Top Headlines
- Egypt ‘categorically rejects’ Ethiopia’s decision to start second filling of GERD reservoir
- Egypt, Sudan urge UN action on Nile dam, Egypt’s FM Sameh Shoukry addresses the UNSC on GERD
- After UNSC meeting, Egypt FM heads to Brussels for talks with EU over GERD
- Egypt’s Suez Canal says goodbye to Ever-Given with payoff and a party
- Suez Canal’s revenue hits record $5.84bn despite blockage crisi
- Russia Lifts 2015 Ban on Flights to Egyptian Red Sea Resort
- Widow of Egypt’s President and women’s advocate, Jehan Sadat, dies at age 88
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt is notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam
- Ethiopia’s Abiy boasts of military might despite rebel gains
- Egypt’s FM meets with several UNSC members ahead of GERD session
- Egyptian, Cypriot defense ministers meet in Egypt
Tuesday
- Egypt categorically rejects Ethiopia’s decision to start second filling of GERD reservoir
- Sudan says Ethiopia’s notification on resuming GERD filling ‘ is useless’ amid lack of final deal
- Egypt produces first COVID-19 vaccine batch made in Egypt
- British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, frigate HMS Richmond transited the Suez Canal
Wednesday
- Tunisia is pushing U.N. action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed
- Ever-Given mega ship is released from Suez canal after compensation agreed
- Egypt will not improve diplomatic relations with Turkey due to dispute over Libya
Thursday
- Egypt and Sudan urge UN action on Nile dam, Ethiopia says ‘no’
- Egypt will ‘uphold and protect its inherent right to life,’ Egypt’s FM tells UNSC
- Putin lifts ban on charter flights to Egypt six years after crash
Friday
- Ethiopian PM tells Egypt, Sudan GERD can be source for cooperation
- Egypt’s Sisi heads military funeral of Egypt’s former first lady Jehan Sadat
- Italian energy group Eni signs deal for hydrogen production in Egypt
- Egypt’s trade deficit has reduced 13.3% to $3.1B in April
Saturday
- Security Council situation on GERD complicated, Ethiopia’s argument weak: Egypt FM
- US is ready to provide political, technical support to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia in GERD issue
- Egypt denies the New York Times report that officials sexually abused women
- Bodies of four Egyptians killed in Cyprus‘s ‘huge’ forest fire to be repatriated Saturday evening
- Egypt sends 31 tons of medical aid to Tunisia to fight COVID-19
Sunday
- Egypt FM heads to Brussels for talks with EU over GERD
- Egypt’s foreign minister meets with Israel’s Lapid, calls to ‘resolve stalemate’ with the Palestinians
- Egypt court upholds life sentences for 10 Islamists
- Suez Canal’s revenues hits record $5.84bn despite blockage crisis
Reports
- Everything you need to know on GERD crisis ahead of UN security council meeting. Abdelaziz Abouelkhair
- Egypt to Security Council: : Ethiopian dam an ‘existential threat’
- Ethiopia and Sudan clash over Nile River Dam as water scarcity looms worldwide. Amira El-Fekki and Andrew James
- Full text of UN Security Council draft resolution on GERD. Ahram
- Taming the tuktuk? Egypt moves to regulate the popular three wheelers. Malaika Tapper
Read
- Egypt’s inauguration of a new naval base near Libya is a message to Turkey. Paul Antonopoulos
- Jehan Sadat, 1933-2021: The first lady who pushed the lines. Dina Ezzat
- Jehan Sadat, 87, widow of Egypt’s President and women’s advocate, dies. Vivian Yee and Nada Rashwan
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