World Bulletin Rabat voices support for Egypt roadmap after 'coup' row Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar on Friday reaffirmed his country's support for Egypt's transitional road map, while his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, announced Cairo's commitment to Morocco's territorial integrity. The twin announcements were made at a joint press conference on Friday following talks between the two men in Morocco's central city of Fes. Mezouar reiterated his country's "support for Egypt's democratic transition and the roadmap adopted by the Egyptian people after June 30 revolution [which led to the ouster of elected President Mohamed Morsi]," Mezouar said in a joint statement with Shoukry. The Egyptian foreign minister, for his part, announced "Egypt's commitment to the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco, the UN solution to the Sahara issue, and UN Security Council resolutions on Morocco's autonomy proposal." Read more: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/153170/rabat-voices-support-for-egypt-roadmap-after-coup-row Itar Tass Egyptian tourism minister: Russia, Egypt might use Russian currency in mutual settlements Russia and Egypt might use the Russian currency unit, the rouble, in their mutual settlements, Egypt's Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou told the Al Shorouk newspaper published on Friday. He said that in condition of the rouble devaluation and in a bid to encourage tourism flows from Russia the two countries might begin to use the ruble as a payments unit in the sphere of tourism and in trade in general "already in February." Zaazou said that the sides were working on a mechanism of mutual settlements to abandon the U.S. dollar as a basic currency unit. Such settlements, in his words, might be made via the two countries' Central Banks. At the initial stage, the ruble would be used to pay for tourist vouchers and travel companies' fees. Further on, he said, these funds might be used by Cairo to pay for imports from Russia. Read more: http://itar-tass.com/en/world/771695 Al Monitor Egyptian women take to social media to expose harassers Egyptian women have been using a number of hashtags — among them #Idon'tFeelSafeOnTheStreet, #AntiHarassment and #ExposeHarasser — on social networking sites to speak up about the daily sexual harassment they experience. These campaigns are part of an effort to expose harassers and break the silence surrounding their crimes, which are haunting women in Egypt. Women have tweeted myriad incidents along with advocating the courage to expose and confront harassers. Fathi Farid, coordinator of the I Saw Harassment initiative, told Al-Monitor, "The laws in Egypt have failed to deter sexual harassment against women." According to him, "The law that is supposed to prohibit sexual harassment should be amended. The amendments should include a clear definition of what an anti-harassment law is as well as protect witnesses and informants from media defamation." Not many people have high hopes of being able to rely on the Egyptian police to fight sexual harassment in the streets. "We cannot trust the anti-harassment division in the regular police when the person in charge of this department believes that harassment is only triggered by revealing female attire," Farid said. Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/01/egypt-women-sexual-harrassment-social-media.html##ixzz3P4T6QAYh
