President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday that the Egyptian state would provide financial support for works of art that develop "real awareness" of the challenging issues facing the country, including terrorism and the need for the renewal of (...)
The Ever Given ship, which blocked navigation through the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March, is expected to begin transiting Egypt's canal in the upcoming hours.
Currently, the Ever Given is in east Mediterranean Sea and is expected to reach (...)
Ethiopia's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen has asked that Algeria play a role in "correcting" what he described as the Arab League's "misperceptions" about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Mekonnen made the (...)
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Tuesday that Egypt was not against development projects in Ethiopia or any Nile basin countries, but those projects should be implemented within the framework of international law and take into (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Monday that Ethiopia wants to produce electricity from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without posing any threat to downstream countries Egypt and Sudan.
In a meeting with members of the (...)
Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi officially asked the UN Security Council to hold a session at the nearest time on the developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam "GERD" dispute, the government said.
The Sudanese foreign (...)
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok said on Tuesday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute "was a serious matter related to the security and future of millions in people in Egypt and Sudan."
The Sudanese prime minister's (...)
Egypt's Ambassador to the United States Motaz Zahran said Tuesday that Egypt will not in any way be complacent about its water security, calling on the United States to support the current mediation attempt led by the African Union (AU) in order to (...)
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi said on Monday that the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would impact the lives of millions of people in Sudan, the Sudanese foreign ministry stated.
In a meeting with (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry delivered a message on Wednesday from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to his Nigerien counterpart Mohamed Bazoum over the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Egypt's (...)
US-based news channel Al-Hurra reported on Thursday that a US diplomatic delegation is set to travel to Kinshasa, Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa to discuss issued related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
A spokesperson for the US (...)
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday that his country would go on with the second filing of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam next July in the upcoming rain season.
In a speech covering recent developments in the country at the (...)
In the first official reaction from Ethiopia over the Sudanese suggestion for an international Quartet committee to mediate in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks, Ethiopia stated on Tuesday that it has not received the suggestion (...)
The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research 'Baseera' stated that according to its latest survey 2.9 million Egyptians could have been infected by coronavirus in 2020.
According to the results in its latest survey, which was released on (...)
Egypt and Sudan asked Ethiopia on Friday to approve the suggestion to have an international quartet committee to mediate in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks.
In a joint statement issued by the Egyptian and Sudanese governments on (...)
Egypt's prosecution started on Tuesday an investigation into a video that has gone viral online and appears to show an adult male attempting to molest a child in Cairo's Maadi neighbourhood on Monday.
The suspect was apprehended on Tuesday despite (...)
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan said in a joint press conference in Cairo that a legally binding agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam must be reached.
Ministers Sameh Shoukry and Mariam Assadiq Al-Mahdi also demanded the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Health Hala Zayed said on Tuesday that the ambulance system in the country has had recent upgrades worth EGP 846 million.
The minister added that the ministry recently provided ambulances service on the new highways and road axes (...)
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will continue their talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Wednesday, the Sudanese irrigation ministry said.
The three countries will work on merging their three proposals for an agreement on the mega-dam, the (...)
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will continue negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Tuesday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Sunday, after talks between the three countries resumed that afternoon.
According to the Egyptian (...)
Egypt rejects Ethiopia's latest proposal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has been presented by the Ethiopian irrigation minister to his Egyptian and Sudanese counterparts, the Egyptian irrigation ministry announced.
In a (...)
Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels said on Sunday that a small land subsidence took place in Zamalek by a building in Brazil Street, but denied that the nearby construction of a Cairo metro extension had caused the building to partially (...)
Egypt is demanding that the Ethiopian government issue an urgent explanation concerning reports that Addis Ababa has started the filling process for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Hafiz said (...)
Egypt's irrigation ministry said on Thursday that no consensus has yet been reached by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on any of the technical or legal issues concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the seventh consecutive day of talks (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi praised on Monday the sacrifices and efforts of medical teams in the country exerted during the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Egyptian people have the right to be proud of the sacrifices of (...)