Egypt hands over Comesa chairmanship: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday handed over the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African (Comesa) to Zambia during the Comesa summit in the Zambian capital, Ittihadiya said.

More regional integration is needed: “Despite the successes that have been achieved, we still have a lot to do to make our regional integration able to face the current challenges,” El Sisi told the summit. During its two-year chairmanship of the trade zone, Egypt introduced a regional industrial integration initiative, which aims to accelerate industrial production by linking regional value chains.

Egypt welcomes breakthrough in Libya election talks: Egypt welcomed last week’sagreement between Libya’s rival factions which saw the two sides agree on a legal process to hold presidential and legislative elections, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The foreign minister of Morocco, which brokered the deal, said that a final agreement would be signed in the coming days.

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