It was a mixed bag on the airwaves last night, as the talking heads highlighted everything from macroeconomic concerns to food prices to the latest developments in Sudan.

“The economic crisis will pass the same as any other crisis…I trust our ability to overcome,” was President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s message in his speech during a visit to the Egyptian Military Academy yesterday. El Sisi’s words of reassurance on the economy got top billing from Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 15:02), Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 24:28), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 21:23) and El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 2:38 | 3:02 | 1:59).

If food prices are falling globally, why not locally? That was the question on Amr Adeeb’s mind last night, as he questioned why cooking oil prices haven’t dropped in line with international market prices (watch, runtime: 3:18 | 3:33). Hazem El Menoufy, head of the food division at the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Commerce (Fedcoc), joined Adeeb on El Hekaya to call on food companies to lower their prices in line with global changes (watch, runtime: 3:17).

Speaking of food: The latest in wheat — including the start of construction of a huge strategic warehouse in Suez governorate — was covered by channels including Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 1:38). We have the full story in this morning’s Commodities section, above.

Changes to visa rules for Sudanese citizens were also in focus (watch, runtime:15:07). The decision to implement stricter visa procedures came because gangs had been selling forged visas for USD 500 at the Arqeen and Qastal border crossings into Egypt, Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa said (watch, runtime: 4:37). We have all the details in War Watch, above.

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