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Egypt Gets $ 200 Million EBRD Loan for Power Plant Project

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a US$ 200 million loan for the construction of a new 1.8 GW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Damanhour, north west of Cairo. This loan will contribute to funding the US$ 1.3 billion total project cost, which is also being supported by the European […]

Egypt: One police officer, seven suspected militants killed in gun battle in Cairo

A police officer and seven alleged terrorists died in a gun shootout during a security raid on a terror cell, in capital Cairo, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the raid came on the back of intelligence that the terror cell was using several areas in southern and eastern Cairo as hideous to […]

Libya’s Menfi, UN Chief Guterres discuss path to elections and stability

Libya’s Presidential Council head, Mohammed Menfi, held talks with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the UN’s Third Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in Avaza, Turkmenistan. According to a statement released on Tuesday, August 5, by the Presidential Council’s media office, discussions focused on the latest political and security developments in Libya, […]