Africa

Tunisian President Fires Ambassador to US, Governor of Sfax

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country's ambassador to Washington as well as the governor of Sfax province. The Presidency said in a statement that Saied issued a presidential order to end the assignment of Najm Al-Din al-Akhal as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tunisia in the US. Saied also ...

12:15 Et August 4, 2021

Libya receives a batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Libya received a batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines on Monday amid the country's stepped-up effort to vaccinate as many people as possible. Speaking at a joint press ...

15:23 Et August 3, 2021

Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters ...

11:49 Et August 2, 2021

Egypt's army says kills 89 extremists in North Sinai

The Egyptian army said on Sunday that it recently killed 89 highly dangerous extremists in the northeastern province of North Sinai. The military also detected and destroyed 404 ...

17:35 Et August 1, 2021

West African health officials race to vaccinate amid spikes

A resurgence of coronavirus cases in West Africa is hitting the region hard, inundating cemeteries where funeral numbers are rising and hospitals where beds are becoming scarce. Those ...

13:24 Et July 31, 2021

Tunisian president says he will not become a dictator after MP arrest

Tunisia's president promised on Friday he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had staged a coup, as two parliament members were arrested following his ...

11:25 Et July 31, 2021

Moroccan Field Hospital inaugurated in Tunisia

The Moroccan field hospital in Manouba was inaugurated Thursday, as part of the emergency medical aid sent by Morocco to the brotherly country of Tunisia upon the instructions ...

11:15 Et July 31, 2021

Tunisia's Saied moves on economy and COVID-19 after dismissing govt

Tunisia's president said on Wednesday he was addressing the dire economic and COVID-19 situation and probing widespread corruption after invoking emergency powers on Sunday to seize control of ...

12:45 Et July 29, 2021

Zambia receives 151,200 doses of vaccine from US

Zambia has received a second batch of 151,200 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine from the US as part of a dose-sharing system through the UN COVAX facility. Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of technical services, Kennedy Malama, said it is the second batch delivered in the space of one week. "The ...

17:06 Et July 28, 2021

Tunisian judiciary investigating Ennahda, two other parties - judicial source

Tunisia's judiciary has opened an investigation into three political parties, including Ennahda and Heart of Tunisia, on suspicion of receiving foreign funds during the 2019 election campaign, a ...

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