Investments would be a stabilising factor for employment and energy supplies across Africa, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi told attendees of the G20-Initiative Compact with Africa (CwA) summit in Berlin on Tuesday.
Al-Sisi said this positive impact (...)
Egypt's exports to African Union (AU) countries rose 27.4 percent to $4.736 billion in 2018 from $3.716 billion in 2017, Egypt's state-owned statistics agency CAPMAS said on Monday.
The majority of exports were concentrated in 10 African countries, (...)
Qualifying for the Olympic Games is the dream of any athlete. Tomorrow, Friday 22 November at Cairo International Stadium, three young national football teams will see their dreams come true after they book their tickets to Japan where they will (...)
Ethiopia claimed a surprising 2-1 win at home over Cote d'Ivoire in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
Tottenham fullback Serge Aurier gave the visitors an early lead after four minutes but the hosts responded with two quick goals.
Surafel (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged more investment in African countries to improve their living standards and help prevent migrants from coming to Europe as part of the Compact with Africa initiated through the G20.
Meeting with (...)
The 41st Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) opened on Tuesday with Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. A $160 million Netflix production based on Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses, it stars Robert De Niro in his ninth collaboration (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi headed on Sunday to Berlin on Sunday to attend the G20 Compact with Africa meetings, an initiative which aims to boost economic cooperation between Africa and G20 member states via joint projects that (...)
Egypt would find themselves in an unlikely embarrassing situation should they fail to overcome minnows Comoros in Monday's African Cup of Nations qualifier, having been held to a shock opening draw with Kenya.
On paper, the record seven-time African (...)
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Sunday 17 November
15:00 South Africa vs. Sudan (Group C)
15:00 Chad vs. Mali (Group A)
15:00 Eswatini vs. Senegal (Group I)
15:00 Benin vs. Sierra Leone (Group L)
15:00 Uganda vs. Malawi (Group B)
15:00 South Sudan vs. Burkina (...)
Tunisia kicked off their African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with an impressive 4-1 home victory over Libya while Morocco were held to a surprise goalless draw at home to Mauritania on Friday.
Wahbi Khazri put Tunisia ahead in the 33rd minute (...)
Dubai's real estate brokers, PH Real Estate said on Tuesday it has brokered the largest villa sale in Emirates Hills over the past six months.
The property, which sold for Dh41,195,000 earlier this month, represents the third highest real estate (...)
Dubai's stocks rose in early trading on Monday boosted by positive corporate earnings, while Saudi Arabian shares extended their gains for a third consecutive day.
Dubai's index rose 0.6 percent led by a 1.2 percent gain in Emaar Properties . The (...)
Mali U23 coach Fanyeri Diarra said he was excited about participating in the Africa U23 Cup of Nations, but he stressed that the opening games are always the toughest. Mali are scheduled to face hosts Egypt on Friday.
"I'm happy with our (...)
Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic announced on Thursday his 24-man list for the Atlas Lions' opening two games in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Morocco will host Mauritania on 11 November before facing Burundi away from home one week (...)
Libya has been engaged in an internal political conflict for a few years now and since 2011. The international community has looked at several ways to intervene, using the tools of the United Nations mission to the country and neighbouring countries (...)
The 28th Arab Music Festival will open on 1 November at the Cairo Opera House and will continue for 12 days featuring 37 concerts and 92 artists from Egypt and the Arab world.
Mohamed Mounir, the Egyptian superstar dubbed “The King” who is among the (...)
“What do we have to do with Turkey, which belongs to the complicated Orient,” former French president Charles du Gaulle famously asked in the early 1960s.
The sentiment has remained rooted in the French collective consciousness for generations. It (...)
Hezb Balata (Balata Party), by: Nabil Nour Eldin, (Cairo: Al Mahrousa Publishing house), 2018.
Publishing a novel after the age of 60 does not come with the purpose of winning the Nobel Prize in literature or being in the Booker shortlist; it (...)
Despite beating Botswana in an international friendly two weeks ago, Egypt's national football team held their position at 49 in the FIFA global football rankings, published on Thursday.
The Pharaohs continue in the sixth place among African (...)
Palestine has formally asked Egypt to join Agadir free trade agreement as part of efforts to boost trade with country members, Palestinian Economy Minister Khaled al-Osaily said on Wednesday.
The Agadir Agreement is a free trade agreement between (...)
Egypt ranked 39th in the Global Competitiveness Index, up from 40th in 2018, and ninth among Arab countries, according to the Global Competitiveness Report for 2019 issued by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
According to the report, the United (...)
The Egyptian Weightlifting Federation has been suspended by the local Olympic committee after fresh doping cases were discovered as the sport faces an uncertain future in the country, less than a year before the Tokyo Games.
The Olympic Committee (...)
The Nationals in Egypt have seen the emergence of a new bombshell in table tennis: 11-year-old Hana Gouda of Ahly Club, reports Inas Mazhar. The Egyptian and African junior champion, ranked fifth in the world, beat Egypt's No 2, Zamalek's Farah (...)
Morocco skipper Mehdi Benatia said on Tuesday he decided to put an end to his international career after spending11 years with the Atlas Lions.
The Duhail defender has been a regular member of Morocco's squad since starting his international career (...)
Doctors have advised Morocco's King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France's late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday.
In a rare (...)
