[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The inflation rate edged up to 6.3% in October 2021, after stabilising at 6.2% for the past two months, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Friday

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more COVID-19 fatalities and 89 infections were logged on November 3 from 3,020 tests (2.95% positivity rate), the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 36,244 COVID-19 vaccine jabs were administered on November 4, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Sofien Manai -- After a delay of several months, the first photovoltaic power plant in Tozeur, southern Tunisia has finally been operational. Its official inauguration will take place in early 2022.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kais Saied, on Thursday, declared that «the exceptional measures will be shortened.»

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed chaired Thursday at the Carthage Palace, the Cabinet meeting that examined a set of draft decree-laws and presidential decrees. These include a:

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- An international arrest notice was issued against former President of the Republic Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, by the investigating judge in charge of his case, the communication office of the Tunis First Instance...

[Egypt Online] Under the patronage of the Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADIA) and the Arab-African Trade Bridges Program (AATB) organized the Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum, at the Ri...

[Egypt Online] Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour said on Thursday 4/11/2021 that the Egyptian universities were listed among global university rankings.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participated on Thursday 4/11/2021 in the launching ceremony of the Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees in Egypt.

[Egypt Online] Heliopolis company for chemical industries (Factory 81) signed a partnership contract on Thursday 4/11/2021 with Creazure Building Materials and Greece's NanoPhos company to foster cooperation in nanotechnology coatings.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri discussed during a meeting with United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland ways to propel the peace process in the Middle East, Foreign Ministry Spokesman amb...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- MP Ridha Charfeddine Thursday announced his resignation and "definitive" retirement from politics and sports "for strictly personal and family reasons."

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 42,789 COVID-19 vaccine jabs were administered on November 3, according to the Health Ministry's figures.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold talks on Thursday with Tor Wennesland, UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, who is on a visit to Cairo.

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted Egypt is keen on boosting trade exchange with African countries, given the fact that regional cooperation through trade blocs has been a most important mechanism for achieving development.

[Egypt Online] The US dollar exchange rate was stable at the start of Thursday's transactions at Egypt's major banks.

[Egypt Online] A delegation representing the Foreign Ministry and the technical secretariat of the higher committee for human rights took part in the first meeting of a group of governmental experts concerned with drafting an Arab plan for human righ...

[Egypt Online] Petroleum Minister Tareq el Mulla said Egypt is adopting an ambitious strategy to turn to cleaner energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions within the framework of Egypt Vision 2030.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Nabeul governorate logged 1 more COVID-19 fatality and 12 infections from 279 tests (a positivity rate of 3.4%), taking the death toll to 1,431 and the caseload to 49,919 including 48,363 since the outbreak...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian delegation, which participates in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the on November 1-12 in Glasgow, is holding daily meetings to discuss the main outcomes of the negotiations on...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Two more COVID-19 fatalities and 102 infections were logged on November 2 from 3,861 tests (2.64% positivity rate), the Health Ministry said.

[VOA] Madrid -- Spain faces a fresh energy crisis after Algeria shut off supplies of natural gas through one of the two pipelines linking Spain with the North African state.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued directives to the government to start the transfer of some of its offices to the government district the New Administrative Capital (NAC).

[Egypt Online] Iraqi Planning Minister Khaled Battal Al Najem had talks on Wednesday 3/11/2021 with Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq Walid Mohamed Ismail on the three-way power linkage project.

[Egypt Online] The Egyptian government has updated its sustainable development strategy to better cope with new and emerging challenges, including population growth, climate change and water scarcity, the planning minister said.

[Egypt Online] MP Tareq Radwan, the head of the parliamentary committee for human rights, received on Wednesday 3/11/2021 Jerome Fontana, Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cairo.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia has fullfilled about 50% of its commitments to the 2019 Nairobi Summit, mainly in the areas of population and development, academic Mansour Nejah said at a workshop organised by the Health Ministry and ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eight more coronavirus infection cases have been detected in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid in the last 24 hours. This takes to 29,709 the number of COVID-19 cases in the region, since the spread of the pandemi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Zaghouan governorate saw five more infections with the coronavirus during the last 48 hours, pushing the caseload to 9,928, including 428 fatalities.