First Independent Mena Newspaper
Egyptian authorities have closed the diving spot of Ras Mohammed national park, at the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh after a 12-year old Ukrainian boy lost his hand in a shark attack. The move came after a shark attacked the boy and his mother as well as their guide during a dive in the park […]
Former Egyptian female soccer star Faiza Heidar has been tasked to train fourth division side Ideal Goldi, becoming therefore the country’s first female technician to coach a men’s professional team. The former captain of Egypt’s female national soccer team is the only Egyptian woman to be certified by England’s Premier League to coach across […]
Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League tie in Egypt against Cairo-based Zamalek after the side reported nine cases of coronavirus. The ministry, Le360.ma reports, has sent a correspondence to the club after nine players of the […]
Egypt has instructed its media to water down criticism of Turkey at a time the two countries are engaged in secret talks to iron out conflicting files including the Libyan one. A source in Egyptian state TV who asked not to be named told New Khaleej that authorities gave the new instructions as Cairo and […]
Attijariwafa bank Egypt has entered into partnership with U.S-based MoneyGram International in view of supporting the Arab country’s financial inclusion policy, Arab Finance reports. The Moroccan bank in a statement said with the new partnership, MoneyGram’s clients worldwide will be able to transfer remittances to be received at any of its 65 branches in Egypt. […]
The UN acting envoy to Libya, Stephenie Williams has called for sanctions to be slapped on individuals who might spoil inter-Libyan talks next month to foster the formation of a unity government, Libya Observer reports. “Frankly, you need a unified executive if you want to move toward national elections, because you need a national government […]
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has laid into Egypt after Egyptian naval force shot at three Palestinians fishermen killing two of them. The fishermen, who were brothers from Gaza, were killed Friday along the Palestinian-Egyptian maritime border after Egyptians forces opened fire on them. “It is clear that there are specific instructions and orders […]
British multinational oil and gas company, British Petroleum (BP) has announced the discovery of a new gas field in Egypt, in the Nile Delta. The new discovery is located at 16 meters water depth on a new formation-level near current Nidoco NW-1 exploratory well, in Abu Madi West concession, 4 km north from the Nooros […]
Egypt will not vote for the election of a new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take place in March 2021 in Morocco’s capital Rabat over the absence of an elected president. CAF last week said it will stage the election of its president next year in the Moroccan capital. Egypt’s Football […]
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