Download logo ldquo;I knew I was unwell, but not a criminal,rdquo; says Samat Nyuk, a patient recovering from a mental health condition in Malakal, South Sudan. ldquo;I needed support, not punishment. What hurt the most was that my own family chose prison for me instead of treatment.rdquo; Samat was sent to prison by his family when traditional herbs and remedies failed to calm the turmoil in his mind. At the onset of his illness, he experienced vivid and terrifying visions. ldquo;I felt like I was crossing a river where the water reached my neck, and I saw fingers pointing at me while voices urged me to drown,rdquo; he shares. A friend, noticing Samatrsquo;s distress, sought...

The European Commission keeps sinking ever deeper into its own contradictions with its recent proposal to include students from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in the European taxpayer-funded Erasmus+ university exchange program. All the while, Hungarian students are still excluded from accessing these funds due to Brussels#8217; lawfare against the government of Viktor Orbán. As Politico reported, the proposal to bring thousands of North-African students is part of Brussels#8217; ?Pact for the Mediterranean? initiative, that would cost cash-strapped member-states as much as EUR 42 billion, if accepted. As EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka ?uica explained, the program would see a...

At least 1,510 people fled the city of El-Fasher in western Sudan over a five-day period due to escalating violence and deteriorating security conditions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. The displacement...

Nigerian police clashed Monday with protesters demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), according to eyewitnesses. Kanu is on trial on terrorism charges, and the group seeks to establish a separate state of Biafra for the Igbo people in the countryrsquo;s southeast. Police fired tear gas at...

Morocco announced that it will allocate a budget of 140 billion dirhams, approximately $14 billion, to the education and health sectors in the coming year. This initiative will als ......

Morocco wants to be a...

Morocco wants to be a strong contender at all levels of global football after beating Argentina to win the Under-20 World Cup for the first time. ......

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met with his Somali counterpart Abdusalam Abdi Ali on Monday to discuss strengthening their strategic partnership, including the deployment of Egyptian troops to the African Union#8217;s support and stability mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), the Egyptian foreign...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-myung. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the two presidents exchanged greetings on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Korean President expressed his gratitude and appreciation...

Once viewed as a troubled post-revolutionary state on the Mediterranean?s edge, Libya has now evolved into something far more dangerous: a global hub for organized crime. The country?s prolonged political disintegration has transformed it into the central artery connecting Africa?s sprawling criminal economies to European shores. From arms trafficking and human trafficking to gold and cocaine routes stretching deep into the Sahel, Libya today stands at the heart of a shadowy transnational enterprise that is quietly reshaping the security landscape across two continents. The Sahel #8211; stretching across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Chad #8211; has long been associated with conflict and...

As aid cuts threaten...

Sudanrsquo;s Civil Aviation Authority said Monday it will reopen Khartoum International Airport for domestic flights starting Wednesday, following a 30-month closure caused by the countryrsquo;s ongoing...

In Lagos tensions have been boiling over as protesters demand the...

Roosevelt and Carter, ex-US presidents, led peace talks that led to peace between Russia and Japan and Israel and Egypt.

Victims and families of protesters shot dead by security forces say promises of accountability, compensation not met.

The French bank will pay more than $20m to three plaintiffs amid allegations of human rights abuses.

In an interview with CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour, Abdel Aty explained that many bodies remain buried...

US President Donald Trump?s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Egypt, Israel and possibly the...

Lebanese judicial authorities on Friday approved the release of Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of late Libyan leader...

Decommissioning Hamas weapons seen as major stumbling block, with British diplomats advising on process...

Download logo H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation and Governor of Egypt to the World Bank, met with H.E. Mr. Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group (WBG). The meeting was attended by H.E. Eng. Hassan El-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, and in the presence of H.E. Mr. Ethiopis Tafara, IFC Regional Vice President for Africa, H.E. Mr. Cheick Oumar Sylla, Regional Director for North Africa and the Horn of Africa, and H.E. Mr. Stephane Gimbert, Regional Director for Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti at the World Bank, along with other...

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change. In recent weeks, demonstrations have...

Download logo The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the holding of municipal council elections today, 18 October, in 16 municipalities in eastern, central and southern Libya, following the interruption of the process on 16 August. The Mission commends the agreement reached between the...

A New York jury on Friday found that French banking giant BNP...

The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on Saturday the start of local elections in 16 municipalities across the country, following a delay in August. In a statement, the commission said voting began Saturday morning in the 16 municipalities included in the third phase of the elections, and that voting will continue until 6.00 pm local time...

Nigeria | 8 hours ago Ike Agunaechemba It was one of Nigeria#8217;s living statesman, former President Goodluck, who said: #8220;#8230;my ambition, and indeed the ambition of anybody, is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. True to his solemn declaration at the flag-off of his campaign for the 2015 general election at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Jonathan quietly handed over to late President Muhammadu Buhari who was declared winner of the poll. The then President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with all the powers in his kitty, gradually conceded defeat without minding how the victory was secured whether there were infractions from any quarters even as he then Minister...

Officials say reopening of gateway between Gaza and Egypt would depend on Hamas returning remains of dead hostages...

The French banking giant said the ruling by a jury in New York was clearly wrong and that it plans to appeal.

More than a year of siege in the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has forced some civilians to turn to animal skins for food as the country's war grinds on.El-Fasher is the last major holdout in the vast western Darfur region against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023.With the RSF's nearly 18-month siege cutting off humanitarian aid to the city -- home to 400,000 trapped civilians -- El-Fasher has run out of almost everything.'After not eating for...

Download logo Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Dr. Badr Abdelatty called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. 2. Prime...