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 (...)
Senegal maintained their 100 percent record in the Nations Cup qualifiers on Wednesday after defeating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 at home to top Group I with maximum nine points.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane converted a penalty one minute before the break and (...)
One of the lessons learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic is how health issues and the political stability of different countries are interrelated. Not only has the pandemic wreaked havoc on the world's economy, but the very fact that some of (...)
Africa loses $90 billion to corruption annually. The amount is equivalent to the sum industrial countries give to the continent in the form of development assistance and direct investment.
These findings were released in a United Nations Conference (...)
“There is a famous saying that every Egyptian knows — Egypt is the gift of the Nile. However, the point of my book is that it goes both ways because I want to argue that the Nile is also the gift of Egypt,” says Nezar AlSayyad, author of The Nile: (...)
A new president has taken power in Burundi two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor, whose 15-year rule ended in deadly repression and a sharp rejection of outside scrutiny. Now the country waits to see if more of that will (...)
أعلنت حكومة بوروندى فى بيان نشرته على تويتر أن رئيس بوروندى بيير نكورونزيزا توفى، أضافت الحكومة في بيان أنه توفى إثر إصابته بأزمة قلبية.
وتشرت الحكومة البوروندية بيانا على حسابها في "تويتر" قالت فيه: تعلن حكومة جمهورية بوروندي ببالغ الحزن عن الوفاة (...)
أعلنت حكومة بوروندى فى بيان نشرته على تويتر أن رئيس بوروندى بيير نكورونزيزا توفى، أضافت الحكومة في بيان أنه توفى إثر إصابته بأزمة قلبية.
وتشرت الحكومة البوروندية بيانا على حسابها في "تويتر" قالت فيه: تعلن حكومة جمهورية بوروندي ببالغ الحزن عن (...)
LIBYA: A possible breakthrough is in the works for one of the most pressing issues facing Cairo.
Following a tripartite meeting this week with Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, and Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh, (...)
Burundi has expelled the national head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a letter written by the country's foreign minister, which gave no reason.
Despite the coronavirus outbreak, Burundi is in the middle of campaigns for a (...)
Burundi's domestic season is to resume on May 21, more than a month after Africa's last remaining football competition was suspended to allow political rallies to be held in stadia ahead of general elections, authorities have confirmed.
While the (...)
Both before and after Addis Ababa began to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt was untiring in its efforts, first, to promote consensus between countries at the sources of the Nile and downstream countries, and, second, to (...)
Almost a month after walking out of US-brokered tripartite negotiations, Addis Ababa is working on another proposal for an agreement it said it will deliver to Egypt and Sudan soon.
“We won't subscribe to an agreement just because the US and the (...)
