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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:13:54 GMT
Algeria: Algeria Permanent Representative to UN Stresses Basics of Western Sahara Issue, Deconstructs Morocco's Well-Worn Arguments
[SPS] New York (United Nations) -- Algeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Nadir Larbaoui, addressing the members of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on Friday, stressed the legal and historical ...

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:06:48 GMT
Morocco: Morocco Reports 21 New Covid-19 Cases Over Past 24 Hours
[MAP] Rabat -- Morocco recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said Saturday, adding that 13 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the same period.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:22:05 GMT
Morocco: Ambassador Hilale Deconstructs Founding Myths of Algerian Diplomacy On Moroccan Sahara - UN
[MAP] United Nations -- Before the members of the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, deconstructed the myths and lies that Algeria, sponsor and supporter of the...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:10:34 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Is Only Country in Region That Has Natural Gas Infrastructure - Petroleum Minister
[Egypt Online] Egypt is the only country in the region that has an infrastructure to export natural gas via pipelines, as well as Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, with a large capacity of gas produced from the Eastern Mediterranean fields, Ministe...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:10:13 GMT
Algeria: Algerian Journalist Nadir Kerri Briefly Detained and Placed Under Judiciary Control
[CPJ] On October 11, 2022 Algerian authorities arrested journalist Nadir Kerri, editor-in-chief of local independent news website Autojazair, specializing in automotive news in Algiers, after he responded to a summons for questioning, according to ne...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:10:06 GMT
Egypt: PM Inspects Electric Cars Roaming Sharm El Sheikh for COP27
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Friday inspected a station for gas-powered and electric buses that will room Sharm El-Sheikh during the the upcoming United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27), to be chaired and h...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:44:48 GMT
Tunisia: USAID Partners With UNICEF On Social Safety Net for Tunisian People
[USAID] Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a grant of $60 million to UNICEF to provide direct support to vulnerable Tunisian families as they contend with rolling food shortages, fuel and food price hikes, and risin...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:01:12 GMT
Nigeria/Tunisia: CAF Champions League - Plateau United Arrive in Tunis for Crucial Second-Leg Clash
[Premium Times] The Peace Boys, as Plateau United are fondly referred to, beat the four-time African champions 2-1 last weekend at the M.KO Abiola Stadium in Abuja.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:14:55 GMT
Liberia: Foreign Minister Kemayah Extols Egyptian Ambassador to Liberia
[New Dawn] Liberia's Foreign Minister Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., has extolled the Egyptian Ambassador to Liberia, His Excellency Mr. Ahmed EL-Sayed Helal, for his immense contributions aimed at strengthening the bilateral relations subsistin...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:32:02 GMT
Africa: UN Report Details 'Unconscionable' Violations of Migrants in Libya
[UN News] Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called 'assisted returns' to their countries of origin often find themselves as victims of widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses in conditions below those of internatio...

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:17:30 GMT
Africa: Holders Wydad Shocked By Rivers in TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Stage Battle
[CAF] Defending champions Wydad Athletic Club and Tunisia's Espérance de Tunis were handed shock defeats in Nigeria in the first leg of the second preliminary round matches of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League matches played over the weekend.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:34:59 GMT
Algeria: France and Algeria Seek to Deepen Ties After Easing of Tensions
[RFI] French and Algerian prime ministers have declared a wish to "deepen" their countries' ties as Paris seeks to repair relations with its former colony and major gas exporter.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:56:16 GMT
Tunisia: Olive Harvest Estimated At 28 Thousand Tonnes in Silianna
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The olive harvest in the Siliana governorate is estimated at 28.000 tonnes of olive (5.7 thousand tonnes of olive oil), against 20.000 tonnes of olive last season (4 thousand tonnes of olive oil), Head of the L...

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:23:07 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference Opens Today in Cairo
[Daily Trust] The maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) will begin today in Cairo, Egypt.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:09:57 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Approves 750,000-Dinar Grant for Egypt-Sudan Rail Line
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree approving a 750,000-Kuwaiti dinar grant to contribute to conducting a technical, economic and environmental feasibility study for a rail line project between Egypt and Sudan.

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 11:27:55 GMT
Egypt: UN Experts Condemn Country's Human Rights Record Ahead of COP27
[DW] Egypt's mistreatment of activists may cast a shadow over the upcoming international climate change conference. A group of UN experts has said future hosts must meet strict human rights criteria.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:24:09 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Urged to Ensure Civil Society's Full Participation in COP27 Climate Summit
[UN News] Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27 UN climate change conference taking place there next month, a group of UN independent human rights experts said on Friday, expressing alarm over re...

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:55:22 GMT
Africa: African Schools Football Championship - UNAF Zonal Phase Kicks Off in Style in Cairo
[CAF] The CAF African Schools Football Championship for the UNAF zone kicked off in Egypt on Friday amid excitement among the kids participating in the maiden edition of competition in North Africa.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 07:26:24 GMT
Morocco: 'Sea Monsters' Were Real Millions of Years Ago. New Fossils Tell About Their Rise and Fall
[The Conversation Africa] Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with f...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:06:55 GMT
Tunisia: Geothermal Early Vegetables Production in Gabes Estimated At 30 Thousand Tonnes #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The perimeters irrigated under greenhouse by geothermal water in the governorate of Gabes intended for the cultivation of early vegetables reached during this agricultural season 153 ha, whose production was es...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 07:58:14 GMT
Algeria: Somali President Receives Delegation From Algeria
[Shabelle] The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh has received at his office the Minister of Communications of Algeria, Mohamed Bosleimani.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:20:03 GMT
Nigeria: Libya Accepts to Transport Nigeria's Gas to Europe
[Leadership] The Libyan government of National Unity has offered to transport Nigerian gas to Europe through its territory.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:05:15 GMT
Tunisia: Dams' Reserves Have Not Exceeded 32% of Their Capacity, By End of September 2022 #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The water resources available in dams by the end of September 2022, did not exceed 32% of the global storage capacity of these structures, standing at 759 million m3.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:47:57 GMT
Morocco: Morocco Moves Up One Place to 22nd in FIFA Ranking
[MAP] Casablanca -- Morocco has moved up one place to 22nd in the ranking of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), published Thursday.

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 07:03:34 GMT
Africa: COP27 - Africa Will Prioritise Its Development, Growth Aspirations - Egypt Ambassador
[Premium Times] "...since we as a continent are not the primary contributor, then we should not be taking up extra commitment on ourselves that might stifle or hinder our development aspirations."

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:39:10 GMT
Tunisia: Women's Ministry Announces Launch of New Programme for Children and Youth
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly Amel Belhaj Moussa announced on Tuesday the launch of a new programme to strengthen local urban safety policies dedicated to children and youth in four pilot ...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:02:40 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Advances Five Places in Global Innovation Index for 2022 - IDSC
[Egypt Online] Egypt advanced five places in the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2022, said the Cabinet's Information Decision and Support Center (IDSC).

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:01:25 GMT
Egypt: Shoukry Hopes COP27 Would Yield Results That Meet Peoples' Aspirations #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the President Designate of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), expressed hope on Monday 3/10/2022 that the global conference would come up with results that meet the aspiration...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:00:24 GMT
Egypt: Govt Denies Shortage in Oncology Drugs in Governmental Hospitals
[Egypt Online] The cabinet media center on Monday3/10/2022 denied reports on the shortage of oncology drugs in governmental hospitals across the country.

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:19:00 GMT
Morocco: Morocco Expresses Deep Concern Following Events in Burkina Faso
[MAP] Rabat -- The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its deep concern following the events in Burkina Faso in recent days, said Monday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad.



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