Top Headlines
- Egypt proposes new peace initiative for Libya after collapse of Haftar offensive
- IMF announces preliminary deal on $5.2 billion standby loan for Egypt
- Egyptian shares jump after IMF agreement announced
- Egypt’s daily coronavirus cases increase again after brief drop
- Egypt cancels mandatory quarantine for returning nationals
- An Egyptian father ‘used coronavirus lie to trick daughters’ into FGM procedure
Sisi welcomes Libya’s Haftar, Aguila Saleh in Ittahadya palace
Main Headlines
(With some related regional news)
Monday
- Egyptians largely follow law on wearing masks, some worry about cost
- Egyptian hotels allowed to reopen at 50% capacity as of Monday
- Egypt sends medical supplies to help Congo and Zambia fight coronavirus
- Mythical Pharaoh city is found ‘perfectly preserved’ below the Nile
Tuesday
- Sudan appoints new defence chief amid tensions with Ethiopia
- Egypt’s wealth fund to develop Cairo Citadel district into a tourist destination
- Egypt is putting in place precautionary measures at airports ahead of potential resumption of flights
Wednesday
- Egypt, UAE welcome ceasefire talks in Libya
- ‘We couldn’t find one hospital bed for her’: Egyptian adventurer Omar Samra’s sister dies of Covid-19
- Egypt’s foreign minister slams Turkey for sending foreign fighters to Libya
Thursday
- Turkey vows more support to secure gains in Libya conflict
- Qatar’s foreign minister says there is a new initiative to end Gulf crisis
- Egypt cancels mandatory quarantine for returning nationals
- Egyptian pound slips to weakest in seven months
- Egyptian FM stresses need to reach GERD agreement ASAP in call with Chinese counterpart
- Egypt’s private hospitals object to coronavirus treatment price limits
Friday
- IMF announces preliminary deal on $5.2 billion standby loan for Egypt
- Egypt’s daily coronavirus cases increase again after brief drop to 1,348
- Egypt sets-up integrated hotlines for coronavirus communications
- An Egyptian father ‘used coronavirus lie to trick daughters’ into FGM procedure
- Egypt’s Public Prosecutor calls for harsher punishments for FGM, presses charges against 2 suspects
Saturday
- Egypt proposes new peace initiative for Libya after collapse of Haftar offensive
- Cairo Declaration on Libya welcomed many Arab and Western countries
- Egypt surpasses 32,000 coronavirus cases on Saturday
- Egyptian state banks collect over $10 billion from a new high-yield savings products
Sunday
- Egypt’s net foreign reserves drop by $1 billion in May
- Egyptian shares jump after IMF agreement was announced
- ‘Egypt will not allow Libya to fall into the hands of terrorists, Turkish mercenaries’: Parliament Speaker
- Ethiopia ‘would think twice’ about filling GERD without prior agreement if met by strong stance from Egypt, Sudan: Sudanese FM
- Turkey says it may expand cooperation with Libya’s GNA after conflict ends
Reports
- Analyst: Agreement on $5.2 billion IMF loan may see Egypt “fully liberalize exchange rate”. Mada Masr
- Egyptian archaeologists rely on technology to preserve the past. Rasha Mahmoud
From Twitter
In Pictures
- The Kite runners of Egypt. Scoop Empire
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