Africa

Egypt’s parliament has approved controversial new amendments to a law allowing the dismissal of public servants with alleged ties to terrorist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.

During a recent meeting, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, discussed the handover of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to Cairo.

The Sahara Press Service, a news agency belonging to Western Sahara’s pro-independence Polisario Front, announced last week that the group’s attacks on the Royal Moroccan Army had caused a “loss of lives and equipment”. Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front – Western Sahara’s pro-independence movement, has vowed to …

The naval vessels and units participating in the drill departed from Alexandria Naval Base in formation on their way to the Black Sea A number of Egyptian naval vessels participating in the Egyptian-Russian maritime drill dubbed Friendship Bridge 3 have crossed the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits on their way to …

Morocco’s king warned Monday that his country would react with the “greatest severity” to any attack in Western Sahara, as the pro-independence Polisario Front said conflict would continue until Rabat ended its “occupation” of the disputed territory.

Senior officials from rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas will meet tomorrow in Cairo to continue reconciliation talks, the Hamas terror group says.

Libya’s rival sides wrapped up a week of U.N.-brokered talks without agreeing on a transitional government that would lead the county to an election in December next year, the top U.N. official for Libya said Monday. The political forum, which concluded late Sunday in Tunisia, was the latest effort to …

The Ethiopian military has moved swiftly against forces loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia, and the escalating conflict is threatening to create a humanitarian crisis in East Africa. The fighting risks tarnishing the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, most known for his peacemaking efforts …

Their confidence in the benefits of a Biden victory seems exaggerated, according to analysts. Muslim Brotherhood activists and media outlets have seemed very enthusiastic about the Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s progress in US election results.

This is Fathi Bashagha’s first official visit to Cairo since assuming his position in the Western Libyan Government. The Minister of Interior in western Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) Fathi Bashagha arrived to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian officials, his office announced.