South African writer Zukiswa Waner and Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla have returned their awards to Germany to protest its support for the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Two-time world champion Anthony Joshua knocked out Cameroonian Francis Ngano by a “knockout” in the second round of Saturday’s heavyweight fight in the Riyadh season.

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 200 students in the northern Nigerian town of Korega, in the largest mass kidnapping from a school since 2021.

The head of the West Alexandria neighborhood, Engineer Sahar Shaaban, revealed that the number of victims of the collapsed Wardian property in Alexandria, Egypt, has risen to 4 deaths and two injured, and others are being searched for under the rubble.

The European Union and the United States announced on Friday the upcoming opening of a sea corridor between Cyprus and Gaza to transport humanitarian aid directly to the Strip.

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan within Ramadan as the situation in the country deteriorates with millions of people at risk of starvation.

The speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, said that the formation of a new unified government is likely to be reached within Ramadan, although this task is difficult.

US President Joe Biden was mocked by his predecessor Donald Trump, and the latter posted a video of Biden’s face with sarcastic filters, most notably “Pinocchio’s nose” in a hint of his lie during his annual address to Congress.

Three people were killed, and 3 others injured on Friday after a residential building collapsed in the Wardian area of Alexandria governorate in northern Egypt.

The Turkish newspaper “Sabah”reported that Mohamed Fath al-Burhan Rahman, the son of Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, was hospitalized in serious condition after a motorcycle accident in Ankara.

Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait announced a 50% drop in Suez Canal revenues, without providing any timeframe for the continuation of this decline in the future.

The Jordanian army announced in a statement that Royal Jordanian Air Force planes carried out 9 new airdrops of humanitarian aid to sites in northern Gaza with the participation of American, French, Belgian, Dutch, and Egyptian aircraft.

The President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and Army Commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, discussed with the Russian Ambassador, Andrey Chernovol, the latest developments in Sudan, in addition to areas of cooperation between the two countries.

Recent events in Chad have exposed the fragility of the West’s commitments to democratic norms the violent coup in Chad illustrates the complex conflict of alliances and interests that define the region’s political landscape.

The Minister of Marine Resources of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Adel Sultan, discussed with the Italian Ambassador to Libya Gianluca Alberini, joint cooperation in a number of future projects in the field of marine research and studies.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the war in Sudan could leave “the world’s biggest hunger crisis” in a country already experiencing the largest displacement crisis internationally.

The media official of the Libyan delegation, Abdel Rahman Balama, described the organization of the World Youth Forum 2024 in Russia as impressive and at the highest level in terms of equipment.

Advisor to the Director of the Libyan State Funds Recovery Office and Recovered Asset Management Imad Ghalboun received the Russian Ambassador to Libya Haidar Aganin, to discuss joint cooperation between the two countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the leaders of African countries are not asking for help or reaching out for help, but rather demanding both fair and honest economic action.

According to Sudanese government sources, the Libyan authorities conveyed to the parties to the conflict in Khartoum the desire of Turkey and Libya to host talks between them in the Libyan capital Tripoli.