Algeria celebrated 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in decades.
The events mark the country's official declaration of independence on July 5, 1962, (...)
UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they've launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
Kaari Betty Murungi, chair of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on (...)
The Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) approved several development projects submitted by UN and international, public institutions and NGOs, during the semi-annual meeting held on Tuesday.
The meeting was chaired (...)
The Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) approved several development projects submitted by UN and international, public institutions and NGOs, during the semi-annual meeting held today.
The meeting was chaired by (...)
Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next month, the UN food relief agency warned on Thursday.
"The combination (...)
A final joint statement was issued following the visit of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, to Egypt.
Following is the text of the statement:
Based on the deep-rooted historical relations and close (...)
A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million in 2016, to 222 million today.
The UN global fund for education in (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and Egypt have agreed to hold the Middle East Green Initiative Summit and the Saudi Green Initiative Forum in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm El Sheikh.
The high profile events will be held on the sidelines of the UN (...)
At least 200 civilians are believed to have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region by rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on Saturday, according to reports, a rights group and local officials. Most of the victims are from the Amhara ethnic (...)
RIYADH — The travel ban for Saudi citizens to 11 countries, including five Arab countries, is still in force, according to the General Directorate of Passports.
The ban was imposed following the spread of COVID-19 pandemic cases in those (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of countries and a new member of the Shoura Council on Tuesday took oath of office before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace here.
They newly appointed envoys who took the oath (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of brotherly and friendly countries and a new member of the Shura Council today took oath of office before the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al-Salam Palace in (...)
A final joint statement was issued for the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Following is the text of the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a temporary ban on direct and indirect travel to Ethiopia, Turkey, Vietnam and India, an official source at the Ministry of Interior said.
The source stated that the lifting of the ban was based on the (...)
An official source at the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today lifting citizens' direct and indirect travel suspension to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Republic of Turkey, the Socialist Republic of (...)
The widespread exploitation of men, women, and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been uncovered by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian Police Service.
Now measures are underway to dismantle the human (...)
Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often piloted by people-smugglers, are at greater risk of dying now than for years, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Latest data visualization figures (...)
The Djibouti-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Tuesday welcomed Advisor at the Royal Court Ahmed Qattan in the presence of Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf and IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh (...)
An "explosion of child deaths" is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new hunger disaster, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.
To illustrate continuing deep concern about (...)
The Djibouti-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today welcomed Advisor at the Royal Court Ahmed Qattan in the presence of Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf and IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh Gebeyeh.
During (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has lifted the direct and indirect ban on Saudi citizens from traveling to Indonesia, the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday.
The Ministry said the decision to lift the travel ban follows the continuous assessment of the (...)
The Executive Committee of member states of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), affiliated with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has elected Saudi Arabia as president of the current session of (...)
The Executive Committee of member states of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), affiliated with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has elected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as president of the (...)
Women and girls face "deadly consequences" in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.
More than 286,000 people have been driven from their homes in (...)
Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
"Investigations are ongoing, but the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at the (...)
