By using every possible means to achieve its illegitimate and illegal goals in Africa, Iran has not been reluctant to support outlawed groups and militias in countries suffering from political and social instability. It has done this either with the (...)
“They have left their families, their children and their home countries looking for a better place to live. And we must provide them with that better environment,” said Mohamed Nashaat, a 62-year-old Cairo resident speaking about the growing number (...)
Egypt has extended condolences to Nigeria on Sunday night after a military plane crashed near the capital Abuja killing all seven people onboard.
“Egypt affirms its sincere condolences to the families of the innocent victims, reiterating its (...)
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 (...)
Niger began voting on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election that is expected to usher in the first democratic transition of power since the West African nation gained independence from France in 1960.
Ruling party candidate Mohamed (...)
All times are Cairo time (GMT+2)
Saturday 20 February
AS Kigali (Rwanda) 1-1 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Scorers: Abubakar Lawal 44 / Firas Chaouat 60
Sunday 14 February
15:00 US Monastir (Tunisia) v Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)
15:00 Napsa Stars FC (...)
Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's north-central Niger State early Wednesday, killing at least one student and abducting more than 40 people including students and teachers, according to officials.
The gunmen, thought to be bandits, fatally shot (...)
Government troops killed 81 Boko Haram militants in recent clearance operations in northeast Nigeria, the military said on Monday.
The operations covered "many villages" in the vast Sambisa Forest in the northeastern state of Borno, said Farouk (...)
The UK Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater.
Senior judges said there was an (...)
The African Union must conduct a comprehensive reform if it is to stay relevant, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said at the close of the bloc's two-day summit on Sunday.
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the largest economy on the (...)
Egypt's largest medical diagnostics company, Integrated Diagnostics Holding (IDH) could start its dual listing of ordinary shares on the Egyptian bourse (EGX) before the end of the first quarter of the year and possibly as early as this month.
The (...)
Once Joe Biden was sworn in as president, the new US administration started to review various decisions made under Trump, especially those of them taken at the 11th hour. The US State Department announced it was reviewing the designation of the (...)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new military high command, a spokesman said on Tuesday, after years of mounting criticism over spreading violence by Islamist insurgents and armed gangs.
"President Buhari thanks the outgoing (...)
أعلن نادى سيمبا التنزانى منافس الأهلى فى دورى المجموعات بدورى أبطال أفريقيا التعاقد مع النيجيري جونيور لوكوسا مهاجم الترجى التونسى السابق لتدعيم صفوف الفريق استعدادا لمواجهات دورى الأبطال.
وأسفرت قرعة دور المجموعات من بطولة دورى أبطال أفريقيا عن (...)
Nigeria's biggest lender, Access Bank, is looking to take advantage of the new African trade agreement and make an entrance into Egypt's banking sector, the bank said in an online presentation cited by Bloomberg.
Egypt is among eight markets (...)
Armed pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one of them, officials said Sunday as Turkey sought to recover the captured crew.
The Liberian-flagged M/V Mozart was sailing from Lagos, (...)
CDC Group is earmarking some 1 billion Egyptian pounds, $63 million, for infrastructure and finance investments in Africa in 2021, with a particular focus on Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria, CEO Nick O'Donohoe told Bloomberg in an (...)
According to The Forbes list of Africa's Richest People 2021 Nassef Sawiris of Egypt, whose largest asset is a nearly 6% stake in sportswear maker Adidas is the e second richest in Africa.
In Africa—as elsewhere in the world—the wealthiest have come (...)
EFG Hermes ranked first for in Egypt, Kuwait, Dubai, and Kenya, placing second in Abu Dhabi and Nigeria (by value traded), and securing a third-place spot in Oman during FY 2020.
The leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging (...)
OPEC+ will resume talks on Tuesday after reaching a deadlock over February oil output levels as Saudi Arabia argued against pumping more due to new lockdowns while Russia led calls for higher production citing recovering demand.
The unusual decision (...)
A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country.
Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the (...)
African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
But experts view the New Year's Day launch as largely symbolic with full (...)
As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it.
The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to (...)
Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
“It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire it felt like an explosion,” he said, recalling details of the attack five years ago in (...)
“And do not worry that life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
Persian poet Jalaleddin Mohamed Al-Rumi
(1207-1273 CE)
It was the hour before a curfew was imposed in Cairo on the (...)