1189 issue: week ending 19 November 2020

Covid assaults the MENA region Iran, Jordan and Morocco have recorded thousands of new Covid-19 infections in recent days, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that lockdowns could not stamp out the pandemic. "More than 60 percent of all cases in the...

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis as of 17 November: Europe tops 15 million cases - Europe on Tuesday topped 15 million confirmed infections, while France passed the two million mark. Worldwide, the coronavirus has killed at least 1,330,385...

Egyptian authorities on Wednesday arrested a second staff member of a leading local human rights group, the organisation said, days after its office manager was detained. "Karim Ennarah, director of criminal justice at EIPR, arrested while on vacation in Dahab, South...

Algeria's supreme court on Wednesday said the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and two ex-intelligence chiefs convicted of conspiracy against the state would be retried after appeals. The once mighty Said Bouteflika was long seen as the real power...