“I emphasise that Egypt will work hard to continue along the road we started together towards the structural and financial reform of the African Union [AU] and build on previous achievements in developing the tools and abilites of the Union in order (...)
“I emphasise that Egypt will work hard to continue along the road we started together towards the structural and financial reform of the African Union [AU] and build on previous achievements in developing the tools and abilites of the Union in order (...)
The role that Egypt can play during its one-year presidency of the African Union grabbed the attention of the media this week.
Mohamed Salah Al-Badri asked what Africa needs from Egypt. He noted that the decision taken in July 2013 to freeze Egypt's (...)
The anniversary of the 25 January Revolution and the Cairo International Book Fair captured the attention of the media this week.
Farouk Guweida wrote that the state of division over 25 January Revolution will last for a long time.
But, Guweida (...)
US Secretary of States Mike Pompeo's tour in the region captured the attention of the press this week.
Massoud Al-Hannawi ruled out that the aim of Pompeo's tour was to find practical solutions or take certain measures to resolve the difficult (...)
While there has been an improvement in the overall atmosphere of the relationship between Egypt and Ethiopia, “progress on the ground with regards to the Renaissance Dam is still at a standstill,” says Rakha Hassan, a member of the Council for (...)
The last few months have seen a number of visits between senior Egyptian and German officials of which Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli's visit to Berlin earlier this week was the latest.
During Madbouli's trip German President Frank-Walter (...)
A meeting between Egypt's foreign minister and head of intelligence together with their Sudanese counterparts took place last week in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in the last in a series of meetings between officials from the two countries in (...)
The 2018 Africa Forum captured the attention of the media this week.
Makram Mohamed Ahmed noted that Sharm Al-Sheikh had recently been the venue for several important meetings including the Youth Forum last month.
Mohamed Ahmed wrote that more than (...)
Education is an issue that engages the press every week. This week was no exception.
Mohamed Kamal focused on whether the use of computer tablets in classes will benefit students. Kamal wrote that improving education requires transparency in (...)
A UN special rapporteur on the right to housing has alleged that Egyptian authorities mistreated a number of those she interviewed during a recent visit to Egypt to evaluate the policies adopted to provide adequate housing on a non-discriminatory (...)
“Generally speaking, Syrian people living in Egypt have one dream — to return to their country soon. But until then they are trying to live as part of this society, work for it, enjoy its privileges and accept its shortcomings. They live here as if (...)
The World Youth Forum captured the attention of the press this week.
The editorial of the official daily Al-Ahram said the forum sent a message of peace and prosperity to the world.
"The forum, in its second edition, sends an important Egyptian (...)
This year has seen a series of visits and meetings between President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and his Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Bashir. The latest came last week when President Al-Sisi paid a two-day visit to Sudan, meeting with Al-Bashir and other (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Germany, the launching of the UAE satellite and education were some of the issues which occupied the press this week.
The editorial of the official daily Al-Ahram noted that the president's foreign visits (...)
“Africa is a youthful continent and we need to facilitate the creation of jobs to help the young achieve their ambitions in development and empowerment,” said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri in his address before the “Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want” (...)
On Sunday the presidency announced that Egypt would help Tanzania build a huge dam on the River Rufiji.
The government-run Arab Contractors, a leading Egyptian construction company, won the tender to design and build a dam on the river at Stiegler's (...)
The Jamal Khashoggi case and the expected return of Penaly Cairo International occupied the press this week, alongside other issues.
Makram Mohamed Ahmed wondered if 'Islam and the West, diversity and integration', the slogan raised by Al-Azhar in (...)
Various issues occupied the press this week including President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Russia, the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and holding the first Water Week in Cairo.
The editorial of the official daily (...)
Various pressing issues engaged the press this week including the anniversary of the 1973 war and reforming education.
Hussein Ramzi Kazim wrote that the 6 October victory showed people around the world the ability of the Egyptian fighter to (...)
Last week the Foreign Ministry hosted the first meeting of the Permanent Committee for Promoting Relations between Egypt and Other African Countries.
The committee seeks to “coordinate efforts by various ministries and the private sector to boost (...)
Various issues occupied the press this week including the start of the new academic year and the UN General Assembly meetings in New York.
Writers shed light on the new educational system that is causing concern among most parents who have children (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki last week in Asmara. It was Shoukri's first visit to the country after it restored diplomatic relations with neighbouring Ethiopia after nearly 20 years of enmity that (...)
Various issues engaged the press this week including the start of the new academic year.
Sherif Abdin chose to focus on an issue of prime concern to all those working in the press at present: what is the fate of press institutions which are facing a (...)
Various pressing issues engaged the press this week including calls on social media to boycott buying fruit.
At the same time, the editorial of the official daily Al-Ahram regarded the US decision to reduce aid to Palestinian hospitals in Jerusalem (...)
