose pilot testing...

[Egypt Online] The Health and Population Ministry said on Saturday 6/2/2021 that 509 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 169,106.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed that solving the problem of slums in Egypt needs 3 to 4 trillion pounds, blaming administrative and organizational corruption for the appearance of shanty areas across the country.