Tag: Egypt

Egypt’s el-Sisi backs December elections in Libya (Al Jazeera)

El-Sisi stressed the importance of the upcoming elections Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pledged support for elections in Libya in talks with the...

Israel/Palestine/Egypt. Israel, Egypt leaders meet to de-escalate Gaza tensions (Al Jazeera)

The meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi likely focused on de-escalating tensions between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in...

USA/Egypt. US to place conditions on fraction of aid to Egypt: US media (Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera)

The United States will withhold $130m in security assistance to Egypt this year, releasing the funds only if the government of President Abdel Fattah...

Egypt. ‘Shootouts’ Disguise Apparent Extrajudicial Executions (HRW)

Egypt’s Interior Ministry police and National Security Agency officers have in recent years apparently killed dozens of alleged “terrorists” across the country in unlawful extrajudicial...

Egypt. Al-Sisi Is Leaving the Sick to Suffer in Egypt’s Prisons (Amr Magdi, HRW)

On July 25, the family of 69-year-old Abd al-Moniem Abu al-Fotouh, the detained leader of the Strong Egypt Party, said he had suffered symptoms resembling a...

Egypt/Gaza. Egypt partially reopens Rafah border crossing with Gaza (Al Jazeera)

Egypt says it has partially reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing one-way traffic into the besieged Palestinian enclave, as Israel...

Egypt/Gaza. Egypt Closes Gaza Border Amid Tensions with Hamas (VoA)

Egypt closed its main border crossing point with the Gaza Strip on Monday amid tensions with the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, officials said. It was...

Egypt/Israel/Hamas – Report: Egypt seeking to avoid renewed escalation between Israel and Hamas (Middle East Eye)

Egypt has made contact with Israel and leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to prevent renewed military escalation, according to a...

Egypt/North Sinai – Attack kills eight Egyptian troops in Sinai (Al Jazeera)

Egypt has been battling armed groups in northern Sinai for years A roadside bomb exploded in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula,...

Egypt/USA – Egypt’s US envoy slams ‘deceived’ legislators’ bid to block aid (Al Jazeera)

Human rights activists have long called for the US to halt military aid to Egypt, citing abuse Joseph Stepansky The Egyptian ambassador to the United...

(China/Egypt) FM Wang Yi meets Egyptian president, highly appreciate prospect on mutual counter-terrorism, anti-COVID efforts and BRI

Global Times writes: China firmly supports Egypt in pursuing an independent policy and its efforts to counter terrorism, maintain stability and de-radicalization, Chinese State...

(Egypt) Life imprisonment for 10 representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood

Al Jazeera writes: Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the life sentences of 10 leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group’s head, the...

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia has built a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and started holding back the water flow to fill the reservoir behind it...

Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan – UNSC discusses Ethiopia dam amid strained ties with Egypt, Sudan (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council tackled a bitter regional dispute on Thursday over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of...

Saudi Arabia/Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia – Saudi Arabia supports Egypt, Sudan ‘water rights’ in dam dispute (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind Egypt and Sudan in their bitter dispute with Ethiopia over a massive hydropower dam built by the...

TechInnovation/Egypt – MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion (Tage Kene-Okafor, TechCrunch)

Globally, food and grocery delivery startups have been raising mega-rounds of late, especially those in Europe as the pandemic has given rise to more...