Archaeologists say they’ve discovered the undersea ruins of a Roman city off the coast of Tunisia, where part of the ancient Neapolis was submerged after a fourth-century earthquake and tsunami on the Mediterranean Sea. That’s the working theory of a research team from Tunisia’s National Heritage Institute and the University…
Turkey announced Friday that it is taking legal action against Wagdy Ghoneim, the radical Egyptian Islamist living in exile in Istanbul, because of his comments about Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi following the latter’s public call to further gender equality in Tunisia. Essebsi has urged Tunisian judicial authorities to establish…
The Qatari foreign minister’s visit to China Thursday heightened the attention to Beijing’s influence in the Middle East and North Africa, in a week that also saw a welcome to his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia’s foreign minister, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al…
For many people, the news that student teams from The Gambia and Afghanistan were denied visas to attend a robotics competition in the United States was the first they’d heard about it. But the story didn’t end there, and there were plenty of inaugural FIRST Global Challenge winners celebrating as…
At least two people are dead following a knife attack on the Red Sea beach at Hurghada. The victims, all foreign tourists, were among six people stabbed at a beach resort on Friday. The deaths were confirmed by Egypt’s Interior Ministry, according to local media reports. The ministry also said…
The European Union’s dicey migration deal with Turkey is causing untold misery among migrants and refugees trapped on Greek islands, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. The HRW organization conducted research in May and June on the island of Lesbos that “documented the deteriorating mental health…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed her case for investment in Africa on Monday as part of the G20’s Compact for Africa initiative, the focus of two-day meetings in Berlin. Merkel, whose nation holds the current G20 presidency, welcomed African leaders from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Tunisia, the three nations that…
President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in China to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing, which runs through May 15. The Government of Kenya announced in April that it was one of more than 100 participating nations, with the heads of state of at least…
Canadian authorities have identified the six men of African origin who were killed during prayers Sunday night at a mosque in Quebec City, as their Canadian neighbors took to the streets in solidarity with the Muslim community. The men were killed when 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette, a student influenced by the…
The Gender Pre-Summit of the African Union (AU) began Tuesday in Addis Ababa, with the presentation of awards to five distinguished female scientists from across the continent whose research contributions in water management, medicine and more were honored. The meetings ahead of the summit, chaired by Dr. Jean Kalilani of…
The president of Tunisia, speaking during a Sunday New Year’s address, said that his government suspects Israel is behind the December 15 assassination of a Hamas aviation engineer in Sfax. The statement by President Beji Caid Essebsi was the most public acknowledgement, at the highest level of Tunisian government, that…
German authorities are offering a reward up to €100,000 for information leading to the arrest of a 24-year-old Tunisian identified as a suspect in Monday’s attack on an outdoor Christmas market in Berlin. The suspect, Anis Amri, was born in Tunisia and arrived in Germany in 2015. Authorities say they…
Tunisian lawyers plan a general strike in all courts on Wednesday to protest new tax laws they say unfairly target their profession, as part of the wider 2017 austerity measures planned by the Tunisian government. A statement issued Tuesday by Ameur Mehrezi, head of the National Bar Association of Tunisia, said the…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins a trip to Africa Sunday, visiting the nations of Mali and Niger to discuss their security and counterterrorism strategies before heading to Ethiopia. She’ll arrive in Addis Ababa amid the nation’s escalating unrest and the international attention to its alleged human rights violations, issues that…