Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will host a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday with his Algerian counterpart Abdelkader Messahel and Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui to discuss the current situation in Libya, state-run news agency MENA reported on Monday. A press … read more
Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned on Tuesday death sentences and ordered a retrial for five defendants accused of forming a terrorist cell affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura. A Mansoura criminal court had … read more
The Egyptian and Jordanian armies launched a military drill on Tuesday under the name “Aqaba 3,” which is set to run for several days in Egypt, a statement by the Armed Forces, read. The exercise will include land forces, Egypt’s southern … read more
Foreign currency inflows into Egypt’s banking system have reached $80 billion since the central bank floated the pound last year, central bank governor Tarek Amer said on Monday. The central bank abandoned a peg of 8.8 Egyptian pounds to the … read more
Egypt completely rejects attempts by Iran to shake the stability of Arab states, Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry told Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh on Tuesday. Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said … read more
State-owned EgyptAir signed an initial order for 12 Bombardier Inc CSeries jets on Tuesday, marking the Canadian planemaker’s second deal for the aircraft this month after a 1-1/2-year-long sales drought. The two orders, the other for 31 planes from an … read more
A consortium of unnamed US and Saudi companies are investing US $3 billion in an amusement park complex in the Northwestern Egyptian governate of Matrouh, Governor Alaa Abu Zeid announced at a Sunday press conference. Abu Zeid, however, did not … read more
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Sunday that participants in the tripartite ministerial meeting held in Cairo to discuss a preliminary studies report on the regional impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed to reach a … read more
Minister of Petroleum, Tarek al-Mulla, said at a press conference on Sunday that the government intends to lift fuel subsidies while still partially subsidizing gas, as part of its IMF-sponsored economic reform program. He emphasized that there will be no increase in … read more
Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah is shortlisted among four others for the BBC African Footballer of the Year. The five-man shortlist consisting of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah was revealed during a special live launch broadcast in … read more