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President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir met yesterday in Addis Ababa, during which they held “transparent” talks on bilateral and regional issues, Ittihadiya said in a statement. El Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to consulting with Sudan on several issues, particularly regional developments that affect both countries. Hours earlier, the two […]
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Talks to resume Russian flights to Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada in April, ambassador says
Russia and Egypt will begin talks on resuming charter flights to Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada in April, Egyptian Ambassador Ihab Nasr told TASS. “We hope very much to resume flights, including charter flights, and we are working with Russian friends in this regard, but I cannot name any particular date,” Nasr says. Russian President […]
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US Senator John McCain slams Egypt’s “crackdown on human rights and democracy”
US Senator John McCain denounced a “crackdown on human rights and democracy under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.” McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said El Sisi did not fulfilling the demands of the January 25, 2011 revolution, and his rule has seen the arrest of “tens of thousands of dissidents, including 19 […]
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Presidential elections, Khaled Ali’s withdrawal dominate coverage of Egypt in the international press
Coverage of Egypt in the international press this weekend was uniformly critical after Khaled Ali announced his withdrawal from the race for the presidency on Thursday. While Ali’s chances of actually winning were slim, his supporters hoped his bid would be a means of political mobilization in an otherwise “strangled” scene, says the Financial Times’ […]
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230-km Sinai Trail gives South Sinai’s Bedouins a lifeline
In non-election coverage, CNN is taking a look at the importance of South Sinai’s Bedouin trail: Launched in 2015, the 230 km-long Sinai Trail has given South Sinai’s Bedouins a lifeline after the downturn in tourism following the 2011 revolution, Jen Rose Smith writes for CNN. The hiking trail also offers a peek into the […]
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Italian prosecutor says Regeni’s research in Egypt caused his murder
Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni’s research in Egypt was the reason for his murder, Italy’s chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Pignatone said that Regeni “had for months attracted the attention of Egypt’s state apparatus, which continued in an increasingly pressing way” until he went missing. The prosecutor’s statement comes a few […]
Posted inEnergy
Investors, government agree on waste-to-energy feed-in tariff
Energy investors have reportedly reached an agreement with the government on a feed-in tariff rate for waste-to-energy projects of between EGP 1.35 and EGP 1.65 per kWh, depending on the type of waste, Youm7 reports. The two sides agreed to peg the rate to the USD rate, and keep it in place for 20 years […]
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GANOPE completes seismic mapping for 4,200 km in Red Sea
GANOPE has completed seismic mapping for 4,200 km in the Red Sea in preparations to issue blocks there for a bid round, Chairman Mahmoud El Shimy said, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The maritime border demarcation agreement with Saudi Arabia allows for tendering blocks in the Red Sea for oil and gas E&P for […]
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Military Production signs MoU with Oman’s Gulf Mining Minerals for marble factory
The National Organization for Military Production signed on Friday an MoU with Oman’s Gulf Mining Minerals to study cooperating in establishing a marble and granite factory, Al Shorouk reports. The MoU will also see the two sides cooperating in extracting and treating limestone, manganese, marble, and granite.