Egyptian NGOs complain of being shut out of Cop27 climate summit
Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, one of Somalia’s greatest poets, dies aged 79
Somali social media has been flooded with tributes to the man better known as ‘Hadraawi’ Messages of condolences continue to pour in from around the...
Casualties reported as jihadist group seizes hotel in Somali capital
Al-Shabaab fighters are still inside building in Mogadishu after fierce firefight with security forces Al-Shabaab fighters have seized control of a hotel in the Somali...
Sudan’s new community squad sparks fears of a return to ‘morality policing’
Fears the unit will enforce public order laws limiting women’s rights and freedoms amid crackdown since military coup Human rights campaigners in Sudan fear the...
At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in northern Algeria
Hundreds forced to flee homes and at least 200 injured as firefighters battle string of blazes in El Tarf province Algerian firefighters were on Thursday...
At least 41 people killed in Egypt church fire, say officials
Security sources say majority of dead are children after blaze breaks out at Coptic Abu Sifin church in Giza A fire sparked by an electrical...
Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war
Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Three billboards...
Tunisia referendum approves expansion of president’s powers – officials
Electoral commission – controlled by President Kais Saied – says 95% voted yes in constitutional referendum, which was boycotted by opposition groups Tunisian president Kais...
Fears that Egypt may use Cop27 to whitewash human rights abuses
Naomi Klein and Caroline Lucas among signatories to letter voicing concerns over country’s hosting of climate summit A hundred days before the Cop27 summit is...
Tunisia president celebrates projected victory to give him almost total power
Kais Saied’s supporters fill central Tunis as some fear return of authoritarian rule in birthplace of Arab spring Tunisian president Kais Saied has celebrated the...
