Tag: North Africa
Prosecutors shelves probe of gang rape that shocked Egypt
<p>CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors said they have shelved their months-long investigation into an alleged 2014 gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by young men...
Official says fire at ICU in Egypt hospital kills 2 patients
CAIRO — A fire broke out in an intensive care unit of an Egyptian hospital Wednesday, leaving at least two patients dead, an official...
UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya
CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...
Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...
Group: Sudan forces disperse protest in Khartoum; 2 killed
CAIRO — Two protesters were killed when Sudanese security forces dispersed a demonstration late Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum, a local medical group...
UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya
<p>CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...
Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
<p>CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...
Group: Sudan forces disperse protest in Khartoum; 2 killed
<p>CAIRO — Two protesters were killed when Sudanese security forces dispersed a demonstration late Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum, a local medical group...
Migrant arrivals by sea on Italian isle swell past 2,100
<p>ROME — Several hundred more migrants reached a tiny Italian island before dawn on Monday, swelling to past 2,100 the number of arrivals in...
UN says 5 migrants downed; over 700 intercepted off Libya
<p>CAIRO — At least five people, including a woman and a child, drowned when a boat carrying at least 45 Europe-bound migrants capsized off...