[Suez Canal Authority] Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced today, Monday 29th March, 2021, that the Panamanian container ship has been successfully refloated. This was the result of suc...

[The Conversation Africa] In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on its way through the Suez Canal. At 400 metres long, the Ever Given is longer than the canal is wide, and the ship became wed...

[New Times] The African Union (AU) hopes to engage Rwanda, asking it to renew the agreement signed to host stranded African migrants evacuated from Libya.

[Nairobi News] Egypt's midfielder Mohammed Elneny reportedly refused to play against Kenya during the recent 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match in Nairobi.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The minister of Trade, Kamel Rezig, said Thursday in Algiers that his department is working in collaboration with other departments for the reopening of Algerian land border crossings for exporters, as part of the ...

[Egypt Online] Social Solidarity Minister Neveen el Qabbag met Thursday with representatives of 120 NGOs, which are partners in a national project to upgrade the villages of Egypt's countryside.

[Egypt Online] Egypt denounced on Friday targeting civil facilities in Saudi Arabia by the Houthi militia from Yemen.

[Egypt Online] Egypt took part Thursday through the videoconference in the 30th session of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Thursday that 661 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 198,011.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The first Tunisian feature film nominated for the Oscars, Kaouther Ben Hania's "The Man Who Sold His Skin" will be released in the Tunisian cinemas on March 31.The film will be out in the USA on April 2 and the...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- COVID-19 on Thursday claimed the life of one more patient in the governorate of Tataouine, takin the toll to 167 since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the updated report of the local health directora...

[VOA] Officials in Egypt say an apartment building collapsed in the capital early Saturday, killing at least five people.

[Egypt Online] The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat (NMEC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ahmed Ghoniem, asserted that the Royal Mummies Hall is fully ready to receive the mummies of Egyptian kings and queens that are set to be relo...

[The Conversation Africa] It's estimated that 90% of the world's trade is transported by sea. As consumers, we rarely give much thought to how the things we buy make their way across the planet and into our homes. That is, until an incident like the ...

[DW] Two passenger trains have crashed into each other leaving more than 30 people dead and more injured.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The World Bank on Friday approved US$100 million in additional financing for the Tunisia COVID-19 Response Project to enable affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in the country, according to a W...

[DW] Two passenger trains have crashed into each other leaving at least 19 dead and almost 200 injured. On Saturday, the Health Ministry revised down the initial death toll of 32.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Since Ethiopia's policy on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is clear and consistent from the outset, Egypt and Sudan need to genuinely cooperate on fair utilization of the Nile water, International Water Man...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 21 further fatalities and 745 infections from 4,822 conducted tests were reported on March, announced Friday evening, the Health Ministry in its daily report on the epidemiological situation in the country.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 21 further fatalities and 745 infections from 4,822 conducted tests were reported on March, announced Friday evening, the Health Ministry in its daily report on the epidemiological situation in the country.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Canada extended the freeze on assets linked to some family members of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to five more years from March 24, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Ab...

[DW] After talks with three EU foreign ministers, the new government said it wants all foreign mercenaries to leave the country. The war-torn nation has been wracked by instability since Muammar Gaddafi's ouster in 2011.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 35 COVID-19 infections were reported Thursday in Beja governorate, pushing the infection tally in the region to 4,830 from 15,905 tests conducted since the outbreak of the pandemic.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia reaffirmed its unwavering support to a peaceful solution of the Libyan conflict, reiterating its willingness to "provide all forms of support to the brotherly Libyan people in their endeavour for peace,...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- All passengers aged over 6 travelling to Istanbul (Turkey) must present a negative PCR test conducted 72 hours prior to boarding, national carrier Tunisair announced Thursday in a press release.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Access to Information Authority (INAI) has received 3,217 files since entry into operation in February 2018, INAI acting President Adnen Lassoued said Friday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Deputy Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Sami Tahri said on Friday in Kebili, that the Union is waiting for an official position of the Presidency of the Republic regarding its initi...

[VOA] Cairo -- With shipping traffic stalled for a second day Thursday, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority continued to work to refloat a gigantic container ship blocking the canal.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's mathematical hopes of booking a ticket to next year's Africa Cup of Nations was extinguished on Thursday night after playing to a 1-1 draw with Egypt, the Pharaohs joining Comoros in earning a ticket to Cameroon.

[East African] Burundi and Egypt on Wednesday signed a visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic and service passports in the two countries.