In Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a hip-hop producer who had his equipment seized during anti-government protests last year is now free to mix tracks in his studio. Across town, an all-female troupe in pink T-shirts and white jeans practice rhythmic dance routines late in the evening in a...

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women's issues. To show their frustration, dozens of women protested in front of the Justice Ministry in Khartoum on Sunday, which...

An Egyptian court Monday sentenced to death an ex-special forces officer turned Islamist militant and 36 other jihadists over several terror attacks, including an assassination bid on a former interior minister. The Cairo criminal court condemned Hisham Ashmawy and 36 co-defendants to hang...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source has revealed the location of mass grave containing about 6000 bodies of opposition fighters, activists and detainees northeast of Damascus. The heavy-guarded cemetery is located in a military zone near Baghdad Bridge at the Damascus-Latakia highway....