This Week in Egypt: Week 36-2023 (Sept 4-10)


Top Headlines

  • Egypt inflation hits record high of nearly 40%
  • Egypt’s Sisi attended G20 summit in India, met with Turkey’s Erdogan
  • Egyptian president calls for measures to slow birth-rate
  • Ethiopia says it has completed filling of disputed dam project’s reservoir
  • Cairo court sets 16 September for verdict in opposition figure, Hisham Kassem, case
  • Israel declassifies more information about the role its Egyptian agent Ashraf Marwan played in Yom Kippur war

Egypt’s Sisi met with Turkey’s Erdogan in India’s G20 summit- via Ahram online

Main Headlines

Monday

Tuesday

  • Egypt’s president warns a surging population is leaving the country with an increasingly unaffordable burden, as the state wrestles with its deepest economic troubles in years
  • Egypt and JP Morgan probe boosting cooperation

Wednesday

  • A four-story apartment building collapses in Egypt’s capital, and at least 4 are killed
  • Egyptian religious influencer is arrested after sponsoring paid ‘proxy pilgrimage’
  • Egypt rolls out new scholarships and residency rights in bid for more foreign students
  • Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek Becomes Dior’s Middle Eastern Ambassador

Thursday

  • Israel declassifies more information about the role its Egyptian agent Ashraf Marwan played in the Yom Kippur war
  • Egypt races to meet IMF requirements ahead of September scheduled review
  • Canadian association of Tour Operators, CATO, is shocked at New Egypt Travel Restrictions
  • Arabs FMs welcome Egypt’s hosting of Libyan constitutional track meetings

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

  • Egypt inflation hits record high of nearly 40% https://f24.my/9m9p.T
  • Turkey’s Erdogan, Egypt’s Sisi discuss energy cooperation at G20 summit
  • Ethiopia says it has completed filling of disputed dam project’s reservoir
  • Egypt censures Ethiopia for continuing the unilateral filling of GERD
  • European Commission President says Egypt is an “important partner”  ‘important partner’, assures continued support in food security –

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