This Week in Egypt: Week 13-2021 ( March 29- April 4)


Top Headlines

  • Egypt holds spectacular grand parade to transfer antiquities to new museum
  • Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship re-floated
  • Egypt may seek $1 billion in damages over lost revenue due to Suez crisis
  • Egypt’s Sisi warns Ethiopia dam risks ‘unimaginable instability’
  • GERD talks continue in Kinshasa
  • Egyptian and Sudanese air forces conduct ‘Nile Eagles 2’ air drill in Sudan

Main Headlines

Monday

  • Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship is re-floated
  • Egypt’s SIS urges Reuters to retract news that Suez Canal ship swung back after being partially freed
  •  Egypt’s impending relisting on JP Morgan bond index could attract $4.8 billion
  • Suez Canal debacle shows value of Northern Sea Route, Russia says

 Tuesday

Wednesday

  • Egyptian and Sudanese air forces conduct ‘Nile Eagles 2’ air drill in Sudan
  • Egypt has opened a formal investigation into how the Ever-Given got stuck in the Suez Canal
  • Investigator boards ship at start of probe into Suez Canal blockage
  • Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan set for more dam talks after El-Sissi issues stark warning
  • Kamal el-Ganzouri, a veteran Egyptian politician who played a key role in pushing ahead the privatization program in the late 1990s, died at age 88

Thursday

Friday

  • UAE calls for maintaining diplomacy, talks over GERD
  • Sisi inaugurates Medicine City to boost Egypt’s pharmaceutical industry

 Saturday

 Sunday

Reports

  • Russia and Iran propose alternative maritime routes amid Suez Canal blockage. Ahmed Gomaa 
  • Can Israel’s Eilat become an alternative to Suez Canal? Experts say no. Israel Fisher
  • Egypt issues stark warning against Ethiopia over stalled Nile dam talks.
  • Ayah Aman
  • Calls to get rid of Ottoman legacy emerge in Egypt. Al-Monitor
  • Egypt’s royal mummies are on the move, and it’s not their first road trip. National Geographic

From Twitter

Pharaohs Golden Parade

On Suez Canal Blockade

On Ethiopia and GERD

Others

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