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One of the two women members of the Sovereign Council – the body that is leading the transition in the country – has resigned. Aisha Moussa El Saeed denounced the sidelining of civilians within the institutions. Sudan’s 14-member sovereign council Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Thursday told a cabinet session that the North African country will play an important role in the reconstruction of its eastern neighbor ravaged by several years of internal fighting sponsored by foreign countries. Speaking at Read more
Palestinian resistance movement in Gaza, Hamas, and Israel reached Thursday a cease fire deal that took effect at dawn on Friday, 11 days into the conflict that opposed the two sides and which caused the death of over 230 Palestinians Read more
Egypt Wednesday approved the raise of civil servant minimum wage from EGP 2,000 to EGP 2,400 (153 U.S. dollars) pending parliament approval. Under the same decision, the minimum salary of the highest-grade civil servant will also increase to EGP 8,400, Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday laid into the European football governing body, UEFA, arguing that the organization’s recent decision to move the final of the European Champions League to Porto instead of Istanbul was politically motivated, Arab News reports. Read more
Egypt Tuesday vowed to allocate $500 million for the reconstruction of Gaza, ravaged by the Israeli air power amid the ongoing new conflict. The presidential office said in a statement issued Tuesday that Egyptian construction companies will rebuild the damaged Read more
The Egyptian Transport ministry is in talks with four foreign firms to launch a new factory to manufacture metros and railway cars at Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), reports say. The factory will be a joint venture between the four Read more
Tunisian coast guards Monday arrested the main suspect of the Bardo Museum attack in capital Tunis in 2015 that claimed the lives of more than 20 people most of whom were foreign tourists. Karim Belhouche, spokesman of the union of Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, has kindly given his High Instructions to send emergency humanitarian aid for the benefit of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said on Friday the Ministry Read more
Egyptian Elsewedy Electric also knowns as El Sewedy Cables, which manufactures integrated cables and electric products, mulls to start operations in India after it made two acquisitions in Indonesia and Pakistan. CEO Ahmed Elsewedy told Asharq Business that the company Read more