International and regional powers agreed at talks on Tuesday to intensify a military campaign against Islamist militants in the West African Sahel region, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying victory over the jihadists was within (...)
Not surprisingly, terrorist organisations seized on the Covid-19 crisis to ratchet up their hate speech. The pandemic was “heaven sent” to take revenge against violators of God's law and inflict on them the worst punishment for their many sins, said (...)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it would extend existing restrictions on non-essential travel at land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico due to continued risks from the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"This extension protects (...)
The Paris Club of creditor nations have so far waived $1.1 billion euros of debt servicing payments due this year from some of the worlds poorest countries under a G20 deal and more relief is on the way soon, the group said on Wednesday.
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Cairo University's dorms received on Saturday three new groups of repatriated Egyptians from Kuwait for a 14-day quarantine, bringing the total number of groups returning from Kuwait to 13.
According to state-owned MENA, Cairo University President (...)
Egypt has repatriated around 12,000 stranded Egyptians from different countries since late April, an aviation ministry source told Al-Ahram on Friday.
Seventy Flights arranged by EgyptAir and Air Cairo airlines brought Egyptian nationals back to (...)
“It was very good news for thousands of Egyptians stranded in the Gulf that they will soon be returning home. The conditions they are facing, in the Gulf in general and in Kuwait in particular, are difficult.
All the uncertainties have led to (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the authorities will return more than 16,000 nationals stranded abroad in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The flights, quarantine and the medical tests from May 3 to May 9 have cost (...)
Marsa Alam International Airport anticipates 8 more repatriation flights from Washington, Rome, Toronto and Heathrow in coming week
By Sarah El-Sheikh
Cairo International Airport received on Saturday an exceptional flight by Air Cairo a subsidiary (...)
Two flights are expected to land at Marsa Alam Airport on Wednesday with Egyptians who had been stranded in Oman and Chad. A further 104 Egyptians returned home on a flight from India, as part of repatriation flights for Egyptians returning from (...)
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced on Thursday cutting its dividend to shareholders for the first time since World War II, following a dramatic plunge in oil prices amid the coronavirus crisis.
The board at Shell stated that it had decided to (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Wednesday attended with his African counterparts a virtual mini-summit held by the African Union (AU) to discuss joint efforts to combat COVID-19 pandemic in the continent, the Egyptian presidency said.
“In (...)
On 26 March, Fayez Al-Sarraj, prime minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), launched operation “Peace Storm” against the Libyan National Army (LNA) under the command of Benghazi-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. In two (...)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved $500 million to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world's most impoverished countries so they can help them tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The IMF executive board approved the (...)
Confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infections have continued to grow across Africa, with the total number of infections reaching 15,249, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these cases, 816 have died, and 2,895 have recovered so (...)
As of March 28, the California Association of Realtors announced that residential and commercial real estate is officially deemed an essential service, according to Krcr news on Driday.
Chad Phillips, owner of Vista Real Estate, says that business (...)
Boko Haram militants killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers and wounded dozens more in what President Idriss Deby described as the deadliest attack ever on the country's military.
The soldiers were ambushed on Monday in the island village of Boma in the (...)
The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) joined the Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO) in a bid to strengthen cooperation with African and international organisations.
SCZone Chairperson Yehia Zaki said in a Sunday statement that the authority (...)
The world's wealthiest nations poured unprecedented aid into the traumatized global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the current epicentre Europe even as they waned at the pandemic's point of origin, China.
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As the UN, with US support, continues to press for the implementation of the Berlin process set into motion by the international conference on Libya that took place in the German capital on 19 January, two other initiatives to resolve the (...)
The Arab Contractors Company,one of the leading construction companies in the Middle East and Africa, is set to build a branch for Alexandria University in Chad.
The Arab Contractors signed an agreemen to stablish the first phase of the faculties of (...)
Petroleum Minister Tareq El Molla held talks with US Senator Ted Cruz on means of promoting partnership with East Mediterranean countries in the natural gas field in light of Egypt's crucial role as a regional gas hub.
This came during his current (...)
شاركت ناسا صورة غريبة لما كانت ذات يوم بحيرة أكبر من بحر قزوين في وسط إفريقيا، وتمتد هذه المساحة الضخمة من المياه، التي يطلق عليها Mega Chad، على مساحة 150 ألف ميل مربع عبر الصحراء الكبرى، ولربما كانت الأكبر على الأرض في يومنا هذا، وتعد بحيرة "تشاد" (...)
Addressing the opening session of the 33rd African Union ordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi made a keynote announcement on finding more effective African solutions to African problems, most importantly (...)
Egypt hosted a meeting of the chiefs-of-staff of G5 Sahel countries and representatives of donor nations from 9 to 11 February.
Participants discussed ways to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation between G5 countries through mutual support (...)
