North Africa

Egypt, Israel and the European Union on Wednesday signed a natural gas deal in Cairo as Europe scrambles to cobble together an energy strategy to replace the Russian supplies it has relied on for decades, media reported. “This will contribute to our energy security. And we are building infrastructure fit …

Asylum seekers sent to Rwanda from dirty and dangerous Libyan detention centers say their new quarters are a huge improvement, but they still want to reach Europe, raising questions about the deterrent effect of the plan transfer of migrants to the East African country, Reuters reported. The first flight of …

A Tunisian military court has ordered arrest of journalist Salah Attia for claiming the army refused orders from the president to shut down the headquarters of the powerful Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT). Mr Attia told the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera on Saturday that President Kais Saied asked the military …

A Moroccan captured while fighting for Ukraine is among three people who have been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine, Russian state media reported . The soldiers, the Moroccan Brahim Saaudun and the British Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner are accused of being mercenaries, according …

Protesters in Tunisia have gathered outside the Palace of Justice in the capital, Tunis, to denounce the defamation of sacked female judges, the BBC reported They are among 57 judges dismissed by President Kais Saied last week after he accused them of corruption and protecting terrorists. Those dismissed have since …

Morocco reported on Thursday its first case of monkeypox, in a traveler coming from Europe, state TV said on Twitter, citing the health ministry. The patient’s health condition is stable under medical surveillance, and all the patient’s contacts are closely monitored, it added. The ministry said that preventive measures have …

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked 57 judges, accusing them of corruption and protecting terrorist groups in the country. In a television address, he said he had given the judiciary multiple opportunities and warnings to “purify” itself. Among the sackings announced in the government’s official gazette was Youssef Bouzaker, the …

Moroccan police on Monday arrested 16 people who were taking part in a libertine party punctuated by group sex and excessive alcohol consumption in Casablanca. According to the Moroccan daily Assabah, these sixteen people arrested were brought before the king’s prosecutor at the court of first instance in Aîn Sebaâ. …

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former presidential candidate, to 15 years in prison with hard labor for spreading false news and joining a terrorist group. The politician was convicted along with an interim leader of the proscribed Muslim Brotherhood group, Mahmoud Ezzat. He is …

Deadly clashes have broken out between artisanal gold miners in northern Chad, leaving people dead and injured, the interim government announced on Wednesday. The violence broke out at an informal gold mining site in the mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya, where the army has been fighting …