News & Info From Northern Africa Links open in a second window powered by FreeFind | General | Business | Sports | Health | Arts & Entertainment News |   Regional & Specific News Feeds       GENERAL NEWS   Egypt: Egypt blocks Islamist from seeking parliament Egyptian authorities have blocked the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from submitting papers to contest a parliament seat left vacant due to the death of a Brotherhood politician, the Islamist group said on Wednesday. Mustafa Diab, who was hoping to compete for the seat, said he had tried twice to register ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Egypt blocks Islamist from seeking parliament Egyptian authorities have blocked the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from submitting papers to contest a parliament seat left vacant due to the death of a Brotherhood politician, the Islamist group said on Wednesday. Mustafa Diab, who was hoping to compete for the seat, said he had tried twice to register ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Police kill migrant at Israel border Egyptian police shot dead a Nigerian migrant and wounded four Sudanese who tried to slip across the desert border into Israel on Tuesday, security sources said. The death of the 25-year-old Nigerian man, who was shot in the neck, brings the number of migrants killed in escalating violence at ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Police kill migrant at Israel border Egyptian police shot dead a Nigerian migrant and wounded four Sudanese who tried to slip across the desert border into Israel on Tuesday, security sources said. The death of the 25-year-old Nigerian man, who was shot in the neck, brings the number of migrants killed in escalating violence at ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Egypt activists to go on strike Opposition activists in Egypt are preparing for a strike in protest against rising food prices and the political situation in the country. Hundreds of people were detained following a similar protest last month. A coalition of groups and individuals has organised the general strike, largely through the social ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Algeria: Once-feisty Algerian press grows tamer A campaign of murder failed to crush blossoming Algerian journalism in the 1990s, but now civil war has been replaced by an uneasy peace, the country`s press may have lost in liberty what it gained in security. In a country where secular reporters have been shot dead, beheaded or ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Tourists die in Egypt coach inferno Eight people were killed and at least 20 injured when a coach bearing European and North American tourists overturned and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a security official said. The coach, with 40 people on board, was travelling from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Morocco: Moroccan human rights body links unidentified bodies to uprising A Moroccan human rights body on Wednesday strongly linked the remains of 15 unidentified bodies found in a state detention centre in the northeastern city of Nador to quashed 1984 protests. "There are strong signs linking this case to the events of 1984," the Consultative Committee for Human Rights (CCDH) ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: At least nine dead in Egypt tourist coach inferno At least nine people were killed and 28 injured when a coach carrying European and North Americans overturned and caught fire in Egypt`s Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a security official said. The coach, with 40 people on board, was travelling from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Egypt: Tourists die in Egypt coach inferno Eight people were killed and at least 20 injured when a coach bearing European and North American tourists overturned and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a security official said. The coach, with 40 people on board, was travelling from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Powered by AfricaNewsSearch             African News - Index   Southern Africa   Northern Africa   Eastern Africa   Western Africa   The Great Lakes Region   The Horn of Africa   World News           BUSINESS NEWS           Angola: Huambo: Meeting Recommends Major Investment In Agricultural Firms Participants to a round-table meeting on Poverty in Rural Areas, held on Saturday in Huambo City, were unanimous in saying that the fight against hunger and misery in Angola has necessarily to go through a reinforced and specialised investment in agricultural family firms. According to them agricultural family firms ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Panel reviews consumer credit insurance A panel of enquiry into consumer credit insurance in South Africa has revealed several problems in the furniture and motor industries. Retailers often don't disclose costs and charges when selling products. The panel has investigated how to close loopholes and raise consumer awareness. Retailers often require consumers to take ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Samwu protests food prices in Groblersdal The SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) held a protest march in Groblersdal today over rising food prices and poor service delivery in the Sekhukhune district municipality, the union said. Local Samwu secretary Elias Mampane said the march started at the Groblersdal stadium and ended in Voortrekker Street at the ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Tripartite alliance, Sanco to hold summit tomorrow The table is set for fierce debate when the tripartite alliance and South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) summit gets underway in Midrand tomorrow. More tough talks are expected over the next three days. One of the main issues that could see sparks fly is Cosatu's call for an ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Denel appoints acting group CEO Talib Sadik has been appointed to the position of acting group chief executive officer of Denel, the board said today. The appointment would take effect from June 1 this year. Sadik is currently the group's financial director and an executive member of the board. Sadik would succeed Shaun Liebenberg ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Sars commissioner new Chair of Europe tax forum By Frank Nxumalo Pravin Gordhan, the Commissioner of South African Revenue Services (SARS) has been appointed as the new Chair of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD was founded as an economic cooperation and development think-tank for ... 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