German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a setback Friday when the upper house of parliament rejected a proposal to declare three North African states "safe countries of origin" in refugee law. The...
Tunisair suspended all of its flights for several hours on Thursday because of a row between pilots and maintenance workers, but later announced a gradual resumption after talks with unions....
Hedi Slimani’s head trainer, Filiep Tampere, has stressed that Slimani is ready to take on Ghana’s Richard Commey this Saturday at the Bukom Boxing Arena. Slimani arrived in Ghana on Wednesday...
The four most successful clubs in African competitions enter the 2017 CAF Champions League this weekend expecting to build first-leg leads at home in last-32 ties. Record 19-time title winners Al...
South African FA president Danny Jordaan has pulled out of the race to be a member of the Fifa Council. South Sudan's Chabur Goc Alei has also withdrawn from the race, as he did in 2016, while...
The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Tuesday during a visit to commemorate the anniversary. Jihadist groups...
The president of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika has designated the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) Dr Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa to represent him in the...
Former Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for corruption in connection with concerts given by US pop diva Mariah Carey, the prosecutors'...
The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the coast near Tripoli, and that another 25 people were missing. "We rescued 115...
A Ghana-born foursome leads the defensive charge as Columbus Crew SC kicks off the 2017 season In a recent series of phone interviews, the Ghanaian contingent of the Columbus Crew SC revealed a habit...
A zoo in the Tunisian capital where visitors stoned a crocodile to death is to close temporarily, the local affairs and environment ministry said Friday. It will close its gates from Monday for...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal migrants to her country during a visit on Friday. Her two-day trip, which also...
A rustic theatre where performers wear masks carved from cactus aims to win over young Tunisians in a long neglected mountain district that has become a cradle of jihadism. Welcome to the "Jabal...
US President Donald Trump's attacks on Muslims and his support for strongman leaders are exacerbating an already dramatic rights decline in the Arab world, two Arab Spring champions said Thursday....
German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya. Since the...
Tunisia welcomed Wednesday a move by Belgium to partially lift travel restrictions on its nationals put in place following a deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort in 2015. "I welcome... Belgium´s...
Hotel security guards are among 33 people facing charges that they failed to help tourists during 2015's deadly attack on a beach in Sousse, Tunisian officials say. They are accused of not assisting...
Tunisia is to prosecute six policemen over their response to a 2015 gun and grenade attack on a beach resort that killed 38 foreign holidaymakers, a judiciary spokesman said Wednesday. The...
Following their failure to lift the 2017 AFCON title in Gabon last month, the Pharaohs of Egypt have shifted attention to the 2019 AFCON qualifiers setting up a friendly with Togo next month. The...
‘Value for money’ featured prominently in a presidential inaugural speech. On hearing heritage fund could rescue education from underfunding, my initial thinking was value for money. Education is...
