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Cairo, March 6, 2020 - Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise boat heading from Aswan to Luxor, a health ministry statement said.  "Twelve new cases tested positive for the coronavirus among Egyptian staff on the...

At 11:20 AM Tunis time this morning (6 March), two men on a motorcycle attempted to breach the checkpoint leading to the US embassy in the Berges du Lac district. This is where the Tunis stock exchange, major embassies and some large businesses are located. In an...

Nouakchott, March 6, 2020 - A group of Italian tourists that travelled in Mauritania without undergoing a recently-imposed period in coronavirus confinement did not deliberately break any rules, Italy's embassy said Friday. The 15 tourists from Europe's virus hotspot...

March 4, 2020 - Egypt's government said Wednesday it will ban Qatari nationals from entry over fears of coronavirus after the oil-rich Gulf state took similar measures against people coming from Egypt. "A ban is to be imposed on Qatari citizens arriving through...