Top Headlines

• Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad agree Gaza truce mediated by Egypt 
• After Saudi Détente, Iran is looking towards mending fences with Egypt
• Egypt’s inflation eases for the first time since June 2022
• Egypt’s external debt increases $7.9billion to record $162.9 billion in December 2022
• Egypt sells $121.6 million stake in state-controlled Telecom Egypt
• Netflix’s Black Cleopatra prompts Egyptian broadcaster to make its own series

Main Headlines

Monday

• UN agencies delegation visits Qustul Egyptian-Sudanese border crossing
• Egypt and Indian air forces carry out joint trainings

Tuesday

• Egypt has revived plans to sell an additional 10% stake in state-run Telecom Egypt through a share sale this month 

Wednesday

• Egypt starts mediating end to Israel-Gaza strikes, rockets
• Egypt’s inflation eases for the first time since June 2022
• Egypt’s dollar bonds sink deeper into distress after Moody’s placed the North African nation’s ratings on review for downgrade
• Egyptian government denies reports on raising prices of subsidized bread
• Netflix’s ‘Black Cleopatra” prompts Egyptian broadcaster to make its own series with light-skinned star

Thursday

• Europe and Egypt urge truce between Israel and Gaza terrorists as fighting intensifies
• Egypt’s external debt increases $7.9bln to record $162.9bln in December 2022
• US Senate panel raises ‘concern’ over Egyptian detainee’s health

Friday

• New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce
• Egypt has reportedly offered a revised ceasefire deal to both Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza on Friday
• The World Gold Council report confirmed that demand for gold in Egypt has doubled in the first quarter of 2023

Saturday

• Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad agree Gaza truce mediated by Egypt
• Israel, US, UN thank Egypt for role in mediating ceasefire with Islamic Jihad in Gaza

Sunday

•  After Saudi Détente, Iran is looking towards mending fences with Egypt
• Egypt sells 9.5% Telecom Egypt stake in $121 million deal
• Opposition parties opt for proportional list system in electing new parliament
• Egypt’s gold rush shows signs of slowing

Reports

• Egypt has ignored U.S. requests to close its airspace to Russian military flights.  Summer Said and Jared Malsin
• Report to Congress on Egypt and U.S. relations. Congressional Research Service report
• Dive like an Egyptian: How one Red Sea resort is cleaning up its act – and the ocean.Phoebe Smith

Read

• Why Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra’ has Egypt up in arms. Sara Khorshid 

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