Mediators and Hamas representatives meeting in Cairo have made "significant progress" toward a Gaza truce, according to AFP citing Egyptian state-linked TV. Egypt, Qatar, and the US have been working to secure a six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas before Ramadan starts next week. The proposed agreement includes the release of hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas attack, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. AFP reports that that a senior US official said Israel has broadly accepted the terms of the temporary truce, which includes increased aid deliveries to Gaza.
Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets on Friday to protest president Kais Saied’s growing autocratic rule as he
Mauritania has become the first African country to join a digital education initiative launched by FIFA. The program, which focuses
Libya’s ousted central bank governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, currently in self-imposed exile in Turkey, claims that the country’s central
Libya’s oil exports dropped by 81% last week as the National Oil Corporation (NOC) halted shipments amid a growing
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