This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2020 ( Dec 14-20)


Top Headlines

  • UAE and Egypt have announced the participation of Abu Dhabi in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum as an observer
  • EU Parliament calls for action over Egypt’s human rights abuses
  • IMF approves release of $1.67 billion in aid for Egypt
  • PA, Jordan and Egypt call for resumption of peace talks
  • Egyptian court acquits men accused of stripping naked an elderly Coptic woman
  • Two roadside bombs exploded in restive northern Sinai Peninsula killing three members of Egypt’s security forces
  • 5,000-year-old Egyptian artefact discovered in cigar box in Scotland

Main Headlines 

Monday

Tuesday

  • Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed to visit Egypt
  • Ministry of health increased the production of liquefied oxygen to cope with the possible second wave of coronavirus
  • Egypt launches website for citizens to reserve coronavirus vaccine

Wednesday

Thursday

  • Seven men are detained for sexually harassing a girl in Egypt’s Daqahliya 
  • Egypt expresses its condolences to Sudan over victims of cross-border attack
  •  Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is interested in a majority stake in first Egyptian army-held companies being offered to investors

Friday

  • Two roadside bombs were exploded in restive northern Sinai Peninsula killing three members of Egypt’s security forces
  • Egyptian court acquits men accused of stripping naked an elderly Coptic woman
  • Egypt’s prosecutor general orders the studying of appeal for three men who stripped elderly Christian woman
  • LGBT conversion therapy: Religious leaders call for ban of “abhorrent practice’

Saturday

Sunday

Reports

  • Human rights breaches in China, Iran and Egypt. The European parliament 
  • Egypt and Iraq deepen defense ties. George Mikhail
  • Egypt revives Khedive Ismail project, turns Egypt’s Downtown into Paris of the East. Baher El-Kady

From Twitter

Thread

Plus

  • 5,000-year-old Egyptian artefact discovered in cigar box in Scotland

About nervana111

Doctor, blogger and Commentator on Middle East issues. The only practising doctor who write in Middle Eastern politics in UK.
This entry was posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt and tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a comment