Eight NGOs informed the UN Human Rights Council that the situation for women in Egypt deteriorated between 2019 and 2024, challenging President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's assertions of supporting women's rights. The report released ahead of Egypt's human rights review on January 28, highlights deteriorating conditions despite Cairo accepting 70 of 82 recommendations from its last review. The report comes during Egypt’s fourth Universal Periodic Review cycle, a peer-review process assessing UN member states’ human rights practices.
In August 2023, Morocco launched a $728 million “water highway” to address its growing water crisis. The project diverts surplus
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have withdrawn from Khartoum, commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo said in an address to
Tunisia is working with Libya and Algeria to develop a joint plan to curb smuggling and black-market trade by developing
Algeria will import 9.2 million tonnes of wheat in the July 2025–June 2026 marketing year, the U.S.
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