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US envoy to Libya Richard Norland will meet this Wednesday in Cairo with rebel and retired field marshal Khalifa Haftar and Egyptian officials in an effort to push for December parliamentary and presidential elections. The US embassy in Libya said on Twitter that the visit comes “as part of US efforts to support Libyan parliamentary […]
Russian security forces have been dispatched to sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada Airports in Egypt as direct flights from Moscow and two resort destinations in the Sinai resume. EgyptAir flight MS724 took off from Moscow with 300 people on board and landed in Hurghada without incident, the airline said. Russia last month said direct flights between […]
Egypt’s tourism ministry moved Saturday the pharaonic solar boat of ancient King Khufu to the Grand Egyptian Museum, as part of efforts to preserve the iconic historical piece for future generations. The boat, dating back to some 4,500 years and discovered in 1954 at the southern corner of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, was exhibited […]
Libyan and Egyptian Attorney Generals signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) on increased cooperation in the fight against terrorism, human trafficking, and other crimes. The MoU was signed during a meeting last week in Cairo between visiting Libya’s Attorney General Sideeg Al-Sour and Egyptian counterpart Hamada Al-Sawy, Libya Herald reports. Under the agreement, the two […]
The International Finance Corporation, IFC, a member of the World Bank, will invest $100 million in the first private sector green bond in Egypt, to help fund climate-smart projects, alleviate greenhouse gas emissions, and support Egypt’s shift to a greener economy, the institution said in a statement. The bond, the first by the private sector, […]
Egypt has allegedly endorsed Tunisian President Kais Saied’s ongoing purge marked by the dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and the suspension of the parliament, London-based Middle East Eye (MEE) reports, arguing President Fattah al-Sisi has sent aides to advise the Tunisian President on the move. Saied Sunday seized the executive power after sacking 47-year […]
The Egyptian military says it is ready to face regional challenges as Ethiopia resumes filling the Renaissance dam considered a threat by the Arab Republic. “It is not wise, in light of our capabilities and high deterrence power, to test the reaction of the Egyptian Armed Forces,” Gharib Abdel Hafez, a spokesman of the army […]
The Egyptian police arrested Tuesday businessman and ex-owner of Mehwar satellite channel Hassan Rateb on accusation of funding unlicensed excavation of antiquities, a crime amounting to life imprisonment. Rateb has been named in an investigation of former lawmaker Alaa Hassanin who was also arrested last week and accused of leading a gang to dig for […]
Moroccan Trade Minister has asked Egyptian peer to abide by fair trade principles in line with the Agadir Free Trade deal after Egyptian authorities blocked on purpose a cargo of Dacia cars made in Morocco. Trade Minister Moulay Hafid Alamy told MPs he complained to his Egyptian peer about the unjustified delays and waved the […]
Egypt and South Sudan are contemplating the construction of a multipurpose Dam in South Sudan, Arab News reports. To this end, the two countries signed a cooperation protocol that provides for conducting the feasibility studies of the dam to be located on the Siwi River, one of the main branches of the Jur River in […]