Egypt
7 Jun
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has inaugurated Africa’s largest medical exhibition, Africa Health ExCon, calling for increasing cooperation among African states to deal with health challenges in the future.
6 Jun
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to boost cooperation Tuesday after an Egyptian policeman shot dead three Israeli soldiers before being killed, officials said.
4 Jun
Israel said Sunday it would investigate the shooting deaths of three soldiers at its border with Egypt, as it prepared to hold funerals for the slain trio.
2 May
The Federal Government, yesterday, said Egypt has opened its borders to Nigerians fleeing conflict-hit Sudan. In an update shared on Twitter, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Monday said an Air Force plane was already on ground in Aswan, Egypt, adding that the processing of the first set of evacuees would begin.
1 May
The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years after he was detained, the media outlet said.
18 Apr
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are working to reopen their long-closed embassies "in the coming weeks", an official said Tuesday, as a wave of rapprochement sweeps the turbulent Middle East region. The two countries re-established relations in January 2021, after the UAE took part in a nearly four-year Gulf blockade of Qatar, but despite…
27 Mar
Ramadan 2023 has begun, and this is an exceptionally holy and spiritual time for Muslims because they are expected to fast, pray, read the Quran and engage in charity, generosity and acts of kindness. This time of the year is best enjoyed in the company of loved ones, friends, family and close associates, especially if…
17 Feb
Egypt's government said Friday it was "working around the clock" to secure the release of six Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in conflict-ravaged Libya. "The six Egyptians are detained in an illegal immigration centre in western Libya," the foreign ministry said in a statement. They had travelled to Libya across the border from Egypt…
8 Feb
Africa's leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, has announced that it has received its Payment Services Provider and Payments Facilitator licenses in Egypt.
29 Jan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after an eruption of violence.
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November governorship poll in Imo state Sam Anyanwu has vowed to "recover his stolen mandate" through legal means. Anyanwu described the declaration of Hope Uzodinma of the ruling All Progressives Congress as a "rape of democracy". He insisted that the election was marred by "all manner…