The US government has advised Egypt to request the delay of a proposed loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until January after Egypt failed to fulfil its promise to the fund to raise sales taxes on certain consumer goods, a well-informed (...)
An International Monetary Fund delegation is due to arrive in Cairo on Tuesday for the latest round of negotiations with the Egyptian government over a long-awaited and controversial $4.8 billion-plus loan.
On the eve of the visit, Ahram Online sat (...)