Monthly Archives: January 2020

This Week in Egypt: Week 4-2019 (Jan 20-26)

Top Headlines Egypt’s FM Shoukry heads to Washington in final round to secure agreement over the Ethiopian Dam US dollar is weakening in Egypt as economy improves Egypt’s Foreign Minister visits Algeria for meeting of Libya’s neighboring countries Egypt starts … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 3-2020 ( Jan 13-19)

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi participated in Berlin summit on Libya Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan make a draft deal on Ethiopian Dam Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt Pompeo expresses outrage over American’s ‘pointless’ death in meeting with Egyptian President … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 2-2020 ( Jan 6-12)

Top Headlines Egypt blames Ethiopia for latest failure of Nile Dam talks Ethiopian PM calls on South African president to intervene in Nile dam dispute France, Greece, Egypt and Cyprus declared “null and void” agreements between Turkey and Libya Egypt’s … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 1-2020 ( Dec 30-Jan 5)

Top Headlines Egypt’s naval forces go on amphibious exercises in the Mediterranean Egypt warns against Turkish military ‘interference’ in Libya Chevron, Shell and Exxon Mobil have been awarded oil and gas exploration concessions in Egypt’s first ever Red Sea licensing … Continue reading

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Twitter Thread: The End of Iran’s Qassem Suleimani

The American President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, in a drone strike on the Baghdad International Airport. The death of Iran’s strong man is described by many … Continue reading

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