Egypt's Ministry of Defense has offered a thousand scholarships for students from brother African countries to study in military colleges, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said. The statement came during a meeting with delegations participating in the Sahel-Saharan States Defense Ministers Conference, held Thursday in the red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. Egypt's minister of defense, Sedky Sobhy was among the attendees that also included a number of friendly countries' military commanders.