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This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2023 ( Dec 18-24)

Top Headlines Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi won the country’s presidential election with 89.6% of the vote Egypt proposes 14-day ceasefire in Gaza Egyptian sources deny Israeli military operation in Philadelphi corridor Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on … Continue reading →

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

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)

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 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 … Continue reading →

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

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 28-2023 ( July 10-16)

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 32-2022 (August 8-14)

Top Headlines At least 41 people have been killed in fire at church in the worst fire tragedy in Egypt’s recent history Ethiopia completes third phase of filling of its dam reservoir Annual urban inflation in Egypt increases to 13.6% … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 29- 2022 ( July 18-24)

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi visited Germany, Serbia, and France Macron hosts Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris for talks on security and defence Russian FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war US special envoy begins tour of Egypt, UAE, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 23-2022 ( June 6-12)

Top Headlines EU proposes natural gas import deal with Egypt and Israel Egypt receives 63,000 tonnes of wheat from France Egypt’s Grand Mufti approves death sentence for the murderer of Coptic priest Egypt’s Sisi, Yemeni president discuss maritime security in … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 7-2022 ( Feb 14-20)

Top Headlines Ethiopia starts producing electricity from its controversial Nile dam Egypt breaks LNG export records with eye on Europe Egypt is lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 kilometres  UAE’s Dragon makes first oil discovery in Gulf of … Continue reading →

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