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 (...)
In Cairo earlier this month Anse Seierstad, a Norwegian journalist and the author of several books that depict life in war zones, attended the launch of the Arabic translation of her most recent book, Two Sisters, put out by the Lebanese house, the (...)
Konoz for honey products is targeting exports of $10m this year after opening its first honey factory and lab.
Abdel Moneim Mohamed, sales and marketing consultant at Konoz, said that in 2019 the company exported to several countries including (...)
This week witnessed the end of Egypt's one-year rotational chair of the African Union (AU). Several political pundits agreed that Egypt contributed, during that period, to reforming the continental body and enhancing coherence among its members in (...)
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla, discussed with John Christmann CEO and President of Apache, the company's petroleum exploration and production plans in Egypt' Western Desert, on Wednesday.
The meeting came on the sidelines of the Egypt (...)
A member of the Algerian military was killed in a car-bomb in the south of the country close to the border with Mali last weekend. While it was not clear which terrorist group was responsible for the attack, the triangle of southern Algeria, (...)
Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations warned Monday that ``we simply cannot afford another major shock'' to an already vulnerable region.
An (...)
The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis.
Hundreds of millions of (...)
At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years.
But their time will come.
Small and wingless, the (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday handed over the rotational presidency of the African Union (AU) to South Africa at the 33rd AU Summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa under the theme of “Silencing the Guns.”
Egypt adopts the (...)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains as prevalent as it was 30 years ago in a handful of countries, thwarting global efforts to eradicate it, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for (...)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday.
FGM remains as common today as 30 years ago in Somalia, Mali, (...)
The countries that have suffered most from the blight of terrorism are struggling to rid themselves of terrorist groups fostered and supported by a number of nations, foremost among which are Turkey, Qatar and Iran which utilise terrorist groups and (...)
Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
The swarms, first sighted in December, have already (...)
As locusts by the billions _ yes, billions _ descend on parts of Kenya in the worst outbreak in 70 years, small planes are flying low over affected areas to spray pesticides in what experts call the only effective control.
It is challenging work, (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump issued on Friday an expanded version of a travel ban targeting prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries
The move is expected to affect thousands of people and reignite debate on whether the policy is (...)
Terrorism cost the global economy $52 billion in 2017, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) produced by a consortium of international institutes, including the US Department of Homeland Security and the University of Maryland. The countries (...)
Floods across the island of Madagascar has killed at least 12 people this week, with 18 missing, after unseasonably heavy rain, the national disaster office said on Thursday.
Parts of Africa have experienced heavy rain in recent months because the (...)
The dream and vision of the great founding fathers of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) led to the formation of regional economic communities in Africa including the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and others.
COMESA's (...)
Following the mass protests in the Arab world that toppled decades-long regimes in major Arab nations like Egypt and Tunisia, the gas-rich statelet Qatar has tried to have a foot in the political future of both nations, among others, through (...)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported.
Turkey has been a major source of aid to Somalia (...)
A car bomb targeting a group of Turkish contractors exploded on Saturday in Afgoye, northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, wounding at least six people, police said.
It was not known who carried out the attack but residents and police said al (...)
More than 5 million people in Somalia will require humanitarian assistance this year, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. According to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian (...)
The United Nations said Monday that Lebanon has paid its U.N. dues, restoring its voting rights in the General Assembly.
The U.N. had announced Friday that seven countries _ including Venezuela and Lebanon _ were so far behind in paying their dues (...)
The Syrian quagmire is not enough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is apparently unfazed that Bashar Al-Assad, whom he had vowed to overthrow in a matter of months so that he could pray in Al-Umayyad Mosque, is still in power in (...)
