An Islamic State group attack on a lookout point west of Baghdad manned by a state-sponsored tribal force left 11 people dead late Sunday, security sources and medics told AFP. The jihadists threw grenades and fired on the tribal Hashed forces stationed at Al-Radwaniyah, on the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital, near the Baghdad […]

Oil pumping has resumed from various oil fields of Tunisian Sahara, in the southern region of Tataouine, after an interruption of more than four months due to a blockade by young people in the area demanding the implementation of an agreement they signed with the government on the creation of jobs for the jobless in […]

The main opponent of Guinea’s head of state in the country’s recent presidential election on Sunday called for a general strike Monday in the capital Conakry after Alpha Conde was declared the winner. It was a question of “protesting against the electoral ‘hold-up’ and of demanding respect for the truth of the ballot boxes”, Cellou […]

Egypt’s transport minister Sunday announced proposals to construct a railway line to reach the Sudanese city of Wadi Halfa, and to extend a line in the north to Libya’s Benghazi. The announcement came as part of Egyptian government efforts to overhaul the country’s transport system, including an ailing railway network with a poor safety record. […]

Polling stations in Egypt closed Sunday evening, wrapping up the second stage of a parliamentary election in which candidates loyal to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi were expected to win. The two-day vote began Saturday and was held in 13 provinces, including Cairo, the Nile Delta and along the Suez Canal. Out of Egypt’s more than […]