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Egypt: Multiplied Travel Warnings Deal Hard Blow to Tourism

While the tourism sector in Egypt was hardly showing signs of recovery, terrorism once again touched this core of the Egyptian economy, with consequences likely to be catastrophic. Following the knife attack targeting tourists at the resort of Hurghada on the Red Sea, on July 14, the Egyptian government has strengthened security measures around major […]

EU top diplomat hails “swift appointment” of Akhannouch as head of Moroccan Gvt

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell has welcomed the swift appointment of Aziz Akhannouch as head of the Moroccan Government. “I welcome the swift appointment of Prime Minister-designate Mr. Akhannouch,” Josep Borrell tweeted on Saturday. The EU has already worked a lot with Mr. Akhannouch in […]

Egypt: Morsi appears in court in execution uniform for the first time

Former and first democratically elected president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi appeared on Sunday in court in execution uniform for another trial on charges of leaking secret documents to Qatar. Ten other Muslim Brotherhood members are facing the same charge. Morsi has allegedly used his position to leak classified documents to Qatar, with the help of […]