Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children
New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and warns of up to 34,000 more deaths so far this year A new report released by...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
UN nuclear watchdog reveals 2.5 tonnes of uranium missing in Libya
IAEA boss says loss of knowledge about location of material may pose radiological and nuclear security risk UN nuclear inspectors have found that approximately 2.5...
Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament
Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from attending the first session...
Dozens of people reported missing in Mediterranean after vessel capsizes
Rescue organisations say passengers on boat attempting crossing from Libya to Italy are feared dead Several dozen people are missing and feared dead in the...
Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore ties after China-brokered talks
Embassies to reopen in move that could have wide implications for Iran nuclear deal and Yemen war Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two great oil-producing...
Sphinx-like statue and shrine discovered in southern Egypt
It is thought the Roman emperor Claudius could have inspired work found in the temple of Dendera Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the...
UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown
Daughter of Said Ferjani, who lived in UK for more than 20 years, says he has been falsely imprisoned and asks MPs to intervene Britain...
How family and Libya conflict radicalised Manchester Arena bomber
Parents’ extremist views and civil war in the country of their birth set Salman Abedi on path to terrorism MI5 missed ‘significant opportunity’ to prevent...
Tunisia forces arrest senior opposition figure as crackdown escalates
Jaouhar Ben M’barek is most prominent opposition figure to be rounded up in president’s campaign of detentions Tunisian security forces have arrested Jaouhar Ben M’barek,...
Tunisia’s president calls for halt to sub-Saharan immigration amid crackdown on opposition
Kais Saied claims migrants are part of campaign to make country ‘purely African’ in move critics say is to distract from economic crisis Tunisia’s president,...
