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El Sisi heading to China: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is expected to sign several cooperation agreements with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his trip to China next week, Beijing’s ambassador to Cairo Song Aiguo said yesterday, Al Borsa reports. The ambassador did not disclose the details of the agreements, but said instead that El […]
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Trump says “all options on the table” when responding to North Korea
Is The Donald signaling World War III? US President Donald Trump declared yesterday that “all options are on the table” when deciding how to respond to North Korea firing a surprise ballistic missile over Japan yesterday as US and South Korean troops held military drills below. “The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud […]
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Poor management of water and sanitation costs MENA a yearly USD 21 bn
The MENA region loses an annual USD 21 bn because of poor management of water resources and sanitation, according to a World Bank report issued at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Reuters' Inna Lazareva reports. Poor management of water resources is costing the region about 1% of its annual GDP. “Water productivity — […]
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Southern Gas Corridor could be a competitor for Egypt’s gas hub ambitions
Competition for Egypt’s regional gas hub plans? The most viable option for Israeli natural gas exports is the Southern Gas Corridor, Cyril Widdershoven, a partner at Dutch risk consultancy Verocy and SVP MEA-Risk, told Azerbaijan’s Trend news agency. The Southern Gas Corridor is the network of pipelines and infrastructure developments aimed at connecting Azerbaijan all […]
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Cutting aid to Egypt is unlikely to have any major effect
The withholding of some US financial aid to Egypt “amounts to a ‘very light slap on the wrist’ that is expected to have ‘no effect at all’ on Egyptian human-rights practices,” Carnegie Endowment scholar Sarah Yerkes tells JPost. She adds: “The Sisi regime knows they’re a big country, an important country in the region, that […]
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CPJ concerned about Al Bawaba crime journalist’s disappearance
Journalist Abdulla Rashad “disappeared” on his way home from work and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned, calling on authorities to “disclose whether they have him in custody and why.” CPJ says Rashad is a crime reporter, working for Al Bawaba, and was last seen leaving the news website’s office on 17 August.
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Other international coverage
Also worth noting in brief this morning: Last month’s stabbing attack in Hurghada has not scared off German tourists, and bookings have “held up well” since, despite a minor drop directly after the incident, according to German tourism portal FVW. The comrades at Socialist Worker magazine say that the 14-day strike by textile workers in […]
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Alexandria deputy governor’s case is a reminder of how corrupt officials are
The corruption case involving Alexandria’s deputy governor serves as a sobering reminder of how rampant graft is across state bodies and positions, Al Masry Al Youm’s Mohamed Amin says. The case also revives the question of how officials are selected for such top positions, and why they are not subjected to more stringent screening to […]
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Requests by African gov’t for social media user data accelerated between 2013 and 2016
Requests for social media user data by African governments accelerated between2013 and 2016, according to the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), a group focused on internet policy on the continent. Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Sudan, and Kenya have all consistently requested user information from Google, Facebook, and Twitter, according […]