Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019 – Twin attacks in Mali have killed four people, including two Malian soldiers, security sources said Tuesday, as the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended activities in Timbuktu due to “growing insecurity”. A gendarme was...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 – A huge blast which killed 20 people in Cairo was caused by a speeding car packed with explosives, Egyptian officials said Monday as witnesses described carnage. The car was driving against the traffic when it smashed into three other...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Tripoli, Aug 6, 2019 – Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. “Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase,...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Algiers, Aug 6, 2019 – An Algerian court has issued an arrest warrant against a former defence minister and army chief, along with his son, for alleged “conspiracy”, state television reported Tuesday. The warrant against Khaled Nezzar follows a...
Monday, August 5, 2019
Tunis, Aug 2, 2019 – Presidential hopefuls in Tunisia began registering their candidacies on Friday for snap September polls called after the death of 92-year-old leader Beji Caid Essebsi. Eight would-be candidates, including media magnate Nabil Karoui,...
Monday, August 5, 2019
Tripoli, Aug 5, 2019 – At least 42 people were killed and dozens wounded in an air strike targeting a town hall meeting in southern Libya, a local official and the UN-recognised government said Monday, accusing forces of military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The...
Monday, August 5, 2019
Tripoli, Aug 5, 2019 – A Libyan airliner has narrowly escaped being hit by incoming fire as it landed at war-torn capital Tripoli’s sole functioning airport, aviation officials said. “The crew on the flight from Benghazi, which was carrying 124...
Monday, August 5, 2019
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 – At least 20 people have been killed when a speeding car driving against traffic crashed into three others causing a huge explosion in Cairo, the Egyptian health ministry said Monday. The car collision happened just before midnight Sunday...
Monday, August 5, 2019
Two armed alleged jihadists have been shot dead in an “anti-terrorist” operation led by national guard and army units in southern Tunisia, the interior ministry said Saturday. The two “terrorists” were killed in the mountainous area of Orbata...
Monday, August 5, 2019
(By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) – Algerians descended on the capital in huge numbers Friday and called for “civil disobedience” for the first time in their months-long anti-regime campaign, despite a heavy police presence. “Civil...
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Algiers, Aug 1, 2019 – Algeria’s judiciary has refused to provisionally release a well-known independence war veteran detained for allegedly insulting the army, his lawyers said. Lakhdar Bouregaa, 86, was arrested at the end of June for “insulting a...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Algiers, July 30, 2019 – Algeria’s powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching talks to end the country’s political crisis, saying there was “no more time to lose”. Algerians have taken to the streets...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tripoli, July 30, 2019 – Rocket fire forced flights to be suspended and passengers evacuated at the Libyan capital’s airport, where a UN envoy warned civilian aircraft had come “perilously close” to being hit. Fighting has raged on...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Cairo, July 30, 2019 – Nearly a third of Egyptians live below the poverty line, up from 27.8 percent in 2015, Egypt’s flagship state-owned newspaper Al Ahram reported on Tuesday, citing official figures. “The poverty rate has reached 32.5% across the...
Monday, July 22, 2019
Beni Ghezayel, Tunisia, July 22, 2019 – A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces made an emergency landing in neighbouring Tunisia on Monday, authorities in Libya said. The aircraft was on a “reconnaissance and patrol mission...
Monday, July 22, 2019
London, July 20, 2019 – British Airways said Saturday it had suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precautionary measure following a security review. German carrier Lufthansa also said it was suspending flights to Cairo from Munich and Frankfurt just...
