The Wall Street Journal Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Reshuffles Cabinet Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Wednesday appointed 10 new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle that comes as political unrest and terror attacks weigh heavily on the economy. The cabinet overhaul, which includes a new economy and investment minister, underlines the government's key challenges. Egypt is facing an acute shortage of dollars that has further weighed on a local economy already hurting from the sharp fall in tourism and foreign investments since the uprising in 2011. Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/egypts-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-reshuffles-cabinet-1458751193 Sputnik Egypt Awaits Political Decisions on Resuming Foreign Flights Egypt is ready to follow all security recommendations of foreign experts and is waiting for political decisions on the resumption of foreign flights, newly-appointed Minister of Civil Aviation Sharif Fathi said. Russia suspended all passenger flights to and from Egypt last fall after a Russia-operated Airbus A321 plane crashed en route from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg on October 31, 2015. All 224 people on board died in what has become the largest civil aviation disaster in Russian. Sharif Fathi told CBC Extra late on Wednesday night that airport security in Egypt meets international standards and Cairo is "waiting for political decisions that would allow tourists to return to Egyptian airports." Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160324/1036869002/egypt-ready-foreign-flights.html#ixzz43ngWq2QH
