Boko Haram militants killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers and wounded dozens more in what President Idriss Deby described as the deadliest attack ever on the country's military.
The soldiers were ambushed on Monday in the island village of Boma in the (...)
Almost a month after walking out of US-brokered tripartite negotiations, Addis Ababa is working on another proposal for an agreement it said it will deliver to Egypt and Sudan soon.
“We won't subscribe to an agreement just because the US and the (...)
The spread of Covid-19 across the world, including the Middle East, has raised the question as to the impact of this pandemic on the fight against terrorism and on the Islamic State (IS) group in particular. Since governments everywhere are (...)
The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) joined the Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO) in a bid to strengthen cooperation with African and international organisations.
SCZone Chairperson Yehia Zaki said in a Sunday statement that the authority (...)
Niger hailed on Friday Egypt's efforts in the past years to reach an agreement over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
During a meeting between Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the (...)
Anxiety rose in Africa's richest nation Friday as South Africa said coronavirus cases jumped to 202, the most in the sub-Saharan region, while the continent's busiest airport said foreigners cannot disembark. State-owned South African Airways (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received on Tuesday a phone call from his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta, where the two leaders exchanged views on the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after the (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry explained to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Cairo's position on the negotiations regarding the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In an official statement, Egyptian foreign ministry (...)
Egypt has taken several diplomatic initiatives in the last two weeks to explain to the world the present situation concerning negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia failed to reach a final agreement on (...)
Kenya supports Egypt's “positive stance” on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), President Uhuru Kenyatta told Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in a phone call on Tuesday.
El-Sisi's spokesman Bassam Rady said the president (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to deliver a message from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Tuesday, as Cairo attempts to garner international (...)
Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed on Tuesday to Bujumburathe, the capital of Burundi, at the beginning of hisAfrican tour that includes South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo, South Sudan, and Niger, according to a Monday statement.
He will (...)
تتعدد مظاهر الاحتفال بيوم المرأة العالمي، الذي يوافق 8 مارس من كل عام، والذي يسلط الضوء على قضايا المساواة بين الجنسين، والعنف المنزلي ضد المرأة، ومنحها كافة حقوقها.
روسيا وإيطاليا... الزهور للنساء
في روسيا تُهدى النساء الزهور والشوكولاتة، بحسب (...)
The Cote d'Ivoire Football Federation (FIF) appointed on Wednesday French coach Patrice Beaumelle as the national team's new boss.
"The executive committee accepted the appointment of Patrice Beaumelle as the Elephants new boss for the coming 12 (...)
Addressing the opening session of the 33rd African Union ordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi made a keynote announcement on finding more effective African solutions to African problems, most importantly (...)
Egypt hosted a meeting of the chiefs-of-staff of G5 Sahel countries and representatives of donor nations from 9 to 11 February.
Participants discussed ways to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation between G5 countries through mutual support (...)
The African Union (AU) has taken two inseparable and seemingly intractable issues as the focus of its work in 2020. The Silencing the Guns initiative is a drive to end the incessant conflicts that plague the continent and is essential to creating (...)
Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Mohamed Farid headed a meeting of the Chief of Staffs of the G5 Sahel African Countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, which was headed by Farid, with the participation of representatives of the (...)
France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamists militants in Africa's Sahel, south of the Sahara, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Sunday.
The reinforcements would mostly be sent to the area between Mali, Burkina (...)
The five largest economies in Africa namely Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa contributed more than half of the continent 's growth in 2019, with Egypt contributing the most, accounting for about one-third of the aggregate growth (...)
Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum told visiting envoys from other countries neighbouring Libya on Thursday that he hoped their meeting would strengthen a fragile truce in the country and help avert more foreign influence there.
"Libya's (...)
Egypt's Foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, asserted that the only settlement to the Libyan crisis is by forming an independent government, disarming the militias, and organising the army.
Shoukry's remarks came during a Thursday ministerial meeting (...)
The World Cup qualifying draw for Africa takes place in Cairo as Egypt set to know their opponents in their bid to reach the 2022 finals in Qatar.
The draw starts at 19:00 Cairo time (17:00 GMT). Stay tuned.
According to African governing body CAF, (...)
In two weeks' time President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi is scheduled to hand the rotating presidency of the African Union to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. In the bilateral meeting that traditionally precedes the official hand-over (...)
With the participation of 43 countries and 768 athletes, the Middle East and North Africa region of the Special Olympics (SO MENA) chose Egypt to play host for the first ever Pan-African Games that will take place from 23 to 31 January. The decision (...)
