British Steel wins multimillion-pound contract for Egyptian rail project
Around 9,500 tonnes of track will be provided for north African country’s first fully electrified mainline British Steel has won a multimillion-pound contract to supply...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Mass grave of at least 65 people found in Libya, UN migration agency says
International Organization for Migration believes those discovered ‘died in process of being smuggled through the desert’ A mass grave containing at least 65 bodies has...
Libya coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people
Médecins Sans Frontières says ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ by coastguard put refugees at even greater risk An NGO performing search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean has...
EU leaders accused of ‘rewarding repression’ with €7.4bn Egypt deal
Agreement to be signed off on Sunday is part of bloc’s attempt to stop refugees crossing Mediterranean European leaders are set to sign off on...
Somalia has 99% of $2bn debt cancelled in major boost to fragile recovery
Paris Club of creditor nations agree cancellation as Mogadishu moves towards financial normalisation amid ongoing conflict The Paris Club, a collection of some of the...
Darfur rape survivors gather together after ethnically targeted campaign
Group on outskirts of Geneina share stories from November when RSF and allied militias unleashed wave of sexual violence Twice a week, a group of...
Gaza ceasefire talks appear to stall days before Ramadan
Two days of negotiations in Cairo break up with Hamas accusing Israeli PM of not wanting to a deal Negotiations aimed at brokering a ceasefire...
Scientists unearth mysteries of giant, moving Moroccan star dune
Parts of the structure are younger than expected while an east wind blows the whole thing across the desert, researchers find They are impressive, mysterious...
Sudan’s war leaves deep scars in Geneina, a city of two massacres
People in West Darfur’s capital still step over residue from the bodies of some of the 10,000 dead, and thousands have fled Geneina, the capital...
Monday briefing: Charting the forgotten crisis in Sudan
In today’s newsletter: With tens of thousands dead, millions displaced and no sign of the war abating, a ‘deafening silence of global indifference’ threatens the...
