Social & Human Affairs Bound

Mali on Tuesday urged African organisations to lift the last sanctions they had imposed after the state underwent two military coups, declaring the country was well on track for restoring civilian rule. The troubled Sahel state underwent a first military takeover in...

Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who was shot by a customs officer in central Tunis. Mohsen Zeyani, 23, died in hospital late Wednesday after being shot during a raid on a car carrying...

Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. Tunisia's National Guard said its naval teams retrieved three bodies overnight off the southern coast of Gabes,...

Egypt has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus, in a man who travelled regularly to Europe, the country's health ministry said Wednesday. "The first case of monkeypox has been detected in Egypt. The 42-year-old man has a residence permit from a European...