North Africa

Ethiopia on Saturday condemned "war-threatening threats" over the massive dam it has nearly accomplished on the Blue Nile River, a day after US President Donald Trump stated downstream Egypt would "blow up" the challenge it has known as an existential menace. With out naming Trump or america, the assertion from Prime Minister…

Egyptians started voting Saturday within the first section of a parliamentary election, a vote prone to produce a toothless home of representatives stuffed with supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The election comes because the Arab world's most populous nation faces a slight improve in coronavirus instances, and…

Covid-19 pandemic has contaminated greater than 40 million folks, claiming not less than 1.1 million lives around the globe. Listed here are updates for October 19:

US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 23, introduced the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Sudan and warranted that the 2 international locations had entered into "peace". After the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Hebrew state will normalize its relations with a 3rd nation. Israel and Sudan…

The UN announced this Friday 23. October a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between the Khalifa Haftar camp in Benghazi and the government of national unity based in Tripoli. The warlords signed an agreement after five days of talks in Geneva. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the ceasefire…

Three years ago, FC Pyramids wanted to shake the hierarchy beyond the Egyptian championship, that is, at the continental football level. Against the Moroccans from the sporting renaissance Berkane in the Confederation Cup final on Sunday 25 October in Rabat, the bet could already be a success. At the Prince Moulay Abdallah…

Libya's fighters signed an settlement on "a everlasting ceasefire in all areas of Libya," the United Nations Assist Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stated in a Fb submit on Friday. Following mediation led by UN envoy Stephanie Turco Williams this week, the Joint Army Fee reached 5 + 5, what the UN referred to as an "essential turning…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted on Wednesday, October 21, that Washington is demanding the removal of Sudan from the list of countries that support terrorism in order to normalize its relations with Israel. The US presidential election is approaching and the Trump administration is busy achieving its goals. Khartoum remains officially silent at the moment, and the topic is shared by the transition leaders. Discreetly and until late last night, the Sudanese Sovereign Council held a very tense meeting to discuss…

This is a major step forward in the joint military talks in Geneva two days after the start of a face-to-face meeting between representatives of two warring parties in Libya: the Government of National Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan National Army (Benghazi). Agreements have been reached to address the very difficult situation of civilians. It is an agreement in six specific points which, once implemented, will make the daily lives of Libyans less difficult. These points were recorded at a press conference held on…

The beheading of Samuel Paty provoked robust reactions inside the political class and on the Tunisian social networks. The phrases of a deputy justifying the killers' intentions created the scandal, whereas however there have been studies of condemnation of the act, particularly the conservative celebration Ennahda. as reported…