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Morocco’s deadly earthquake dominated the airwaves last night,with Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:26), Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 6:52), and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 2:47) all providing coverage of the disaster which has killed more than 2k people. El Hekaya’s Amr Adib, who was back from his summer break yesterday with a broadcast live from London, also discussed the events in the North African country (watch, runtime: 3:23). We have more details in this morning’s What We’re Tracking Today, above.
The first day of the G20 summit in India also got plenty of attention: Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal spoke with economist Mostafa Badra (watch runtime 6:50), who said the G20’s recommendations represent a shift from talks to action but called on them to go further and provide more debt relief for struggling countries. He also highlighted calls for reforming international financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the IMF, saying they don’t provide sufficient finance to poorer nations struggling amid the current global economic headwinds.
There was more: Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hosary talked to the head of the Cairo Center for Economic Research, Abdel Moneim El Said, about Egypt’s participation at the summit (watch, runtime: 9:23 | 6:27) and Fakhry El Fiqi, head of the House Planning and Budget Committee, who touched on the African Union joining the G20 and Egypt’s role in advancing the African Continental Freetrade Area.
ALSO- The Grand Egyptian Museum got airtime after the prime minister’s visit to the site over the weekend to check up on progress. In an interview with Al Hadath Al Youm’s Said Ali (watch, runtime: 6:15), Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said that all of the works will wrap up by October and that it would be ready for opening in November. He declined to provide an official opening date, saying only that “it’s up to decision makers due to global conditions.” Waziri also sat down for an extended interview with Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 36:11) while Al Hayah Al Youm covered the PM’s visit (watch, runtime: 3:11).
