North Africa
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:15 GMTEgypt: Cabinet - Int'l Institutions Continue Issuing Positive Reports About Egyptian Economy
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet media center has said the state carried out an ambitious national program for economic reform hailed by international economic institutions.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:12 GMTEgypt: Sisi Orders to Pay Greater Attention to Excellent Imams
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday 13/12/2021 met with Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, according to Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:09 GMTEgypt: Egypt Registers 799 New Coronavirus Cases, 44 Deaths
[Egypt Online] The Ministry of Health announced on Monday 13/12/2021 that 799 new coronavirus cases were registered, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 369,997.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:07 GMTEgypt: Egypt Jumps 19 Positions in Global Knowledge Index 2021
[Egypt Online] Egypt jumped from the 72nd position to the 53rd place in the Global Knowledge Index (GKI) 2021, in which it came first among African states.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:04 GMTEgypt: Vaccination Against Covid-19 Is a Must to Attend Egypt's World Youth Forum - Spokesperson
[Egypt Online] The World Youth Forum 2022 spokesperson Sara Badr affirmed, on Monday 13/12/2021 that being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a must for everyone who wishes to take part at the Forum.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:13:01 GMTEgypt: Egypt Launches 2nd Phase of Gaza Reconstruction Project
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian National Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, on Monday 13/12/2021, launched the second phase of reconstructing the destroyed places in the strip.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:14:58 GMTTunisia: Saïed Announces Parliamentary Elections for December 17, 2022, and Constitutional Reform Referendum for Next July 25
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed announced, Monday evening, in a speech to the Tunisian people, a set of measures on the eve of the celebration of the 11th anniversary of the Revolution, citing, in partic...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:14:54 GMTAfrica: Head of State Presides Over Farewell Ceremony of Rapid Intervention Company in Central Africa
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed presided, Monday, at the military base of El Aouina, a farewell ceremony of a rapid intervention company in the Central African Republic which will be deployed under the banner of the Uni...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:14:50 GMTTunisia: Saïed Announces Parliamentary Elections for December 17, 2022, and Constitutional Reform Referendum for Next July 25
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed announced in a speech to the Tunisian people on Monday evening a set of measures on the eve of the celebration of the 11th anniversary of the Revolution, citing, in partic...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:14:50 GMTTunisia: Beja - Regional Hospital Receives Batch of Medical Equipment
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Regional Hospital of Beja received Monday, a batch of medical equipment, donated by the association "Le Rameau d'Olivier.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:23 GMTTunisia: Campaign On Theme 'Water Is Constitutional Right' Launched
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A campaign with the theme "water is a constitutional right", and calling for the adoption of a public policy that breaks with the inequality of access to water, will be launched on December 15, 2021, in Tunis, ...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:20 GMTTunisia: Judges Warn Against Undermining CSM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Supreme Judicial Council (French: CSM), Youssef Bouzakher, criticised calls for the dissolution of the CSM and the debates around this institution, especially at this exceptional time.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:17 GMTTunisia: Jerandi Receives Figurative Copies of Credentials of New UK Ambassador to Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, received Monday in Tunis new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Tunisia who gave him copies of his credentials.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:14 GMTTunisia: Coronavirus - Health Ministry Reports 3 More Deaths and 76 New Infections On December 12
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ministry of Health recorded 3 deaths from coronavirus and 76 new infections on Sunday, with a test positivity rate of 2.01pc.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:12 GMTTunisia: Tozeur - ISET Launches Quality Support Project
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Higher Institute of Technological Studies (ISET) in Tozeur has set up the project "development of strategic management of higher education institutions," funded by the World Bank (WB).
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:50:08 GMTTunisia: President Kais Saied Chairs Cabinet Meeting
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied chaired, on Monday at Carthage Palace, the Cabinet meeting which reviewed and approved several draft presidential decrees.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:55 GMTEgypt: Maait - Amendments to VAT Law Proposed Upon Sisi's Directives
[Egypt Online] Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said the amendments proposed to some provisions of the value-added tax (VAT) law come in accordance with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's relevant directives, and the State's commitment to upgrading th...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:51 GMTAfrica: Shaarawy - Egypt Works On Supporting African Nations
[Egypt Online] Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy said on Monday that Egypt is keen on briefing other African nations on its successful development efforts in the field of developing the continent's cities via the UCLG Africa Regional Off...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:48 GMTEgypt: Sisi Orders Supporting Sczone Projects
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has given directives to support the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) projects to give a push to this international waterway and improve its competitiveness potentials in the global trade movement.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:44 GMTEgypt: Shoukry Heads to the Cypriot Capital
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head tonight to the Cypriot capital Nicosia on a visit upon an invitation from his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:43:25 GMTAlgeria: Promotion of Domestic Products Requires Improvement of Competitiveness
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Aïmene Benabderrahmane stressed Monday in Algiers the need to improve the competitiveness of domestic products so that they competes with foreign ones products because protectioni...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:18:48 GMTAlgeria: Benabderrahmane Inaugurates 29th Algerian Production Fair
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Aïmene Benabderrahmane inaugurated Monday, in Algiers, the 29th Algerian Production Fair.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:17:52 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign On Sidelines of Douz International Festival
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Health Ministry will organise a COVID-19 jab campaign and a multidisciplinary health caravan on the fringes of Douz Internaational Festival (December 23-26).
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:38:24 GMTTunisia: Independence of Judiciary As Fully-Fledged Authority Is 'Irreversible Gain' - AMT
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Magistracy is by no means a "State office," the Association of Tunisian Magistrates (French: AMT) said on Sunday. It is rather a justice guarantee authority that ensures the supremacy of the Constitution, the r...
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:23 GMTTunisia: Covid-19 - Nearly 600,000 Third Shots Administered Till Dec.12
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered till December 12 reached 11,012,280, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:31:05 GMTEgypt: COSP Session 9 Kicks Off in Sharm El Sheikh
[Egypt Online] In the presence of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, the ninth session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption kicked off in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh Monday.
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:31:03 GMTEgypt: The Ninth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
[Egypt Online] The Arab Republic of Egypt hosts the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, from December 13 to 17, 2021 in Sharm El Sheikh, with the participation of 144 countries ar...
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:31:00 GMTEgypt: AOI Chairman Inaugurates After-Sales Customers Service Center
[Egypt Online] Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Moneim al-Terras opened Monday an after-sales support and maintenance service center for the AOI's Electronics Factory.
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:30:57 GMTEgypt: Egypt Has Special Relations With Gulf
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that Egypt enjoys special relations with the Gulf countries at various levels, stressing the importance of constructing these relations in a way that serves all the parties' interests towar...
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:30:53 GMTEgypt: Sisi Pays Big Attention to Organ Transplantation
[Egypt Online] Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Monday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi pays big attention to the file of organ transplantation, which greatly contributes to alleviating the suffering of patients.