Category Archives: Egypt

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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This Week in Egypt: Week 21-2023 ( May 22-28)

Top Headlines Egyptian parliament approves a new package of tax and fee hikes amid criticism Qatar says investments in Egypt are coming, but no more deposits. Egypt’s mounting debt raises doubts amid stalled reforms and inflows Egypt and Iran to … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 20-2023 ( May 15-21)

Top Headlines Egypt refutes diplomatic breakthrough with Iran Egypt’s Sisi attend Arab League summit; meet with Assad 22 new decisions to boost investment in Egypt Greek firms announce deal for developing renewable energy projects in Egypt Fitch downgrades 4 Egyptian … Continue reading →

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This week in Egypt: Week 19-2023 ( May 8-14)

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 … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A discussion with ex-Egyptian MP Mohamed Fouad on Egypt’s economic crisis

Egypt faces a deepening economic crisis. For the average the problem is rising inflation, for foreign observers, the problem is the army outsized rule in economy. Dr Mohamed Fouad, a previous MP in the Egyptian parliament and business management consultant, … Continue reading →

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