North Africa

In the Tunisian capital, Tunis, and several other cities across the country, there have been more clashes between protesters and police. In Ettadhamen, a neighbourhood close to the capital Tunis, the youth hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with teargas Sunday was the third night of tension which officials …

Tunisia on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of iron-fisted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed strife and civil war in the region, known as the Arab Spring. But there were no festive celebrations marking the revolution …

Algeria will share its COVID-19 vaccine doses with Tunisia in the spirit of fraternity between the two countries as confirmed by the Tuniaisan Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Thursday. “Among the calls I made this time, I had a call with my counterpart, the Algerian Foreign Minister, about the possibility …

Algeria’s health officials have approved the use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in the country. A first on the African continent. The Algerian Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry has given the authorization for the emergency use of the Sputnik V vaccine manufactured by Russia. This information was also confirmed by …

Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt resumed Sunday, trilateral negotiations on the filling and exploitation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nil. Each country has its position on the planned works. Between ambitions and fear, we must find the right balance. To believe the Anadolu Agency, matters relating to the …

Egypt authorized the use of anti covid-19 vaccine developed by the chinese laboratory Sinopharm. The announcement was done by the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Hala Zayed, as reported our colleagues of Jeune Afrique. After therefore a first batch of vaccine comprising 50 000 doses delivered in December, Egypt …

Hospitalized on October 28 in Germany for having contracted covid-19, Algerian president appears in the evening of December 29 on television. Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s plane had landed at Alger a few hours earlier. At the airport, President Tebboune was greeted by several senior Algerian officials, including Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad and …

Sudan is removed from the United States blacklist. One year and half, after the crisis that toppled Omar El Bechir, Washington lifts sanctions on Khartoum. An announcement that gives economical breath to Sudan. It’s the American Head of diplomacy, Mike Pompeo who confirmed the withdrawal of Sudan from the countries …