Star Africa Egypt's Gheit appointed new Arab League Sec Gen After initial disagreements, the Arab Foreign Ministers' Council has finally appointed Egyptian nominee, Ahmed Abul Gheit as the new Secretary General of the Arab League. Geit's appointment was made during a meeting of the organization's foreign ministers in Cairo on Thursday to appoint a new successor to Nabil Al-Araby, after he announced last month that he would not be running for another term when his current one expires on 1 July. Six Egyptians and one Tunisian have held the post since the founding of the Arab League in 1945. Read more: http://en.starafrica.com/news/egypts-gheit-appointed-new-arab-league-sec-gen.html Egyptian leader attends joint military exercises in Saudi Arabia Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is attending the final maneuvers of the "Northern Thunder" joint military exercise in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, demonstrating Egyptian support for the alliance of 20 Arab and Islamic military powers taking part in the war against Islamic terror groups. The exercise, which concludes this week, has involved an estimated 300,000 soldiers from 14 Arab nations and six other Muslim nations in Africa and Asia. Air, ground and naval forces have rehearsed, coordinating on military scenarios in the eastern Saudi province of Hafr al-Baten, with the massing of forces along national borders a key element of the training. Read more: http://en.starafrica.com/news/egyptian-leader-attends-joint-military-exercises-in-saudi-arabia.html
