North Africa
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:08:17 GMTTunisia: General Situation of Industrial Sector Virtually Stable in Q4 2020 (Ins Survey)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The general situation of the industrial sector in the fourth quarter of 2020 was virtually stable, it emerged from a survey on the situation and prospects of industrial companies, released Thursday by the Natio...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:36 GMTEgypt: FM Meets His Tunisian, Comorian Counterparts Today
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold, on Thursday 4/3/2021, a session of talks with his Comoros' counterpart Dhoihir Dhoulkamal, currently visiting Egypt.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:36 GMTSudan: President El-Sisi Receives Sudan's Minister of Foreign Affairs
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received today Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan Dr. Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Sameh Shoukry and the Sudanese Ambassador to Cairo Mohamed Elias.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:35 GMTGuinea Bissau: Sisi Receives President of Guinea Bissau
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday President of Guinea Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló, said presidential spokesman Bassam Radi.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:32 GMTEgypt: Sisi Signs Senate Law
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved Law No 2/2021 on the bylaws of the Senate.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:27 GMTEgypt: Egp 104 Bn Allocated to Upper Egypt in Public Investments
[Egypt Online] The Planning Ministry said 104-billion-pound public investments were allocated for Upper Egypt in 2020-2021 development plan, up by 27% compared with the past three years.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:24 GMTEgypt: Sisi, Greek PM Discuss East Mediterranean Cooperation
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Wednesday a phone call from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that tackled boosting bilateral cooperation.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:23 GMTEgypt: FM Meets His Tunisian, Comorian Counterparts Today
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold, on Thursday 4/3/2021, a session of talks with his Comoros' counterpart Dhoihir Dhoulkamal, currently visiting Egypt.
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:57:17 GMTEgypt: Sisi Issues Decision to Approve Egypt's Joining of BEPs Deal
[Egypt Online] The official gazette published on Thursday 4/3/2021 President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's decision No. 446 of 2020 on approving Egypt's joining of a multi-faceted deal to implement measures regarding tax agreements on banning base erosion a...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:37:28 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - 4 Confirmed Cases of UK Variant Reported in Tunisia (Hechmi Louzir)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia reported 4 confirmed cases of the UK COVID-19 variant and 5 other suspected cases, Head of the Tunis Pasteur Institute and member of the Scientific Committee to Combat COVID-19 Hechmi Louzir said Wednes...
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:37:24 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - 27 Fatalities and 777 Infections Reported in 24h
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 777 COVID-19 fatalities, out of 3,795 conducted screening tests, and 27 fatalities were reported in Tunisia on March 2, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday night in its daily report on the epidemiological s...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:23:49 GMTAfrica: Information Related to the Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2021
[CAF] The final tournament of the Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2021 will be held from 13th to 31st March 2021 in the cities of Rabat, Mohammedia and Casablanca in Morocco.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:59:42 GMTTunisia: Second Edition of Amwej Call for Projects for Sustainable Blue Economy, Launched
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Saison Bleue initiative is launching the second edition of the Tunisian call for projects "AMWEJ," for a sustainable blue economy, targeting municipalities, NGOs, associations and startups involved in the m...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:41:21 GMTMorocco: Jordan Opens Consulate General in Laayoune
[MAP] Laayoune -- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Thursday opened a consulate general in Laayoune, thus becoming the 11th country to inaugurate a diplomatic representation in the Moroccan city in just over a year.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:40:12 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - Death Count Up in Medenine, Mock Vaccination Operation Conducted
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more COVID-19 fatalities were reported in Medenine governorate, taking the death toll to 355.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:53:36 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - Mahdia Reports 24 More Infections and 22 Recoveries
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Mahdia reported 24 more Coronavirus infection cases from 106 conducted tests, taking the tally to 8,087 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:41:51 GMTAlgeria: France Admits Torture, Murder of Key Independence Fighter
[RFI] French forces tortured and murdered Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country's war for independence, President Emmanuel Macron admitted, in an official reappraisal of a death that was for years covered up as a suicide.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:10:13 GMTMorocco: Nigeria, Morocco Endorse Protocols for Fertilizer Plant
[Premium Times] The MoU is expected to utilise Nigeria's gas and Morocco's phosphate to produce ammonia and phosphate fertilizers by 2025.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:59:40 GMTAfrica: Gambia to Face Tunisia in Africa U-20 3rd, 4th Play-Offs Clash On Friday
[The Point] The Gambia U-20 team will entertain Tunisia in the third and fourth place play-off encounter of the 2021 Africa U-20 Youth Championship on Friday 6 March 2021, at the Stade Olympiqiue in Nouakchott at 8 p.m.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:36:42 GMTKenya/Egypt: Olunga Stars Ahead of Egypt Clash
[Nairobi News] Micheal Olunga's rich vein of form for Al Duhail SC should be music to the ears of Harambee Stars coach Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee ahead of the remaining 2021 Africa Nations Cup qualification matches in March.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:23:31 GMTEgypt: Egypt Arrests Dissident's Families Under Allies' Noses
[HRW] Hasiba Mahsoob, a 50-year-old Egyptian businesswoman, was at a public place in Alexandria, Egypt, in November 2019 when security forces arrested her. They took her to an undisclosed location, probably one of the National Security Agency's illeg...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:17:39 GMTEgypt: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine Seek Serious Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks
[Egypt Online] The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Palestine on Wednesday 3/3/2021 reached an agreement on the importance of continuing to work in the coming phase for launching serious peace talks between the Palestinian and Israeli sides.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:17:38 GMTSudan: Chief of Staff Returns Home After Official Visit to Sudan
[Egypt Online] Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mohamed Farid returned to Cairo on Wednesday3/3/2021, wrapping up an official visit to Sudan at the head of a high-ranking military delegation, to partake in the seventh meeting of ...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:17:36 GMTEgypt: Egyptian, Sudanese FMs Affirm Deeply-Rooted Ties Between Both Countries
[Egypt Online] Egyptian Foreign minister Sameh Shoukry and his visiting Sudanese counterpart Mariam al Sadeq al Mahdi stressed the deeply-rooted cooperation between both countries in various fields.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:17:33 GMTEgypt: Sisi Instructs Govt to Develop Military Production Factories
[Egypt Online] Sisi instructs govt to develop military production factories
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:02:15 GMTTunisia: Upgrading Tunisia's Sovereign Rating May Take Some Time (IACE)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The upgrading of Tunisia's sovereign rating by Moody's may take some time, as the countries that had fallen to class B3 and managed to avoid the short-term descent to class C are rather few, the Arab Institute ...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:50:13 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - Four More Deaths in Sousse
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Sousse saw its COVID-19 death count spike to 558 after four more patients lost their lives to the virus in the last 24 hours, data published by the local health directorate show.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:49:36 GMTTunisia: Aflatoxin-Contaminated Rice Still Stored in Oct's Warehouses
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A 800-tonne shipment of imported white rice, nearly half of which is contaminated with aflatoxins, is still stored separately in warehouses of the Tunisian Commerce Office (French: OCT), CEO Elyes Ben Ameur tol...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:49:35 GMTTunisia: Coronavirus - 15 More Infections Recorded in Jendouba
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Jendouba has recorded 15 more COVID-19 cases, taking the count t to 2,717 in the region since the spread of the pandemic.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:49:30 GMTTunisia: Tunisia Urges Adoption of New Working Mechanisms to Improve Joint Arab Action
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia called at the periodic meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States in Cairo Wednesday for further promoting Arab development action, bolstering cooperation and working to smooth out the difficul...