Tag: Egypt

Egypt – Why is Egypt building a new capital? (Mustafa Menshawy, Al Jazeera)

In Egypt, a huge “New Administrative Capital” is being built, approximately 45km (28 miles) to the east of Cairo, on a swath of desert...

Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam – Has diplomacy failed? (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council will likely meet this week to discuss the continuing dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a giant dam...

Egypt – Egypt opens Mediterranean naval base (Al Jazeera)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea to “secure shipping lines”, the presidency said. “It is the...

Egypt/Iraq/Jordan – A new partnership 30 years in the making? (Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

In April, the news that Iraq was mediating between longtime rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran captivated Middle East watchers. Iraq’s new role as a Saudi-Iran intermediary comes as...

Egypt/Jordan/Iraq – Egypt, Jordan and Iraq leaders meet at Baghdad summit (Al Jazeera)

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II have met in Baghdad, during the first visit by...

Egypt – Building Back Better: Supporting Egypt’s efforts at inclusive recovery (Marina Wes, World Bank blogs)

In much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic recessions so severe that together they comprise the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression...

USA/Egypt/Israel/Palestine – Biden discusses Gaza ceasefire with Egypt’s President el-Sisi (Al Jazeera)

Phone call between US president and Egyptian counterpart comes as Secretary of State Blinken is heading to region. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/25/biden-discusses-gaza-ceasefire-with-egypts-president-sisi

Egypt/Turkey – Sisi’s Egypt Has the Upper Hand Over Erdoğan’s Turkey (BESA Center)

Hillel Frisch The foreign policy of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a combination of imperialism and Muslim Brotherhood sentiment, was most visible in his moves...

Egypt/Russia – Egypt’s top diplomat highlights deep ties between Cairo, Moscow serving mutual interests (TASS)

Sameh Shoukry underscored that the republic awaits the events planned within the Year of humanitarian cooperation of Russia and Egypt with great anticipation https://tass.com/world/1276621

(Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan) Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan launch new Nile dam talks in DRC (Al Jazeera)

The African Union is mediating the three-day talks in Kinshasa as dispute between the three countries drags on. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-hold-nile-dam-talks-in-congo

(Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan) DR Congo to host talks on controversial Ethiopia dam (Al Jazeera)

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for 3-day talks on Grand Renaissance Dam. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/dr-congo-to-host-three-day-talks-on-nile-dam-from-saturday

(Egypt/Ethiopia) Egypt’s Sisi warns Ethiopia dam risks ‘unimaginable instability’ (Al Jazeera)

Dam construction on the Blue Nile close to Ethiopia’s border with Sudan has heightened regional tensions. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/30/egypts-sisi-warns-ethiopia-dam-risks-unimaginable-instability

(Israel/Egypt) Israel reopens Taba border crossing with Egypt (Al Jazeera)

The crossing was completely sealed off in March last year to control the spread of coronavirus. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/30/israel-reopens-egypt-crossing-for-first-time-since-pandemic

(Turkey/Egypt) Turkish-Egyptian Maritime Negotiations: Hype or Substance? (INSS)

Samuel Helfont During the first week of March 2021, the Turkish press highlighted Egypt’s ostensible compliance with disputed Turkish maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean....

(Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia) Ethiopia’s Dam over the Nile Risks War with Egypt (JCPA)

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah For more than ten years, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have been holding periodic negotiations aimed at reaching a water arrangement...

(Egypt) Egyptian activist sentenced to 18 months for ‘fake news’ (Al Jazeera)

Sanaa Seif, arrested in June last year, denied accusations she ‘broadcast fake news and rumours’ about Egypt’s health situation. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/egyptian-activist-sentenced-to-18-months-for-fake-news