Social & Human Affairs Bound

Three people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a security source said. "Ambulances and civil protection workers are at the scene" and search operations are underway, said the source, who did not want to be...

Egypt is to "temporarily close" its investigation into the murder in Cairo of Italian student Guilio Regeni, for which Rome named Egyptian security officials as suspect, the two countries said Monday. The judiciary services of the two countries, in a joint statement,...

Egyptian police have detained a photographer for disrespect after he shot images of a dancer in ancient costume at the Pyramid of Djoser outside Cairo, a security source has confirmed. Rumours had swirled on social media for days that the model, Salma al-Shimi, had...

At least 22 people have been killed in southern Chad in the latest instance of deadly ethnic violence between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers, the communications minister said Friday.  A curfew was imposed in the Kabbia region where the fighting took place and...