Egypt
Belgium returns 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt
Belgian authorities on Friday said they had handed over a roughly 2,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt, a decade after it
Climate
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Sahel
Gold boom bankrolls Sahel conflicts
Surging global gold prices are fuelling violence and instability in West Africa’s Sahel, reports the BBC. Military regimes in
Morocco
Morocco bakes as heatwave smashes records
Record-breaking temperatures scorched Morocco over the weekend, exceeding seasonal norms by as much as 20°C, the national meteorological office
Tunisia
Tunisia's grain harvest jumps 75% from 2019 Levels
Tunisia has harvested 575,100 tonnes of grain by June 22, a 75% surge from 329,300 tonnes in the
Morocco
Morocco says 2024 'hottest year' on record
2024 was Morocco's hottest on record, the North African country's meteorological agency said on Friday, as
Opinion
The heat is on … summer’s real impact across the Maghreb
Global warming, global heating, climate change, the greenhouse effect; call it what you will, global temperatures are expected to exceed
Egypt
Activist aid ship nears Gaza after reaching Egypt waters
An aid ship with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, has reached the Egyptian coast and
Egypt
Sudden hailstorm hits Egypt's Alexandria
An unusually heavy rainstorm hit the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Saturday, flooding roads and damaging seafront businesses in what
Mauritania
AfDB approves $18 million support for Mauritania
The AfDB has approved financing of over $18 million for Mauritania to launch the "3R-Water" project, a way
Morocco
ADB hails Morocco’s water strategy as model for Africa
The African Development Bank (ADB) has praised Morocco’s innovative water management strategy, highlighting it as a blueprint for other
Morocco
Morocco signs $14bn infrastructure deal with UAE-Morocco consortium
Morocco has signed energy and water infrastructure deals worth over $14 billion with a consortium including Emirati energy giant Taqa
Algeria
Five dead in Algeria after floods, torrential rain
Five people have died and more than a hundred injured after heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Algeria,
Opinion
The importance of our natural world
Truly the word ‘veteran’ can be applied to the film maker and international respected conservationist, Sir David Attenborough. His is