Social & Human Affairs Bound

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...

By Sofiane Alsaar Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking measurements of their houses -- a final step before enforcing demolition orders. Since then, people from Warraq -- some of whom have been on the...

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali after fighting erupted in the jihadist-torn region, a local official said Wednesday. Since March, more than 65,000 people have arrived in the town of Menaka near the border...