[UN News] The political stalemate continues in Libya and prospects for elections are dim, the head of the UN Mission there, UNSMIL, said on Monday in his first briefing to the Security Council.

[IPS] Cairo -- The countdown to the UN Climate Summit COP27, which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18, has begun.

[State Department] The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:

[allAfrica] Members of the Egyptian COP27 Presidency Team and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have held an all-day consultation ahead of the convening.

[RFI] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed his government's "unapologetic" backing for the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara.

[The New Humanitarian] Cairo/Rome -- The world's largest importer of wheat is feeling the pain of both climate change and the war in Ukraine.

[Ghanaian Times] Marrakech and Rabat have been confirmed as the two venues that will host the second edition of the CAF Women's Champions League from October 30 to November 13, 2022.

[This is Africa] The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian artefact that unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphic script and birthed Egyptology, has been part of the British Museum's plundered collection since 1801. Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have re...

[Egypt Online] As one of the top countries suffering from water scarcity, and one of the driest countries in the world, Egypt has dedicated its national efforts to attaining Sustainable Development Goal no. 6 (SDG 6) on water through Egypt's 2030 Vis...

[CAF] Defending champion Wydad Athletic Club ran riot, thrashing Nigeria's Rivers United 6-0 in Casablanca on Sunday night as the groups for the 2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League finally took shape, with one more slot to fill remaining.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Leading private education provider in Tunisia and Morocco Holged is planning to expand to Kenya and other African countries after securing funding from Africa50, a Pan-African infrastructure investment platform.

[Egypt Online] Egypt is committed to doing its utmost to resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue in such a manner that serves the interests of all the parties involved, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said Egypt supports the Dakar Declaration adopted at during the 9th World Water Forum, held in Dakar, Senegal, in March.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), about 1.9 billion dollars, is favorable to the launch of reforms in Tunisia, even if the amount remains low, eco...

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has directed Agriculture Minister el Sayyed el Quseir and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Gamal Negm to coordinate with the Egyptian Poultry Association to release a specific amount of fodde...

[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 ...

[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.

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has said Kenya is keen on developing stronger trade relations with Egypt.

[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...

[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.

[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...

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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...

[Daily Trust] The maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) will begin today in Cairo, Egypt.