Hajarah is The African Exponent's Northern Africa correspondent. She covers all stories that matter from that region in a captivating manner.
South Sudan peace talks that almost reached completion faced a stumbling block with opposition groups demanding a newly passed bill allowing the detention of people without an arrest warrant scratched out in order to sign a proposed agreement.
A recent report published by the U.N. refugee and migration agencies and the Mixed Migration Centre reveals that an increasing number of migrants and refugees in Africa are moving northward towards the Mediterranean and Europe.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has increased its humanitarian appeal for Sudan as the number of people fleeing the country’s conflict and hunger continues to rise
Tunisia is set to conduct a presidential election on October 6, as confirmed by President Kais Saied's office on Tuesday. It remains uncertain whether Saied will run for a new five-year term following his initial election in 2019.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected as head of state following Saturday's national vote, according to provisional results.
Edith Wanjiku mourns her 19-year-old son Ibrahim Kamau, killed during protests against a controversial finance bill in Kenya.
Egyptian government has taken severe action against 16 tourism companies by revoking their licenses and referring them to the public prosecutor, following the deaths of numerous Egyptian pilgrims during the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Machar alleges the new draft agreement from the talks proposes alternative institutions that could replace or run parallel to those established by the 2018 agreement.
In a letter to the acting chair of the African Union Peace and Security Council, the Somali government requested a postponement in the withdrawal of 2,000 of the 4,000 troops set to depart by June's end, citing the need for a more gradual reduction based on the capabilities of Somali forces.
At least 49 dead and 140 missing after the boat capsized off Yemen's coast. The boat carried 115 Somali nationals and 145 Ethiopians
For several days, there had been reports of shells hitting the city's South Hospital, causing injuries and deaths.
The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration estimates that 15,000 to 20,000 migrants are stranded in rural olive groves near Tunisia’s central coastline.
According to Italian media, the 11 bodies are to be transferred to an Italian coast guard ship and temporarily disembarked on the island of Lampedusa.
Facing an increased wheat import bill, the Egyptian government raised the price of subsidized small loaves of flatbread on June 1, marking the first such increase in decades.
The 47 agreements with 23 African countries were formalized during the summit as Asia's fourth-largest economy aims to tap into Africa's rich mineral resources and burgeoning export market.
Altantawy, a former presidential hopeful, was convicted and sentenced in February along with 22 of his aides, including his campaign manager, for distributing unauthorized endorsement forms for his candidacy.
