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A step toward fixing our broken wheat policy? The Agriculture Ministry has formed a committee to amend agriculture quarantine regulations, Central Administration of the Agricultural Quarantine Authority sources tell Al Borsa. Members of the committee include the head of the authority, officials from the ministry, and representatives from various other relevant bodies. The committee is […]
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Khaled Ali’s campaign hints at a possible boycott of elections due to “stringent conditions”
Khaled Ali’s campaign hints at a possible boycott of elections due to “stringent conditions”: Hala Fouda, manager of top human rights lawyer Khaled Ali’s 2018 presidential campaign, suggested that the campaign is considering boycotting the elections due to what she says is the short deadline for applying and meeting the conditions to run set out […]
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Houthis threaten to block Red Sea shipping lane
Houthis threaten to block Red Sea shipping lane: Houthi rebels in Yemen have warned that they will block the critical Red Sea shipping routes leading to the Suez Canal if the Saudi-led coalition fighting them keeps pushing towards the port of Hodeidah it controls, Reuters reports, citing the Houthi-run SABA news agency. While SABA gave […]
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Afreximbank raises sharia-compliant USD 260 mn to support SMEs
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) raised around USD 260 mn through three sharia-compliant facilities to support SMEs, Reuters reports. Afreximbank will use the funds to support SMEs across its member countries using sharia-compliant financing. USD 100 mn of the funding came from the Islamic Corp for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD). The International […]
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Ancient Egyptian dig in California?
A team of archaeologists are uncovering the remains of an Ancient Egyptian city — in the sands of a California beach that was built as part of the set for the movie “The Ten Commandments,”according to the Express. The set from the 1923 film was built by 1,600 craftsmen and includes 21 Sphinxes, four Ramses […]
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El Sisi’s meeting with Eritrea’s president tops coverage of Egypt in the international press
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meeting yesterday with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is topping coverage of Egypt in the international press this morning. Afwerki’s visit comes against the backdrop of Egypt’s rising tensions with Sudan and Ethiopia over territorial disputes and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the Associated Press notes. De-escalation in the “Cold War […]
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Cutting down consumption is the key to protecting Egypt’s water resources
When it comes to protecting Egypt’s water resources, cutting back on excessive consumption is key, the nation’s columnists remind us. Al Masry Al Youm’s Abbas El Tarabily lauds the government’s plan to invest heavily in water treatment plants to secure the supply-side in light of external issues (a certain upstream dam). He notes, however, that […]
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Ancient Egyptian Pigment finding new uses
Egyptian Blue, a pigment used by the Ancient Egyptians to decorate tombs, is finding modern day use as a tool against forgery and, potentially, medicine, according to SciShow. The artificial pigment, believed to be the world’s first, was widely used in Ancient Egyptian decorative art but fell out of fashion in the ancient world somewhere […]
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Egypt, Tanzania discuss economic cooperation
Senior Egyptian and Tanzanian officials began a two-day meeting yesterday to discuss ways to expand economic cooperation between their two countries, AllAfrica reports. Both nations are gearing up to sign a number of social and economic MoUs at an upcoming joint permanent commission meeting.