Top Headlines

• Central Bank of Egypt cuts interest rates by 1% for third time in a row
• S. threatens Egypt with sanctions over Russian arms deal
• First US ambassador to Egypt since 2017 arrives in Cairo
• Seven countries, including Egypt, voice support for Syria’s sovereignty in a joint statement
• An Egyptian military court sentences Libyan terrorist Abdel-Raheem al-Mesmary to death, others to prison over 2017 attack
• Egypt’s Sisi visits UAE; sign huge investment deal

 Main Headlines

Monday

• ‪Egypt open jail after UN report on inmate Morsi’s death
• Egypt to soon launch modern irrigation systems

 Tuesday

• Egyptian MPs meet with EU diplomats in Cairo to discuss human rights criticisms
• Egypt’s Sisi and Russia’s defence minister discuss regional crises
• Egypt to start imposing increased fees on flight tickets later this week
• Egyptian prosecution drops murder charges against teenage girl who killed a rapist
• Egypt’s Al-Azhar set to hold conference on reforming religious thoughts next January

Wednesday

• Egypt defends its human rights record during UN review
• Egypt’s Sisi heads to UAE for two-day official visit
• Egypt’s Shoukry heads to Washington for the Global coalition to defeat ISIS meeting
• Egypt and Germany trade exchange records $3.662 billion in 2019

 Thursday

• Central Bank of Egypt cuts interest rates by 1% for third time in a row
• Egypt’s Shoukry reaffirms necessity to face terrorism-sponsoring countries
• Egypt’s S.Sinai governor invites British officials, tourism companies to visit Sharm El-Sheikh in December

Friday

• Seven countries, including Egypt, voice support for Syria’s sovereignty in a joint statement
• ‘Children face imminent threats in age of digital development,’ Al-Azhar Grand Imam says

Saturday

• Egypt to host the second trilateral meeting over the Ethiopian Dam in December
• Egypt to reduce subsidised staple food prices as of 1 December
• UNHRC adopts member states recommendations on Egypt’s report on state of human rights

Sunday

• First US ambassador to Egypt since 2017 arrives in Cairo
• A roadside bomb has killed 3 members of security forces killed in North Sinai
• An Egyptian military court sentences Libyan terrorist Abdel-Raheem al-Mesmary to death, others to prison over 2017 attack on police
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan show ‘consensus’ on filling GERD over period of up to 7 years: Sudanese minister

Good Reports

• S. threatens Egypt with sanctions over Russian arms deal. Vivian Salama
• Egypt-UAE huge investment deal reflects Cairo’s strategic significance to Gulf states. Xinhua
• Egypt achieved its highest ever tourism revenue this year.

Good Read

• The Renaissance Dam Negotiations: An Egyptian view. Mahmoud Farouk
• River of the dammed. Imad Herb

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