[RFI] Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the divisive project.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Director General of Public Health Facilities at the Ministry of Health, Naoufel Somrani denied reports circulating on social media about the Health Ministry's "procrastination" in starting the operation of the ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Regional Directorate of Health in the governorate of Tataouine announced on Wednesday that six people have died from the Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the pandemic in the re...

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed Wednesday the members of the new government led by Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane, the Presidency of the Republic announced in a communiqué.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Trade and Export Development, Mohamed Boussaid and a delegation of the Libyan Industry Union led by its executive director, Ali Nasir discussed a meeting Wednesday the organisation of a Tunisian-Lib...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Ennahdha movement spokesperson Fethi Ayadi said Wednesday "the movement backs a strong political government, after conducting consultations with the Prime Minister, the Head of the State and a number of politic...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 170 minors were among 418 undocumented migrants who reached the Italian coasts last week through illegal crossings to the northern shore of the Mediterranean, said spokesperson for the Tunisian Forum for Econom...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A full lockdown from July 9 to 17 has been decreed in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, governor Mohamed Sedki Bouaoun decided after the local disaster control committee meeting Wednesday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of Tunisians who are fully immunised against COVID-19 has reached 697,959 people, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday; 600,765 people received two doses of the vaccine and 97,194 others receiv...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Bureau of the House of People's Representatives (ARP), on Wednesday, decided to defer the plenary sessions scheduled for July 8 and 9 to a later date, according to a parliamentary statement.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Trade and Industry Nivine Gamea underlined Egypt's keenness on enhancing cooperation with Malaysia in various domains, especially industry and investmen.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Planning and Economic Development Dr Hala el Saeed said on Wednesday 7/7/2021 Egypt has made a global achievement, amidst exceptional circumstances, by including the presidential initiative "Decent Life, the "Rowad 2030" (p...

[Egypt Online] Gabon's Minister of Social Affairs and Women's Rights Prisca Koho who is currently visiting Egypt said she is looking forward that her country would benefit from Egypt's expertise in the field of empowering women.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday the US, British and French permanent representatives to the UN in New York to brief them on Egypt's position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahm...

[Egypt Online] The Ministry of Tourism announced that 28 new nationalities were added to the system of issuing an electronic tourist visa taking to 74 the number of nationalities able to obtain the visa electronically.

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has paid a visit to New Aswan city to follow up progress achieved so far in carrying out development and services projects there.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The rate of increase in consumer prices would remain high in the coming period, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) projected in its recent note on Economic and Monetary Developments. It therefore expects an aver...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Seven people died of the coronavirus in Siliana during the last 24 hours, while another 238 people tested positive for the virus.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A first case of infection with the Delta variant of the coronavirus was detected Wednesday in Bizerte, said local health director Jamel Eddine Saidani.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia delivered 2, 024,789 vaccines from March 13 to July 6. This includes 1,424,024 first doses and 600,765 second shots.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Loans to the economy edged up 6.4% in April 2021 against 4.4% in March and 4.2% last year, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) said in a note on economic and monetary developments and medium-term prospects (July ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The outstanding public debt soared to 98 billion dinars by the end of April 2021, up by 4,825 million dinars (MD), compared to its level at the end of 2020, according to the note on "economic and monetary devel...

[Egypt Online] The Armed Forces on Tuesday 6/7/2021celebrated the end of activities of the 2021 Military Diplomacy Course at the Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Administration, held for foreigners in Cairo.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's foreign reserve increased by $116 million by the end of June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Tuesday 6/7/2021.

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said on Tuesday night 6/7/2021 that 164 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,421.

[Egypt Online] The Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission led by Sakuji Yoshimura, the President of Japan's Higashi Nippon International University and Honorary Professor at Waseda University has completed the unearthing of all artefacts of the sec...

[Egypt Online] Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said on Wednesday 7/7/2021that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is keen on offering medical support to Sudan for enhancing the health care system in the sisterly country.

[Egypt Online] Minister of International Cooperation Rania El Mashat said 18 projects have been carried out in 17 governorates as part of cooperation between Egypt and multilateral development partners.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday6/7/2021 Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the premises of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in New York to discuss in details the ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Secretary General of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Fatma Samoura who is currently in Tunisia accompanied by a delegation of the federation, paid a visit on Tuesday the Tunisian Foo...