Africa

1 year ago Ayham Ben Barka

When in trouble, blame the migrants or ethnic minorities. That is a tried and tested tactic used by populist politicians...

1 year ago Darrell Flores

Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, the...

1 year ago Muslih Sahimi

Coastguards have recovered the bodies of 41 migrants off the Tunisian coast as the number of people dying as they...

1 year ago Elias Berrada

Egyptian antiquities officials say they have confirmed the existence of a hidden internal corridor above the main entrance of the...

1 year ago Dulamah Serghini

In Egypt, homosexuality is highly stigmatised, and there have long been allegations that police are hunting LGBT people online. Now...

1 year ago Zeyn Mounir

Tunisia is the only country which overthrew an authoritarian ruler during the 2011 Arab Spring and went on to build...

1 year ago Asil Sabila

Archaeologists say they have found a gold leaf-covered mummy sealed inside a sarcophagus that had not been opened for 4,300...

2 years ago Darrell Flores

Egyptians are used to paying for costly items such as cars or washing machines in instalments, but rocketing inflation means...

2 years ago Jibran al-Harradi

Tunisian footballer Nizar Issaoui has died from burns sustained in a protest against "police injustice", his family said, in which...

2 years ago Amrane Toulali

A delighted Egyptian girl tosses a handful of fish to the hungry sea lions after her father discreetly hands a...