Category Archives: Diary of Aak

This Week in Egypt: Week 33-2023 ( Aug 14-20)

Posted on August 20, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma Mystery plane carrying gold, weapons, and cash from Cairo lands in Zambia Egypt detained a journalist working for a fact-checking platform following its coverage … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31-2023 ( July 31- Aug 6)

Posted on August 6, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates by 100 basis points Egypt’s government debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to reach 97 percent at the end of June 2023 Net foreign assets held by Egypt’s commercial banks head deeper into negative … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 30-2023 ( July 24 -30)

Posted on July 30, 2023 by nervana111

Apology for not posting my Egypt’s newsletter last week, but I am back and here is this week’s newsletter Top Headlines Egypt announces planned power cuts, measures amid heatwave General Michael “Erik” Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, visits Egypt  Sources: … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 28-2023 ( July 10-16)

Posted on July 16, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt hosts Sudan’s neighbours summit Egypt’s Sisi and Ethiopia’s PM discuss Sudan’s crisis and Ethiopian dam Sudan’s neighbours meeting in Cairo for summit agree to Egypt’s initiative to try to end conflict Egypt announces sale of $1.9 billion … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 27-2023 ( July 3-9)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt to host summit of Sudan’s neighbouring states to seek conflict settlement Egypt and Turkey appoint ambassadors to upgrade diplomatic relations  Reports that Egypt’s Sisi to make first-ever visit as Egypt president to Turkey on 27 Jul 50 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 26-2023 ( June 26- July 2)

Posted on July 2, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt has largest air force fleet in MENA region, ahead of Turkey:  Global Fire Power Egypt’s Sisi praises sacrifices of Egyptians in 10th anniversary speech of June 30 revolution EU looks to Egypt partnership to tackle people-smuggling networks Alexandria … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 25-2023 ( June 19-25)

Posted on June 25, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines PM Modi arrives in Egypt for two-day state visit, first since 1997 Saudi Crown Prince MBS meets Egypt’s Sisi in France Egypt’s CBE maintains interest rates unchanged in final meeting of FY2022/23 Egyptian man is arrested in London … Continue reading →

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This Week in egypt: week 24-2023 ( Jun 12-18)

Posted on June 18, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece Israel to work with Egypt, Palestinian Authority on developing Gaza gas field Israeli army admits to errors, reprimands officers in … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 23-2023 ( June 5-11)

Posted on June 11, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt has received over 200,000 Sudanese refugees Sisi and Netanyahu vow full coordination to investigate order border attack A Russian man was mauled to death by tiger shark off Egypt’s Red Sea coast in a rare attack Hurghada beaches reopen … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 22-2023 ( May 29-June 4)

Posted on June 5, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Three Israeli soldiers and a gunman killed near Egypt border Netanyahu vows to probe deadly shooting of troops by Egyptian policeman ‘to the end’ Egyptian FM to attend Turkish President Erdogan’s inauguration Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after … Continue reading →

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