At least 20 people have been killed and three others injured in a road accident in southern Egypt Tuesday. Authorities said a bus overturned while trying to overtake a truck on a highway causing a collision that lead to the casualties. The bus was travelling from Cairo when it turned over. It was hit by…
During his visit to Libya, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias raised the issue of maritime border demarcation saying that the memorandum signed between Turkey and the previous Libyan government was “illegal.” He implied that the two countries may proceed with delineation of mutual maritime borders in the Mediterranean Sea. And he also urged for the withdrawal…
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Recent intercommunal clashes in El Geneina, in Sudan’s West Darfur State, have forced 1,860 refugees to cross into neighbouring Chad in the past week. The refugees,…
Gulf Today, Staff Reporter Ramadan, which begins on Tuesday in the region, comes as much of the world has been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. For many Muslims navigating restrictions, that means hopes of a better Ramadan than last year have been dashed with the surge in infection rates though regulations vary in different…
The International Organisation for Migration says the death toll has risen to 42 after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti early on Monday. Sixteen children were among the dead, spokeswoman Yvonne Ndege said. She said 14 people survived. “The smugglers have not yet been found,” she said. Olivia…
GABORONE – Botswana is investigating the deaths of two among thousands of people who had been given doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to see if there is any link, the health ministry said. The southern African country has so far administered about 31 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the only vaccine it has started…
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The streets of Cairo are brimming with shoppers, stocking up for the fasting month of Ramadan, which starts on Monday evening. For the second year, Ramadan celebrations have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic but with no curfew this time the atmosphere is a little more relaxed. At the time, many countries had closed mosques…
As Chad waits for the results of Sunday’s presidential election, the African Union said the vote was peaceful amid calls for a boycott by the opposition. Incumbent President Idriss Deby is expected to extend his 30-year rule in the seven-candidate race, facing no major rivals and a campaign in which demonstrations were banned or violently…
Vote counting is underway in Benin after Sunday’s presidential election amid a call for a boycott by the opposition and where many candidates were sidelined. The vote is expected to hand incumbent Patrice Talon a second term. He faced just two other rivals little known Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoue. Other opponents are either exiled…