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US cuts off aid to Palestinians through UNRWA: All US funding to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was terminated on Friday, Reuters reports. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing concern over the situation in Gaza following the freeze in funding.
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What we’re tracking this week and beyond
Egyptian and US military personnel will running Bright Star wargames for the second year in a row, according to an Armed Forces statement. The combined-arms exercises, which focused on counter-terror activities last year when brought back after an eight-year hiatus, run 8-20 September. Ground troops, naval forces and aircraft from the UK, the UAE, Saudi […]
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Al Hakim Bi Amr Allah mosque
“City of a thousand minarets” gets a plug: Culture Trip put together a list of the city’s best mosques for tourists to visit, including the 10th century Al Hakim Bi Amr Allah mosque located at the tip of the iconic Moez Street.
Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Egypt in the news on 2 September 2018
Apart from Hurghada’s food poisoning-gate, which is dominating coverage of Egypt, it’s all quiet on the foreign coverage front. Other headlines worth noting in brief: US Senator John McCain had a significant role in ensuring the release of rights advocate Mohamed Sultan from an Egyptian prison, Sultan writes in an opinion piece to the Washington […]
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The world isn’t as doomed as the internet would have you believe
The world isn’t as doomed as the internet would have you believe: The notion that the world is doomed and global conditions are at a historical low point is the product of cognitive biases fueled by the increased availability of information through the internet, Christopher Mims writes for the Wall Street Journal. “The biases that […]
Posted inEnergy
EETC completes designs, acquires licenses for Sudan interconnection project
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has completed the designs for Egypt’s USD 60-70 mn power interconnection project with Sudan and acquired the necessary permits and licenses to begin construction, EETC Chairman Gamal Abdel Rehim said, Al Mal reports. The first phase of the project, which is expected to go online in December, should see […]
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Eni announces new gas discovery in Western Desert
Eni has made a new gas discovery from the Faramid South exploration prospect in the Western Desert’s East Obayed concession, the company announced on Thursday (pdf). The discovery well reached the target depth of 17,000 feet. “The well has been opened to production delivering 25 mmscfd, confirming the potential of the East Obayed Concession.”
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Oil Ministry to host int’l convention in November on energy exploration in Red Sea
The Oil Ministry and Schlumberger Ltd. will organize a conference in Hurghada this November to promote and market available concessions and oil and gas exploration areas in the Red Sea area, according to a ministry statement. The news came out of a meeting between Oil Minister Tarek El Molla and Schlumberger officials in Cairo on […]
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Egypt to import 1 mn tonnes of rice from Vietnam over next 3-4 months
Egypt will import 1 mn tonnes of Vietnamese rice over the coming three-four months under an agreement that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed with his counterpart Tran Dai Quang in Cairo last week, the head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries’ (FEI) rice division, Ragab Shehata, told Reuters’ Arabic service. The agreement comes into […]