Social & Human Affairs Bound

In Egypt's "City of the Dead", centuries-old monuments are being restored and artisanal heritage revived, turning a corner of the vast historical cemetery into a vibrant neighbourhood full of life. Wood, leather and jewellery workshops have joined those of...

Mali's former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday. Toure "died during the night of Monday to Tuesday...

An Egyptian court sentenced 59 suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood to 15 years in prison on Thursday for alleged involvement in a high-profile 2013 sit-in, a judicial source said. Seven other defendants were handed five-year sentences following the latest mass...

Security officers have discovered a fresh decapitated body in the southern Malian town of Fana, a local official said Thursday, in the ninth such unsolved homicide in two years. A string of grisly decapitations has plagued Fana since 2018, spreading fear among the...