Family of academic detained in Egypt accuse US of breaking pledge to help
Salah Soltan, a US green card holder and critic of Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, claims he faces death in Cairo jail and urges Biden to act A...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Sudan: more than a million people have fled ‘spiralling’ conflict, says UN
Joint statement from UN agencies lays bare the effect of violence on the country’s food and healthcare systems More than 1 million people have fled...
Two dead and 57 rescued after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa in Italy
Italian coastguard says it can confirm recovery of two bodies amid reports of more than 30 people missing Italy’s coastguard said on Sunday it had...
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers told Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe...
Egypt calls on Vladimir Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tells summit it is ‘essential’ to revive deal, as Kenya calls Moscow exit ‘a stab in the back’ Explainer: What was the...
At least 18 die in attack in Sudanese city of Omdurman
Dozens also injured as army shells three neighbourhoods in city close to capital, Khartoum At least 18 people have been killed in the Sudanese city...
The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by | Kate Ferguson
Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act As conflict in Sudan escalates,...
Algeria wildfires kill dozens of people including 10 soldiers
About 7,500 firefighters trying to bring blazes under control and 1,500 people evacuated as heatwave spreads Ten soldiers are among 25 people to have been...
Sudan: Attacks on health workers jeopardise remaining hospitals operating in Khartoum
A rise in violence towards staff has led Médecins Sans Frontières to rethink its presence in the Sudanese capital as intense fighting continues Increased violence...
Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants
North African country, which agreed €1bn deal with EU to stem irregular migration, says it will take back only Tunisians Tunisia has said it will...
