{"id":638382,"date":"2017-10-03T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/03\/report-on-egypts-alleged-arms-trading-with-north-korea-tops-international-coverage\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:30:08","slug":"report-on-egypts-alleged-arms-trading-with-north-korea-tops-international-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/03\/report-on-egypts-alleged-arms-trading-with-north-korea-tops-international-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on Egypt\u2019s alleged arms trading with North Korea tops international coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Topping coverage of <\/strong>Egypt in the international press<\/strong><\/a> this morning is the Foreign Ministry statement <\/strong>denying the Washington Post expos\u00e9<\/strong><\/a> that claims the country had been buying mns of USD-worth of arms from North Korea.<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re on North Korea, Russia appears to be getting into the TMT game over there<\/strong>, as Russia\u2019s TransTeleCom appears to have been chosen as a second handler of North Korean web traffic, Dyn Research says. The firm is apparently routing 60% of North Korean internet traffic, a move which Dyn says could expand its cyber warfare capacity, Reuters reports<\/a>. While, TransTeleCom has not confirmed the story, either way, we\u2019d like to urge it to take heed of Naguib Sawiris\u2019 involvement with Koryolink.)<\/p>\n

Coming in at a close second for Egypt is the continued fallout from the Mashrou\u2019 Leila concert,<\/strong> after the State Security Prosecutor (which typically handles issues of national security) ordered the detention of two young activists for 15 days pending an investigation into claims they belong to an illegal group and received foreign funding in exchange for promoting debauchery and [redacted] deviancy, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The <\/strong>international press<\/strong><\/a> is noting reports on the arrest of some 22 people over the past three days over the raising of rainbow flags<\/strong> in support of LQBTQ rights at the concert. \u201cThe arrests bring the total number of people who have been detained based on their perceived [redacted] orientation to 33 \u2014 32 men and one woman,\u201d Amnesty International said<\/a> in a statement on Monday. The statement notes alleged cases of [invasive forensic exams] conducted against five people under arrest, which it says is tantamount to torture. Publications, including Deutsche Welle<\/a>, are noting that the state is putting 17 men on trial on \u201cdebauchery\u201d charges as \u201cpart of a wider crackdown\u201d on the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n

Egypt fears a potential threat to the Nile from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam<\/strong>, Maggie Michael writes for the Associated Press<\/a>. Egypt fears the dam \u201cwill cut into its water supply, destroying parts of its precious farmland and squeezing its population of 93 mn people, who already face water shortages.\u201d Michael notes that Egypt\u2019s relationship with the Nile is \u201cdifferent\u201d as it provides 90% of the country\u2019s water supply. One professor estimates that Egypt stands to lose 51% of its farmland if the dam\u2019s fill is done in three years. \u201cOther experts say the impact will be far smaller, even minimal. They say Egypt could suffer no damage at all if it and Ethiopia work together and exchange information, adjusting the rate of filling the reservoir to ensure that Egypt\u2019s own massive reservoir on the Nile, Lake Nasser, stays full enough to meet its needs during the fill.\u201d Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt had agreed to contract an independent study of the dam\u2019s impact, but \u201cthe deadline to complete the study has passed, and it has hardly begun.\u201d The dam is likely to be finished this year or early next.<\/p>\n

Other international news worth noting in brief includes:<\/p>\n