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Articles of the author Marwa Awad
IMF praises Egypt stimulus plan, points to challenges ahead
The IMF praised Egypt's stimulus plan to revive the economy and welcomed support for the cash-strapped country from friendly Arab states, but said introducing much needed reforms to restructure the economy remains a challenge Egypt's government is (...)

12 - 10 - 2013
IMF ready to work with Egypt's government: Lagarde
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is strongly committed to working with the new Egyptian authorities to support the Arab world's most populous nation in its "difficult transition" and is ready to send a mission to Cairo should the authorities (...)

09 - 10 - 2013
Egypt-IMF deal pending updated reform plan: IMF official
Egypt is moving ahead with talks over a standby loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pending an updated national economic programme that guarantees key reforms will be successfully implemented to pave the way for growth, an IMF (...)

01 - 05 - 2013
Egypt to update reform plan ahead of IMF meeting on Saturday
Egypt plans to present an updated programme to the IMF as it seeks to obtain a $4.8 billion loan after its initial economic plan was deemed 'weak' and 'not rigorous' by the international lender Egypt is rushing to knock into shape an economic reform (...)

19 - 04 - 2013
Egypt-IMF loan negotiations still in progress: Lagarde
Negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund are not over yet, IMF chief Christine Lagarde told reporters in Washington on Thursday, saying more work was needed on an economic programme that the government had presented to qualify (...)

18 - 04 - 2013
Suleiman wants balancing role as president
CAIRO: Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief now trying to run for the Egyptian presidency, says he wants the job to stop it going to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood – but sees the Brotherhood playing a vital role in Egyptian politics. A powerful (...)

16 - 04 - 2012
Islamists rally in Cairo against Mubarak old guard
CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against a run for the presidency by former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, in an Islamist show of strength against Hosni Mubarak's old guard. The Muslim (...)

13 - 04 - 2012
In Egypt's military, a march for change
CAIRO: On a warm Wednesday morning last October, around 500 Egyptian army officers based at the Air Defense Institute on the outskirts of Alexandria staged a mini revolt. According to a lieutenant colonel with direct knowledge of the protest, the (...)

10 - 04 - 2012
Mubarak aide presidency bid an 'insult': Islamist rival
CAIRO: A bid for power by Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief is an insult to Egypt's revolution that, if successful, would trigger a second nationwide revolt, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency said. In his first (...)

09 - 04 - 2012
Egypt's Islamist candidate says IMF deal unlikely
CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has warned the government it will not support an IMF loan unless the terms are changed or it moves aside and allows a new administration to oversee how the funds are spent, its candidate for president said on (...)

09 - 04 - 2012
Army takes on Islamists to retain power
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is locked in a power struggle with ruling generals over how much influence the army will have after civilians take over in three months time, a dispute that could decide whether democracy thrives after Hosni Mubarak's (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
IMF official says Egypt talks to last a few weeks
CAIRO: Talks over an International Monetary Fund loan for Egypt are continuing and will take a few weeks, rather than days, to conclude, IMF Middle East and Central Asia director Ahmed Masood told Reuters on Monday. Egypt formally requested a (...)

19 - 03 - 2012
Muslim Brotherhood leaning toward IMF loan
CAIRO: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's political wing supports Egypt's request for an IMF loan, but first it wants the government to produce a coherent plan to battle corruption and get costs under control, its economic policymakers say. The (...)

09 - 03 - 2012
Egypt court adjourns US NGOs trial to April
CAIRO (Reuters): An Egyptian court on Sunday adjourned the trial of dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans to April, raising hopes among their supporters that the case could be dropped to spare further damage to Egypt's ties with its (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Egypt presidential vote to be early June: source
CAIRO: Egypt's first presidential election since president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year will be held in the first week of June, an official at the judicial committee supervising the vote said. Army leaders who took over from Mubarak in (...)

19 - 02 - 2012
Egypt bourse suspends trading on OTMT, Mobinil
CAIRO: Shares in Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) and Mobinil have been suspended pending issuance of a joint statement by Mobinil's shareholders, OTMT and France Telecom over Mobinil's fate, the bourse said on Sunday. "The management (...)

12 - 02 - 2012
Egypt officials see end to US NGO stand-off
CAIRO: Egypt's government will back down in a stand-off with Washington over US funding for civil society groups because allowing the dispute to drag on could jeopardize aid worth billions of dollars, two Egyptian officials said. Nineteen (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
Egypt council wants earlier presidential vote
CAIRO: A civilian council appointed to advise Egypt's military rulers said on Saturday preparations for a presidential election should begin on February 23, a step that would bring forward the presidential election from an expected June date. The (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row
CAIRO: The cases of 40 people embroiled in a dispute over the activities of US-funded pro-democracy groups and other organizations have been transferred to the Cairo criminal court, a judicial source said on Sunday. "The cases of 40 foreign and (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Street battle rages near interior ministry
CAIRO: Protesters hurled rocks through clouds of tear gas and riot police fired live rounds on a second day of fighting around Egypt's Interior Ministry triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the country's worst soccer disaster. A demonstrator (...)

03 - 02 - 2012
Egypt's Islamists gear up to challenge army
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is devising a blueprint for a parliamentary democracy that would overturn Egypt's tradition of strong heads of state, flexing its muscles after emerging as the country's dominant political force. The plan has emerged (...)

31 - 01 - 2012
IMF says Egypt talks to take 2-3 months
CAIRO: Egypt's negotiations for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take two to three months as the two sides work out technical details and how to bring other donors on board, an IMF director said on (...)

17 - 01 - 2012
Egypt economic measures seen possible benchmarks: IMF
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it was still discussing with Egyptian authorities the timing of the IMF mission's visit, adding that economic measures the government had published in June represent possible benchmarks (...)

04 - 01 - 2012
IMF says expects January talks with Egypt
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it planned to meet with Egyptian authorities to discuss the country's economic problems but added that any funding would have to be based on benchmarks that had broad political (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
Egypt PM urges G8 to help unlock promised aid
CAIRO: Egypt's prime minister appealed to Group of Eight countries on Monday to help unlock billions of dollars in aid promised in September but not yet delivered under an initiative to support countries of the Arab spring. Army-backed Prime (...)

27 - 12 - 2011
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