Portugal's Prime Minister António Costa said, last Friday, that unlocking sustainable investment between Africa and Europe is a key priority for the European Union (EU) Presidency, which his country currently holds.
He noted that the step towards (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Thursday the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute in Tunis with his Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi, the Egyptian foreign ministry stated.
Shoukry arrived (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met, on Wednesday, with President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum, and President of Senegal Macky Sall, as part of the former's African tour.
Shoukry delivered official letters from Egyptian President Abdel (...)
General Mohamed Idriss Déby, son of the late president of Chad Idriss Déby, announced, on Wednesday, that he will assume the duties of President.
Déby's take over comes under a transitional charter that appointed him as the Supreme Commander of the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry delivered a message on Wednesday from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to his Nigerien counterpart Mohamed Bazoum over the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Egypt's (...)
Violations of religious freedom are increasing and persecution takes place in more than 25 countries, with China and Myanmar among those that have the worst records, according to a report by a Vatican-backed charity.
The Religious Freedom in the (...)
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The conclusion of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers descended into farce on Tuesday as Benin refused to play their decisive qualifier in Sierra Leone after local authorities declared six of their players to be COVID-19 positive.
Players (...)
The referee in an African Cup of Nations qualifier collapsed and was stretchered off the field on Tuesday, resulting in the game between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia ending with around 10 minutes still to play.
Referee Charles Bulu of Ghana appeared to (...)
Mauritania reached the African Nations Cup for only the second time and Ethiopia also booked their place in next year's Cameroon finals on Tuesday.
A 1-0 win away to Central Africa, thanks to a goal from Aboubakar Kamara just before the break, (...)
Burkina Faso secured their place in next year's Africa Cup of Nations following a goalless draw away to Uganda in their penultimate qualifier on Wednesday.
The Stallions are now on top of Group B with nine points, just one ahead of second-placed (...)
Egypt condemned on Tuesday the series of terrorist attacks in Niger on Sunday that resulted in the killing of at least 137 people in several villages in Southwestern Niger, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.
"Egypt expresses its sincere condolences (...)
Enraged protesters have been taking to the streets in different cities across France in opposition to a security bill that would curtail the French people's right to freedom of expression and set restrictions on a free press.
A draft global (...)
A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday in the oil industry's biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago.
The sentence, read (...)
Gunmen kidnapped around 30 students in an overnight raid on a forestry college in northwest Nigeria, an official said on Friday, the fourth mass school abduction since December in a country where violence is on the increase.
An armed gang broke into (...)
Sudan and Libya have been very much in focus during the past few weeks. Cairo has received senior political figures from both countries, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi visited Khartoum, the new UN envoy on Libya visited Cairo, and security and (...)
Ittihad of Alexandria winger Razack Cisse has been named in Ivory Coast's senior squad for the first time ahead of this month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, the Egyptian club said in a statement on Monday.
Cisse, 22, has been included in (...)
Jihadist groups in the nearby Sahel region, which recruit and train their followers online, represent Morocco's biggest militant threat, the head of its counterterrorism agency said.
Although Morocco has had only one major attack over the past (...)
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday.
Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been (...)
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country's northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, as the West African nation faces a spate of school kidnappings.
The girls, ages 10 and up, dressed in (...)
The Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb called on Sunday for the release of more than 300 school girls who were abducted by gunmen in Nigeria on Friday, describing the attack on their school as "barbaric."
“On behalf of the (...)
For at least the past half century in the post-independence era, conflicts, wars, the spread of corruption, and military coups, have spread across the African continent.
For decades, Africa has been, and is still, suffering, with the sole exception (...)
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أطلق علماء من وكالة ناسا والمركز الألماني للفضاء العديد من الكائنات الفطرية والبكتيرية إلى طبقة الستراتوسفير في عام 2019 كجزء من تجربة MARSBOx، طبقة (...)
Several terrorist attacks have occurred in the past two days in the far western African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso, leaving 18 people dead.
The attacks have led observers to believe that no country alone will be able to lead the (...)
Seven election workers were killed during Niger's presidential vote on Sunday when their vehicle struck a landmine, a local official said, marring a day meant to usher in the country's first democratic transition of power.
The West African country (...)
