Egypt: General Sami Hafez Anan enters presidential race
Former Egyptian army chief of staff, General Sami Anan has announced his candidacy to the forthcoming presidential elections slated for end of March. According to […]
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Egypt to hold presidential elections in March
Egyptians will vote in a new presidential election in March, as incumbent AbdelFattah al-Sisi is yet to announce his candidacy and as the former Prime […]
Egypt: Mohamed Salah named 2017 CAF African footballer of the year
Egypt and Liverpool’s striker Mohamed Salah made history Thursday as he became the second Egyptian football player to win Confederation of African Football (CAF) footballer […]
Tunis Halts Emirates Flights after Tunisian Women Were Refused Boarding its Planes
Tunisian authorities have decided to halt the inbound flights of the Emirates airlines after Tunisian women were prevented from boarding its flights. The Tunisian transport […]
Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam to enter Presidential race
Saif al-Islam, the son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will contest in the upcoming presidential elections in the war-torn nation, a spokesperson for […]
CAF grants $2.5m to Africa’s 2018 World Cup teams
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will give $500,000 to each of the five African countries who will be representing the continent at the next […]
Egypt detains 29 people for conspiring with Turkey
Egypt’s Prosecutor General on Wednesday ordered the detention of 29 individuals over accusations of espionage for the Turkish security and intelligence, the state-owned news agency […]
IMF Greenlights Disbursment of $2 Bln to Egypt
After a review of Egypt’s economic reforms, the IMF said it has agreed to the disbursement of a $2bn loan –part of the $12bn extended […]
Turkey sends 450 locally made MPT-76 assault rifles to Somalia
The Turkish government has sent 450 of its first locally designed MPT-76 assault rifles to Somalia to fight al Shabaab, weeks after the militant group […]
Egypt: Chinese energy giant BYD inks a deal to build 128-km Monorail
Chinese giant BYD Co has signed an agreement with the authorities of Egypt’s largest port city of Alexandria to build Africa’s first straddle-beam monorail (SBM), […]