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UN report accuses anti-Houthi coalition of attacking migrant boat: A UN report accused the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen, and which includes Egypt, of carrying out a deadly March attack on a Somali migrant boat off Yemen, killing 42, Reuters said in an exclusive. The report added that the alliance had become a […]
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UAE pipeline of IPOs and their estimated numbers
The UAE is building a pipeline of IPOs that could come in ahead of the Aramco listing next year, getting a shout in Bloomberg. Gulf sovereign IPOs are the flavour of the month and story goes through the potential listings that could come out of the UAE and their estimated worth. The list includes Abu […]
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Video of tank driving over explosive-laden car in North Sinai
The video of an Egyptian tank driving over a car laden with explosives inNorth Sinai’s Al Arish made top headlines in the international press yesterday morning after the Ministry of Defense released footage of the incident (watch, runtime 2:27). Most publications, including RT, Haaretz, and The Independent are noting how the quick thinking by the […]
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Cassidy & Associates is the intelligence service’s new lobbyist in the United States
Cassidy & Associates, formerly a subsidiary of Weber Shandwick, will continue to lobby for Egypt’s General Intelligence Service in the US, Creede Newton writes for Al Jazeera. Cassidy & Associates bought itself from parent company and is getting USD 50k a month plus fees and expense from Egypt to showcase “‘key attributes of [Egypt's] civil […]
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New Capital noted as among mega projects that will change the world’s greatest cities
The New Administrative Capital was noted as among a list of mega projects thatwould transform the world’s greatest cities by 2030 byBusiness Insider UK. Of the projects named in the lineup, the new capital appears to carry the heftiest price tag at around USD 45 bn. The publication made sure to mention China Fortune Land […]
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Nubians struggle to return to their ancestral lands, says Global Post
Young Nubian activists have protested the planned sale of Nubian land inForkund in hopes of returning to their ancestral homeland, Salma Islam writes for Global Post. After countless “land struggles,” Nubian organizations are filing a “complaint against the Egyptian government before the African Commission on Human and Peoples rights,” in an attempt to “internationalize” their […]
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Other coverage in the international press
Also worth noting this morning, for one reason or another: Ahmed Abou Hashima has five tips for“entrepreneurs fronting their enterprises,” Tamara Pupic writes for Entrepreneur Middle East. Among his tips: The most important investment is the one in your team. Entrepreneurs need to a have a long-term vision. You need to understand but not imitate […]
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Overhauling the education system is on El Sisi’s radar
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s focus on Egypt’s education system at the Alexandria youth conference earlier this week is a positive sign that the president understands the urgency of the issue, Soliman Gouda writes in Al Masry Al Youm. Gouda notes that the president’s acknowledgement of the problem is only the first step, and that […]
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Profiling Egypt’s Cloudera co-founder Amr Awadallah
Meet the man who can get machines to make human decisions: Amr Awadallah is “the geek from Egypt who’s ruling the roost in the big data world” with his data analytics company Cloudera, says Alok Soni in a profile for the India-based YourStory. The piece trails Awadallah’s journey from a Cairo University engineering professor to […]