Egypt's iron and steel exports in the first eight months of 2021 have jumped 197 percent to $1.097 billion, from $369 million in the same period last year.
In August this year, exports rose to $177 million from $60 million in the same period last (...)
Under the patronage of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypt is well placed to host the 2021 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships for the first time and with much government support.
Over five days of intense competition, the new (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Burundi's Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Shingiro asserted their keenness to continue developing bilateral relations between the two countries in a way that promotes joint action.
In a telephone call on (...)
11:00 Ahly's unsung crop of players might lack the kind of big names who propelled the team to unprecedented glory more than a decade ago but they can make their own history with another Champions League triumph on Saturday.
Stay tuned as match is (...)
There is a river that has gently flowed for 30 million years, six times older than previously thought.
It could have been just another river, on the face of the earth, like the hundreds of thousands flowing across the globe. No one has really (...)
Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea has announced that a customs duty exemption on Egyptian exports to Kenya will continue for a period of a year starting from July.
Gamea said that this exemption comes as part of the comprehensive (...)
The qualifying matches for the maiden edition of the CAF Women's Champions League kicked-off in Africa's zones. The final competition is to be played in Egypt in October.
West African Football Union (WAFU B) hosted the first zonal draw that would (...)
Pyramids FC v Raja Casablanca
Stay tuned as match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT+2)
Venue: Air Defence Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Ndabihawenimana Pacifique (Burundi)
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As Egypt and Sudan were scrambling to push forward negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) before the start of the flood season, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed chose to make the provocative announcement that Addis Ababa (...)
"Only those who went through that night can perhaps forgive and in doing so give the gift of forgiveness," said French President Emmanuel Macron this week as he acknowledged France's "overwhelming responsibility" in the 1994 Rwandan (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is the first Egyptian president to visit Djibouti since the latter gained its independence in 1977.
The President's visit, which was described by the Egyptian presidency as both "historic" and the first of its (...)
At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad's capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.
There are simply no vaccines at all.
Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for COVID-19 (...)
The Standing Committee for the Follow-up of Egyptian-African Relations held a meeting on Sunday to discuss Egyptian activities regarding Africa.
The meeting was chaired by Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza, and (...)
Mauritania reached the African Nations Cup for only the second time and Ethiopia also booked their place in next year's Cameroon finals on Tuesday.
A 1-0 win away to Central Africa, thanks to a goal from Aboubakar Kamara just before the break, (...)
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, has met with Burundi's Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Rurema Deo-Guide, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation.
Abdel-Aty expressed his ministry's (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi asserted, on Wednesday, that the River Nile is a "matter of existence" to all Egyptians.
Al-Sisi's remarks came during a press conference with Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who arrived in Egypt, (...)
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
Ndayishimiye is set to mull bilateral cooperation relations between his country and Egypt, and means to further bolster them (...)
Policymakers and experts are expected to develop context-specific and action-oriented recommendations as to how Africa can recover from the coronavirus pandemic after the Aswan II Forum ends on 5 March.
Through the so-called “Aswan Conclusions”, (...)
Egyptian Food Export Council is planning to organize five trade missions during the current year to the African market, in order to increase the food sector exports.
The new mission will be sent to the African countries wide open for the Egyptian (...)
Burundi has become at least the second African country to say it doesn't need COVID-19 vaccines, even as doses finally begin to arrive on the continent that's seeing a deadly resurgence in cases.
The health minister of the East African nation, (...)
Voters went to the polls for Central African Republic's presidential and legislative elections after a campaign period marked by violence between rebels and government forces.
Despite calls from the opposition to delay the vote amid the insecurity, (...)
Following the collapse of civilian and military dictatorships across Africa three decades ago, the continent adopted a shift towards democracy. Many African countries formed multi-party political systems and drafted constitutions that limited (...)
It is high time to revisit the writings of Egyptian geologist Roshdi Said (1920-2013), who was born 100 years ago.
Said wrote extensively on water, energy, desert reclamation, and other issues, as well as on the development of Egypt's educational (...)
Senegal became the first country to secure its place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Cameroon after claiming a 1-0 away win over Guinea Bissau on Sunday.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scored the winner eight minutes from (...)
All times are Cairo time (GMT+2)
Wednesday 11 November
18:00 Senegal v Guinea-Bissau
18:00 Guinea v Chad
18:00 Kenya v Comoros
18:00 Mauritania v Burundi
18:00 Cape Verde v Rwanda
21:00 Libya v Equatorial Guinea
Thursday 12 November
15:00 Uganda (...)
