North Africa

Egyptian court has called for a legal amendment to allow live broadcast of the execution of Mohammed Adel for the killing of a female student, local media reported. The case sparked outrage in Egypt after video footage went viral last month showing Mohammed Adel stabbing Nayera Ashraf, who rejected his …

Israel and Morocco cemented their military alliance during talks in Rabat on Tuesday between Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi and senior Moroccan officials, as part of growing cooperation between the two states. General Kochavi was received by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defense, for the first official visit …

Egyptian authorities on Monday suspended hot air balloon flights over the pharaonic sites of Luxor, one of the country’s most touristic cities in the south, after an accident which left “only two minor injuries”. “While a group of hot air balloons were in flight, one of them collided with another …

US missionary, Eric Tuininga is sentenced to 10 years after a US court found him guilty of defiling a 14-year-old local girl under his care in Uganda’s eastern district of Mbale, media reported. The missionary, 45, was also ordered to pay $20,000 (£16,000) in restitution to the victim and spend …

One person died in the violent fires that ravaged remote wooded areas of northern Morocco since Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of a thousand families, authorities told AFP on Friday. “The body of a person with multiple burns was found” in one of the fires in the Larache region, according …

Moroccan authorities were on Thursday battling to put out multiple wildfires burning through forests in four provinces in the north amid a heat wave. Hundreds of families have been evacuated “as a precaution” from Larache and Taza provinces, and transport in the areas has been disrupted. No casualties have been …

Tunisian President Kais Saied issued a warning against interference in the referendum scheduled for later this month as a way to establish the controversial new constitution. The warning comes amid renewed calls for boycott against the 25 July referendum on the new constitution which the president has promoted. The president …

At least twenty-two Malians, including three children, lost their lives after their boat ran into difficulties off the Libyan coast, authorities said. They were part of a group of more than 80 migrants stranded on their stricken ship for much of the past two weeks, BBC quotes Malian government as …

Two opposition political parties in Tunisia called on their supporters to boycott the referendum on President Kais Saied’s new constitution. Work and Achivement party and the Democratic Current parties urges their militants not to participate to the referendum scheduled for July 25. According to Work and Achievement party, President Kais …

Sadok Belaid, head of the constitutional project drawn up by President Kais Saied rejects the president’s plan, saying it is dangerous for the country. Belaid, who oversaw Tunisia’s draft new constitution, said some chapters could pave the way for dictatorial rule. Tasked by President Kais Saied with overhauling Tunisia’s constitution, …