The recent deepening rift between Somalia’s President and Prime Minister has plunged the Horn of Africa country into political crisis, reported Anadolu Agency. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who took office in 2017, suspended Prime Minister, Mohamed [ More … ]
Amnesty International is criticizing the French government and accusing it of breaking its own rules over arms exports it has made to Egypt. The rights group says the weapons have been used for the internal [ More … ]
On May 23, Labor Unions’ elections started in Egypt after 12 years of its suspension amid accusations that the Egyptian government is excluding independent labor organizations’ leaders from the electoral race in a bid to have the [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch urged suspension of military aid to Egypt after video leaked by an opposition channel that showed troops appearing to carry out cold-blooded executions of as many as eight detainees in the northern Sinai [ More … ]
Despite the positive signal that has been concluded from the latest presidential decree that agreed on King Salman’s development project in Sinai after a period of tension between both countries, however, some recent changes go [ More … ]
Despite Britain’s economic support to Egypt during UK Foreign Minister’s visit to Cairo,as Britain and Egypt completed a $150 million loan guarantee agreement to help Egypt complete its program of economic reforms,but there were no signs for [ More … ]
Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla is travelling to Iran trying to strike new oil deals, Reuters reported citing sources close to his delegation at Cairo airport. Egypt is seeking to reach oil deals after [ More … ]
Saudi Aramco informed the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Egypt’s state oil company, in early October that it would halt the supply of refined oil products to Egypt, Reuters cited a government official, according to [ More … ]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced a shocking news that it has decided to temporarily suspend flights to Cairo effective on 8 January 2017 as a result of “economic reasons”, said Al-Watan, an Egyptian independent newspaper. [ More … ]
TV anchor Azza El-Hennawy has been referred by the Administrative Prosecution to a disciplinary court on charges of insulting Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and expressing personal opinions on her TV show Cairo Today, reported Daily News [ More … ]
“There is no official confirmation from the Russian government or officials on lifting the ban on the Russian tourism to Egypt,” Minister of Tourism Yahiya Rashed told AL-Shorouk. Egypt’s tourism has declined since the first half [ More … ]
Israeli authorities Thursday suspended postal services to the besieged Gaza Strip via the Erez crossing after Israeli forces intercepted shipments of products that they believed could be used for military purposes, according to officials at [ More … ]
Egypt’s tourism sector does not seem to revive in the short term as the number of tourists fell 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016. The British Airways has also extended its suspension of [ More … ]
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