Apology for missing last week’s compilation, but I included some of the relevant tweets from last week in this edition
Top Headlines
- Egypt’s Sinai Province swears allegiance to new Islamic State leader
- Egypt’s FM heads to Washington for Ethiopian dam negotiations
- Sisi: Companies owned by Egypt’s military must be allowed to sell shares on the stock exchange alongside other state companies
- Egyptian, Jordanian, Pakistani special forces start joint drills in Pakistan
- Egypt to try train conductor in death of youth
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt welcomes death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
- Egypt’s first smartphone maker to export to Germany next month
- Egypt, Germany agree on need for solution to Libyan crisis, ahead of planned Berlin summit
- Egypt’s non-petroleum exports increase by 3%
- EgyptAir receives New airbus A220-300
Tuesday
- Egyptian man dies after official ‘forced’ him off a moving train
- Egyptian railways authority to train staff following vendor death after being forced off the train
- Britain lifts advisory against flying to Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh resort
- Tutankhamun exhibition set to open in London
Wednesday
- Egypt accepts invitation to meet in U.S. over Ethiopia dam dispute
- Egyptian ticket collector is held after ordering men off moving train, one dead
- Egypt to produce affordable elected mini-car
- 2% of Egypt’s state employees test positive for drugs for drugs
Thursday
- Russia and Egypt join in air defense exercise Arrow of Friendship
- Egypt’s Sisi hints at sale of stakes of military-run companies
- Egypt’s economic growth is stable at 5.6%: minister
- Egypt’s bourse gains EGP 3.8 billion amid purchases of foreign investment funds
- Egypt to offer dollar-dominated bonds during coming period
Friday
- A rare hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean threatens Egypt and Israel
- Egyptian, Jordanian, Pakistani special forces start joint drills in Pakistan
- Egypt, Iraq, Jordan FMs Prepare for Baghdad Tripartite summit
Saturday
- Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to lowest rate in 30 years
- Egypt leads MENA in World Bank index for shareholders’ equity
- Egypt’s Suez Canal records highest ever monthly revenues in October
- Egypt’s military production authority, US Hyundai Technology Co. ink MoU on technology transfer
Sunday
- Egypt’s Sinai Province swears allegiance to new Islamic State leader
- Israeli and Egyptian partners take control of key gas pipeline
- Egypt’s FM heads to Washington for Ethiopian dam negotiations
- Egypt’s parliament to vote on three-month extension of state of emergency on Monday
Reports
- Egypt’s options dwindle as Nile talks break down. Samy Magdy
- Three years after flotation of EGP, the dollar expected to witness a downward spiral in 2020. Doaa Moneim
- Sinai in a week. Mada Masr
- Libyan parliamentarians meet in Cairo. Muhammed Magdy
- Tutankhamun’s glitzy farewell tour a timely promotion for Egypt. Esther Addley
- A Squash mystery in Egypt: Is there something in the Nile? David Segal
Good Read
- NATO countries should help Egypt mitigate security challenge near Libyan border. Amal Kandeed
Sports
- Squash: Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini retains World Championship title
From Twitter
Plus
- Cairo ranks third in Lonely Planet’s “Top 10 Cities 2020” List
- Katy Perry celebrates her 35th birthday with Orlando Bloom in Egypt
- Cairo delights at sweet candies as Muslim festival nears
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