New UN sec-gen to visit El Sisi: Newly-appointed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be visiting Egypt, Qatar, Oman and the UAE as part of his Middle East tour, Reuters reports. The diplomat began his tour with a visit to Istanbul on Friday and is set to meet with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman today.

The Central Bank of Egypt’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet this Thursday (16 February) to review rates. The MPC’s full-year 2017 schedule is here.

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