Top Headlines
- Egypt’s Sisi is expected to cruise towards victory in subdued election
- Shipping companies avoid Red Sea after Houthi attacks
- Egyptian air defence shoots down suspected drone off Red Sea coast
- Egypt’s Suez Canal authority monitoring tensions in Red Sea
- Egyptian sources say Israel, Hamas open to truce but obstacles remain
- Egypt could restructure debt in 2024: Morgan Stanley
- President Sisi ratifies law imposing stricter penalties for sexual harassment
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Main Headlines
Monday
- Gazans say hunger is causing social breakdown, fuelling fears of exodus into Egypt
- Egypt to raise minimum wage to $113 a month from January
- Egypt delivers 100 more humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza
- Push to mobilise turnout as Egyptians vote for president
Tuesday
- Final day of Egypt’s presidential elections going smoothly, no violations observed
- Egypt’s Sisi ratifies law imposing stricter penalties for sexual harassment
- Egypt could restructure debt in 2024: Morgan Stanley
Wednesday
- Egypt’s Sisi is expected to cruise towards victory in subdued election
- Egypt is now using Karm Abu-Salem border crossing to send more aid to Gaza as deadly Israeli war on strip continues
- UN general assembly overwhelmingly votes to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
Thursday
- Egypt’s presidential election sees zero appeals as voting results awaited Monday: Elections Authority
- Egypt reaffirms rejection of Israel displacing Palestinians ‘voluntarily or forcibly’ outside Gaza
Friday
- Maersk to pause all container ship traffic through the Red Sea
- Youth drive record turnout for Egypt presidential poll
- Emaciated but alive: Gaza mothers, premature babies reunited in Egypt
Saturday
- More shipping companies avoid Red Sea after Houthi attacks
- Egyptian air defence shoots down suspected drone off Red Sea coast
- HSBC forecasts Egyptian pound devaluation to EGP 40-45 against USD in Q1 2024
- Egypt mandates financial proof in hard currency for foreign residency
- Emirati ship arrives in Arish with thousands of tons in aid for Gaza
Sunday
- Egyptian sources say Israel, Hamas open to truce but obstacles remain
- Egypt’s Suez canal authority monitoring tensions in Red Sea in Red Sea
- 55 ships divert to Cape of Good Hope and 2,128 cross Suez Canal since 19 Nov: SCA
- Sisi offers condolences for late Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf in Kuwait
Reports
- Explainer: Egypt achieves no tangible progress in 2023 regarding its IMF loan deal. Asmaa Mostafa
- Explaining an enigma: inflation rates are declining but prices keep rising in Egypt. Muhammed Khalid
- Despite regional tension, Egypt’s Grand Museum is ready to open. Mohammed Magdy
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