Kenya and Egypt on Saturday agreed to remove double taxation on imports to boost trade and investment. The move came during Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi's visit seeking to boost bilateral relations with Kenya. The two countries "agreed to fast-track the conclusion of bilateral...

At least five soldiers were killed and two injured Friday by a roadside bomb in Egypt's restive Northern Sinai where the government faces an ISIS-led insurgency, medics and security sources said. The explosive device went off when an armored vehicle passed by killing and injuring the...

Warring Libyan factions tentatively agreed late Tuesday on an Egypt-brokered road map to heal divisions with the creation of a joint committee to negotiate reconciliation and elections by February 2018. The deal comes after months of diplomatic efforts by Egypt, culminating this week with...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to press Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to speed up the return of rejected asylum seekers when he visits Berlin Tuesday. The issue has become more urgent for Germany since the deadly jihadist attack on a Berlin Christmas market last...

Tunisian security forces are using methods in their war against Islamist militants that are associated with overthrown leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, including torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, Amnesty International said Monday. The human right group said in a report that such...

A group of Libyan militias entered the capital Tripoli this week and said they were creating a "Libyan National Guard", to the alarm of the country's unity government and Washington. The Libyan capital has been controlled by dozens of militias with shifting loyalties and territories since...

(Sky News)- A director of the holiday company TUI has admitted they still do not warn tourists if destinations are considered to be at a high risk of terrorist attack. Commercial director Andrew Flintham was questioned at the inquests into the deaths of 30 Britons, who were among 38 people...

Relatives of slain Tunisian opposition figure Chokri Belaid Monday called for a stalled trial to reveal the "truth" about his murder on the fourth anniversary of his death. Belaid, a fierce critic of the Islamist party then in power, was shot dead aged 48 outside his home in the capital in...

Social media, TV stations and newspapers in Egypt are abuzz after reports that the parliament speaker and his two deputies are using state funds to get flashy cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The scandal comes at a time when Egyptians are being constantly called upon to do with...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI took a seat at the African Union headquarters Tuesday for the first time in 33 years after being re-admitted by the bloc. "It is a beautiful day when one returns home after too long an absence. Africa is my continent and my home. I am finally home and I am happy to...

(Al-Monitor)- For months, Egypt has been experiencing medication shortages. Popular types of imported contraceptive pills were among the first to disappear from pharmacies and move to the black market, causing concerns in a country already experiencing overpopulation, rising fertility rates and...

The European Union has prolonged for a year sanctions against dozens of Tunisians, including ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, accused of illegally using state funds. EU member states agreed Friday to extend the asset freezes on 48 people until Jan. 31, 2018. They believe "the...

A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer says he has been banned from leaving the country, the latest in a series of travel bans imposed on rights activists. Negad Borai, who runs the United Group for Law, says he was heading to Jordan to visit his wife when airport authorities informed him...

A counter-terrorism unit in the Libyan capital Tripoli said it suspected Saturday's car bomb near the recently reopened Italian embassy was planted by backers of the powerful Libyan National Army (LNA) based in the eastern part of the divided country. The blast occurred in central Tripoli...

"Wanted" was emblazoned across photographs posted online by Islamic State. Files bearing Islamic State logo showed faces of Egyptian military and police officers, alongside names, addresses, and ranks, urging followers to hunt them down and kill them. All the men listed were not...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday that Egypt was "on the right track" six years after the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Speaking in televised address commemorating the revolution, Sisi called on young activists who took part in mass protests in 2011 to work for...

Egypt's public prosecutor agreed on Sunday to allow experts from Italy and a German company that specialises in salvaging CCTV footage to examine cameras in Cairo as part of the investigation into last year's murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni. A statement from the prosecutor said that...

The EU could soon step up training and equipping Libya's coast guard to crack down on migrant smuggling in the north African nation's waters, according to an EU proposal seen by AFP Saturday. Malta, which holds the current rotating EU presidency, is pitching the idea as a short-term measure...

Cairo will do all it can to preserve crucial ties with Saudi Arabia, experts say, after an Egyptian court ruled against government plans to transfer control of two islands to Riyadh. Strains between the two Sunni Arab allies have grown in recent months, in particular over Cairo's...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will reshuffle his cabinet soon, he told state newspapers in an interview published Tuesday. "Yes, there will be a reshuffle and very soon ... We will fix what needs fixing and improve performance," Sisi said, without giving more details. The last...