Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy Sileshi Bekele retracted, on Wednesday, his previous statement to the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) on the filling of the Ethiopian Nile dam, according to the Associated Press (AP).
He (...)
Poland's incumbent President Andrzej Duda has won re-election after winning the second-round election, the National Electoral Commission (PKW) said on Monday.
The incumbent, supported by the governing Law and Justice party, won 51.21 percent of the (...)
An estimated 8 in 10 girls in countries such as Egypt and Sudan who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) have the procedure done in healthcare professionals' offices, according to Luay Shabaneh, Regional Director for Arab States in United Nations (...)
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed negotiations aimed at reaching an accord over the filling of Ethiopia's new hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, according to a Friday statement from the Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas.
In statements to (...)
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia heads of state participated in African Union (AU) mini-summit, to discuss the the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Friday. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Sudan's PM Abdalla Hamdok, and Ethiopia's PM Abiy (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)developments with his South African counterpart and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday.
In a phone call, Al-Sisi (...)
The 23 Egyptian workers recently abducted in Libya were freed and returned home through Salloum early Thursday. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi directed all state institutions to end the crisis of detained Egyptian workers in Libya.
A circulated (...)
Egypt will take a tough stance against mistreatment or abuse of its labourers in Libya, Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal and Minister of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram have stressed.
The Egyptian officials spoke after a (...)
Proposals presented by Ethiopia on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) backtracks from all previous understandings and the outcomes of Washington talk rounds said the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on (...)
The recent decision by Facebook to appoint Yemeni national, Tawakkol Karman, to its new Oversight Board was met with a backlash from social media users in the Middle East.
This shouldn't come as a surprise. Karman, who is known as the first Arab (...)
The Egyptian Exchange's (EGX) market capitalisation stood at EGP 564.894bn at the close of Sunday trading, gaining about EGP 9.5bn.
In the first trading session in the Muslim's holy month of Ramadan, Egypt's blue-chip index EGX30 advanced 2.54% to (...)
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said on Tuesday that Egypt's economic targets for fiscal year (FY) 2020/21 have been adjusted for effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Two scenarios were put in place that project what may (...)
The Parliament's planning and budgeting committee has approved the draft amendments to Income Tax Law prepared by the government, adding only a few adjustments and suggestions. The amendments now await discussions in the House of Representatives, (...)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River meant to turn Addis Ababa into Africa's biggest power exporter, but Egypt fears the dam, which is under construction near Ethiopia's border with Sudan, would significantly diminish its (...)
The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive volatility on financial markets, Wednesday, on the back of the soaring worldwide coronavirus infections. At the time of publishing, the number of confirmed cases has surpassed 885,171 worldwide, (...)
Spain's coronavirus deaths soared by a record number Tuesday after reporting 849 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in 24 hours, highest single-day death toll. Spain – the third hardest-hit country in the world – said that hospitals in at least half of (...)
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani responded to criticism of his government's lingering handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic calling it a "political war," on Sunday. He said that he had to weigh protecting the country's fragile economy while (...)
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported on Saturday the death of an infant younger than one year in Chicago who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
"There has never before been a death associated with COVID-19 in an (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday to express solidarity with Italy against the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Al-Sisi stressed Egypt's full readiness to extend to Italy possible support and (...)
Coronavirus threat and a full-blown crude oil price war lead to global financial markets meltdown, reaching unprecedented lows Monday.
The stock markets bloodbath triggered the first-ever forced trading halt in the US and similar measures in Egypt, (...)
The head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service (GIS), Abbas Kamel, met with the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burthan, and the deputy head Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hamidati) in Khartoum on Monday. Kamel stressed Egypt's full (...)
Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt, has trained a total of 53,000 beneficiaries in the second half (2H) of 2019, EBI Executive Director Abdel Aziz Nossier said in a Wednesday press conference.
Nossier (...)
EgyptAir, the country's national aviation company decided to suspend its flights to and from Chinese cities, starting 1 February, the company announced on Thursday. The suspension will be gradual, starting with Hanzo flights from1 February and (...)
US President Donald Trump revealed his so-called "Deal of the Century" peace plan on Tuesday, claiming that it is the most detailed proposal that has been put out so far, as it provided precise technical solutions.
In short, the plan stipulates a (...)
Political and social tensions will slow the pace of reform and limit the scope of fiscal consolidation, Moody's Investors Service said in a Wednesday report.
Accordingly, the agency forecasted a negative outlook on Levantine and North African (...)
