[RSF] The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has concluded that all of the ten journalists named in a letter it received last year from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are or were detained arbitrarily. RSF welcomes this decision and calls for th...

[HRW] SUB:

[MAP] Rabat -- The Kingdom of Morocco, in accordance with the High Instructions of HM King Mohammed VI, will always stand by the legitimate Libyan institutions and support international efforts to resolve the crisis that this Maghreb country is going...

[MAP] Djibouti -- Morocco and Djibouti reaffirmed their willingness to work together to lay the foundations for a fruitful cooperation between the religious institutions of both countries.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Siliana recorded 5 COVID-19 related fatalities and 225 additional infections over the last 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 7,951 since the outbreak of the pandemic.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 1,685,739 COVID vaccines have been administered, including 1,223,985 first doses and 461,754 second shots, since the start of the national jab drive on March 13 until June 24. According to the latest figures re...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Moscow/Russian Federation -- Russia on Friday launched into circulation its fourth vaccine against COVID-19, the one-dose Sputnik Light, the Kommersant daily reported.

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said on Thursday evening that 423 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt, upping the total number of cases to 279,184.

[Egypt Online] Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Waziri said as many as 114 looted antiquities that were smuggled to France, are due to return home on Sunday, as part of the joint investigations launched by Egypt's...

[RFI] Libya's transitional government renewed its commitment to holding elections in December at a UN-sponsored conference in Berlin, where Russia and Turkey reached a tentative plan to start withdrawing their foreign mercenaries from Libya.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) is working, in coordination with the central banks of other African countries, to increase cooperation in the fields of finance, integration and modernisation of African paymen...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two people died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in governorate of Kasserine. This takes fatality numbers to 566 in the region, said deputy director of primary health in Kasserine, Moncef Hamdi.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Foreign Ministry representatives, on Thursday, held a working session with members of the Tunisia-European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The local committee to combat disasters in Tataouine decided at its meeting Thursday to impose full lockdown in the town of Remada, where coronavirus infections reached 400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi met Thursday at the Government Palace in Kasbah with Libyan Minister of Industry and Minerals, Ahmed Ali Muhammad Omar, on the sidelines of his visit to Tunisia, accompanied by a ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The 2nd EU-private sector dialogue under the theme of "Internationalisation and Access to International Markets for SMEs in Tunisia: Challenges and Opportunities in the post-COVID-19 Era,» was held last Wednes...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The full genome sequencing expected to end late this week will confirm whether the Delta COVID-19 variant is detected in Tunisia, Hechmi Louzir, member of the scientific committee to combat coronavirus said Thu...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Kais Saied chaired Thursday a ceremony in Carthage that saw some brigadier generals promoted to major generals. The ceremony was held as Tunisia ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Full lockdown will be decreed in worst-hit areas, said member of the scientific committee to fight the coronavirus Sami Mourali. A nationwide lockdown is not possible given its socio-economic impact.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Full lockdown will be decreed in worst-hit areas, said member of the scientific committee to fight the coronavirus Sami Mourali. A nationwide lockdown is not possible given its socio-economic impact.

[Egypt Online] The Military Production Ministry launched on Thursday an initiative to train cadres on digitizing industry. The initiative was launched in cooperation with General Electric Digital and IKEN companies.

[Egypt Online] State Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Nabila Makram confirmed that moving to the New Administrative Capital (NAC) marks a new chapter in Egypt's history and a start of the new republic, which is characterized b...

[Egypt Online] The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second and final review of Egypt's economic reform program supported by a 12-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), allowing the authorities to draw SDR 1,158.04 mil...

[Egypt Online] Trade and Industry Minister Nivine Gamea stressed the success of the fourth round of negotiations on a free trade deal between Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - which wrapped up in Moscow on Thursday.

[Egypt Online] The banking sector bore more than EGP 4.7 billion exemptions due to preventive decisions taken to fight coronavirus pandemic in order to make it more easier for citizens and encourage them to use electronic payment means in line with S...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Diaspora of Côte d'Ivoire Kandia Camara urged Thursday Tunisian business operators to invest in her country in raw material processing.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The National Army is a school that teaches the sense of duty and sacrifice not only to its members but also to all citizens, stated Thursday President of the Republic Kais Saied, commending the efforts exerted ...

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly stressed the importance of international support for efforts exerted by Africa to recover from the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Mufti of the Republic Othman Battikh called on Tunisians to continue getting coronavirus vaccines to stem the surge of infections.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed on Thursday announced updating rules, conditions and health measures applied in quarantine departments at all the country's maritime, ground and air outlets and inlets in coincidence with th...