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Egypt’s crumbling train infrastructure: Nearly dozen killed in another accident north of CairoF

By Farid Farid  - A train accident north of Cairo on Sunday left 11 people dead and 98 others injured, Egypt's health ministry said, in the latest rail calamity to hit the North African country.  The ministry, in an updated toll, said that "11 people were killed and...
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Tunisia: Dozens of would-be-migrants drown off the coast of SfaxF

At least 41 people, including a child, have died after a boat carrying African migrants to Europe sank off Tunisia, the UN refugee agency and International Organization for Migration said on Friday.  "According to reports from local UNHCR and IOM teams, three...
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Libya: In its quest for normalcy, Tripoli renovates its old townF

By Rim Taher - In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring former glory to architectural treasures neglected under ex-dictator Moamer Kadhafi and in the decade since. Pushing wheelbarrows, a clutch of workers...
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MENA region more vulnerable to Covid-19 with the start of RamadanF

The World Health Organization expressed concern Wednesday that the Covid-19 pandemic could worsen in the Middle East and North Africa during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Detected cases of Covid infection in the region rose 22% last week, while deaths rose 17%,...
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