Top Headlines
- Egypt vows to cut military’s outsized role in economy under IMF bailout
- Egyptian banks’ regulatory capital ratios can withstand further Egyptian pound depreciation, Fitch Ratings says
- Businessman Safwan Thabet, who faced accusations of funding “terrorist entities”, was released from prison
- UAE hosted Gulf leaders including Qatar’s along with Egypt and Jordan
- Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians deliver a warning to Israel
- Egypt’s Sisi instructs building large inclusive mosques across Egypt to spread ‘true religion’
Safwan Thabet, right, is the founder of Juhayna Food Industries. His son Seif el-Din Thabet, left, is the company’s chief executive © Image supplied by friends of the family via FT
Main Headlines
Monday
- Foreign investors pour $925 million into Egypt since last week’s devaluation
- Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians deliver a warning to Israel
Tuesday
- Egyptian banks’ regulatory capital ratios can withstand further Egyptian pound depreciation, Fitch Rating says
- Egypt to roll out program for cheaper bread price as inflation worsens
Wednesday
- Sisi arrives in UAE for Abu-Dhabi summit
- UAE hosts Gulf leaders including Qatar’s along with Egypt and Jordan
- Sisi pardons inmates on occasion of January 25 Revolution and Police Day
Thursday
- Egypt’s Sisi promotes three army commanders to Lieutenant General
- President Sisi: Egypt will overcome hard circumstances
- Egypt cabinet grants train catering management rights to private company owned by business tycoon Naguib Sawiris
- Sudan’s main pro-democracy group declines Egypt’s mediation offer
Friday
- Emerging-market investors are preparing to creep back into Egypt’s local debt market, enticed by a cheaper pound and record yields when compared with peers
- Egyptian lawyers strike to protest the imprisonment of six colleagues
- Egypt court reduces sentences against businessman, former MP for antiquity trafficking
Saturday
- Founder of Egypt’s Juhayna Food Industries and his son, who faced accusations of financing terrorist entities , are released from prison
- Egypt’s Sisi instructs building large inclusive mosques across Egypt to spread ‘true religion’
Sunday
- Egypt responds to Hassan Nasrallah’s remarks on economic situation
- Egypt is drafting legislation to regulate social media platforms
- Cairo court sentences six to death over terror charges
- Chief diplomats boycott Libya-hosted Arab League meeting
Reports/ Read
- How Cairo cracked down on one of Egypt’s leading businessmen. Andrew England
- Egypt’s soaring prices drive home economic pain. Mariam Rizk
- Egypt’s deepening economic crisis. FT
- Egypt vows to cut military’s outsized role in economy under IMF bailout. Andrew England
- Is Egypt the “new Lebanon”? Cathrin Schaer
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