Morocco's Islamist party suffered the latest in a series of Islamist defeats since the Muslim Brotherhood was ousted from power in Egypt following popular demonstrations in 2013. More recently, this July, the same fate befell the Ennahda Party (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Uganda and Rwanda following regional calls for mediation in order to bring the warring parties in Tigray to the negotiating table. Seeking regional supporters, he had already visited Turkey, South Sudan (...)
This September a national dialogue commences in Ethiopia to address grievances that have destabilised the country in the past few years, though no details are forthcoming as yet about the roadmap or agenda.
The civil war in Tigray has taken over the (...)
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, Iran is turning its eye to opportunities there to fill the void left by the decades of military existence of the US, as it becomes the most vulnerable in the region to the threats posed by the bordering (...)
Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has appointed a new chief to succeed Yossi Cohen, well-known as a veteran recruiter of the agency's spies, in the shape of its former deputy director David Barnea.
Barnea, 56, has been designated by Israeli Prime (...)
A long-awaited government in Sudan was announced last week amid violent protests decrying the dire economic conditions, which were the key reason behind mobilising the Sudanese people in a historic uprising in 2019 that led to the ouster of the Omar (...)
The United Nations is working with Egypt to include migrants and refugees in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, with priority given to frontline workers and other vulnerable groups, said Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the secretary-general of (...)
The third phase of the third underground metro line in Cairo which connects Ataba Square and Kitkat in Imbaba is set to be inaugurated in December of this year, said Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir on Wednesday.
Egypt completed the construction (...)
Egypt's House of Representatives approved on Thursday President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's decree extending the country's state of emergency for three more months, effective as of 24 January.
The state of emergency, which has been in effect since 2017, (...)
Cairo University President Mohamed Othman El-Khesht said on Thursday the university will pay for inoculating its staff against the coronavirus.
The university addressed the Ministry of Health to provide the vaccines for its staff, including medical (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Health cautioned those who wear facemasks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus against reusing single-use masks, an official statement said.
“Protect yourself and those who are around you, and avoid reusing a (...)
Egypt's cabinet has denied rumours that prices of protective facemasks and disinfectants have increased due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that has been hitting the country.
The medical supplies available in the market during the (...)
Egypt will begin in a few days an operation to overhaul Iraq's factories and assess investment opportunities in cooperation with Jordan, the purpose being to fulfil the Iraqi market's needs, the cabinet said on Thursday.
The operation is part of an (...)
Minister of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram called on Egyptian nationals who want to travel back to their work in Kuwait or any other country to postpone travel until countries that have suspended all travel lift their (...)
Egypt's ministry of health announced the increase of the production of liquefied oxygen to confront the second wave of the coronavirus.
During a virtual cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Health Hala Zayed provided a presentation that focused (...)
Egypt stresses that there is no room for achieving security and stability in the Middle East region without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights through the establishment of their state, said Egypt's Permanent Representative to (...)