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The US State Department issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to Egypt, urging them to “consider the risks of travel … due to threats from terrorist and violent political opposition groups.” The State Department has prohibited diplomatic personnel from visiting the Western Desert and the Sinai Peninsula, with the exception of Sharm El Sheikh, […]
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Russia still considers Egypt to be “unsafe” for Russian tourists
Russia still considers Egypt to be “unsafe” for Russian tourists, an unnamed source told Sputnik. It appears that Russia moved from pointing to airport security as the hurdle to restore flights to Egypt and is now, instead, pointing to its dissatisfaction with Egypt's “unwillingness to duly investigate” the 2015 plane crash in Sinai. “They are […]
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Demands on Qatar soften?
Have the demands submitted to Qatar been softened to “six principles”? The countries boycotting Qatar have set a list of “six principles” Qatar must abide by,Taimur Khan writes for The National. Diplomats from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain confirmed at the United Nations in New York that the six less specific principles, which do […]
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Aly El Shafei wins Innovation Prize for Africa’s grand prize
Egypt’s Aly El Shafei was awarded the Grand Prize of the sixth Innovation Prize for Africa, according to Ventures Africa. El Shafei walked away with USD 100k for his development of Smart Electro-Mechanical Actuator Journal Integrated Bearing (SEMAJIB). SEMAJIB a “smart bearing that significantly improves turbine performance in single line combined cycle plants as well […]
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Explosion in Arish
8 civilians were killed dead and 4 wounded in Al Arish during in an attack on Wednesday, says Al Bawaba. A policeman was also killed in a separate attack where two soldiers were injured.
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Freediving Mecca
Freediving Mecca: Freedive world champion, record holder and instructor Alexey Molchanov showing Dahab some love on with an Instagram post of divers descending into the depth of the infamous Blue Hole. Dahab has long been one of the freediving capitals of the world and every year thousands of people come train in its ideal conditions. […]
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Death of poor Egyptian workers crossing into Libya for work tops coverage of Egypt in the foreign press
A report on death of 22 Egyptian workers while trying to cross the border into Libya for the promise of work by Reuterswas the most widely picked up story on Egypt in the foreign press this morning. “Many of them came from villages in Minya...where residents say poverty and unemployment have been driving villagers to […]
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El Sisi risks backlash from the judiciary over Maglis Al Dawla appointment
Foreign publications also took note of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s appointment of Ahmed Aboul Azm as the head of Maglis Al Dawla (Council of State), against the wishes of some of the nation’s top judges who had nominated Yehia El Dakroury for the job. The move risks a backlash from the judiciary says, the […]
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Is the EU sweeping Egypt’s human rights violations under the rug to protect its own regional interests?
Is the EU sweeping Egypt’s human rights issues under the rug to protect its own regional interests? Resuming annual “high-level” meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Brussels next week could mean that “the EU prioritizes security, migration and trade at the expense of human rights,” says Amnesty International in a new piece. Shoukry […]