Category Archives: Egypt

This Week in Egypt: Week 40-2023 (Oct 2-8)

Posted on October 8, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Moody’s downgrades Egypt credit rating deeper into junk territory amid debt crisis  World Bank revises up Egypt’s growth forecast for 2023 to 4.2 percent Egyptian banks suspend debit card use  in foreign currency Egypt’s President el-Sisi to run for … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 38-2023 ( Sept 18-24)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt says IMF agrees to merge first two reviews of reform program US senator Robert Menendez and his wife are charged with bribery offenses involving Egypt French journalist arrested for reporting on Egypt spy operation Leading Egyptian opposition … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 37-2023 ( Sept 11-17)

Posted on September 17, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt is considering holding presidential elections before the end of 2023 Egypt converts helicopter carrier into field hospital as Libya floods death toll tops 6,000 Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding US to send … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 10, 2023 by nervana111

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 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 35-2023 (Aug 28- Sept 3)

Posted on September 3, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines The joint Egypt-US military exercise Bright Star 2023 kicked off in Egypt Sudanese military chief arrives in Egypt on first trip abroad since war began Egyptian opposition politician Kassem begins hunger strike Zambia frees five Egyptians arrested on … Continue reading →

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This Week In Egypt: Week 34-2023 ( Aug 21-27)

Posted on August 27, 2023 by nervana111

Egyptian opposition Hisham Kassem Top Headlines Egypt is officially invited to join BRICS group Egyptian opposition activist Hisham Kassem ransferred to prison to await trial Israel approves expansion of natural gas exports to Egypt from Tamar field Egypt, Ethiopia and … Continue reading →

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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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