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Egypt aims to treat 1 million with Hepatitis C in Sudan
Egyptâs Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed has met with her Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Najuib to discuss the Egyptian presidential initiative to treat 1 million people with Hepatitis C in Sudan. On Tuesday evening, Zayed received Al-Najuib at her ministry’s headquarters to discuss ways of joint cooperation, as part of the depth and interdependence …

Egypt resorted to UN Security Council after Ethiopia’s intransigence in GERD talks, Al-Sisi tells DRC’s Tshisekedi
Egypt has resorted to UN Security Council after Ethiopian intransigence during African Union (AU) led talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi told the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi. In a phone call with his counterpart, Al-Sisi stressed that Au-led talks faltered due to Ethiopia’s desire to impose …

Arab League condemns Ethiopian attempt to cause rift with African Union
Regional organisation has right to voice opinion on any issue that affects its members, says Egyptâs Sameh Shoukry

Progress in Ethiopian dam issue depends on UNâs adoption of Tunisian proposal: Expert
Tunisian proposal urges Ethiopia to refrain from unilaterally filling Nile dam’s reservoir, resume talks

âWar optionalâ to preserve Egyptâs water resources: Former Water Minister
Ethiopia has officially notified Egypt it has started the second filling of its controversial dam

Egypt, Sudan successfully internationalise Ethiopia dam crisis: Water expert
If controversial dam collapses due to natural or random causes, this would severely affect Sudan, says Water expert Hani Sewilam

Ethiopia continues grievous violations to international law with 2nd Nile dam filling: ex-official
Ethiopia is being âexcessively selfishâ over Nile dam, issue, fuels hostility in region, says Ambassador Mohamed Hegazi

Egypt, UN address Nile dam crisis as Ethiopia closes ears to international community
Egypt showed flexibility in negotiations but has been met with Ethiopian intransigence, says Mohamed Abdel Atty

Egypt sends liquid oxygen supply to Libya to alleviate COVID-19 crisis
Egypt has sent several trucks loaded with liquid oxygen to cover the needs of the health sector in Libya. Libyaâs Ministry of Health said, in a statement, that this will be the first of joint cooperation between the two countries. It also activates the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ministry and its Egyptian counterpart. …

Egypt, Vietnam discuss developments in GERD dispute
Shoukry in New York to participate in Security Council session on GERD

Egyptâs Health Ministry launches reproductive health convoys in 30 villages in 7 governorates
Convoys are part of âOur Better Daysâ initiative to provide free family planning services

Shoukry heads to New York for scheduled UN meeting on disputed Ethiopian damÂ
Ethiopia insists on second filling, as it puts Ethiopian military forces on high alert

Egyptâs Foreign Minister heads to New York for scheduled UN meeting on Ethiopian dam
Meeting will be held on Thursday upon the request of Egypt and Sudan
Egypt invited to participate in Asia’s interaction, confidence-building measures
Hafez noted that Egypt is looking forward to working with the current Executive Director to achieve these goals.

Egypt asserts need to end foreign interference in Syria as condition for lasting peace
Shoukryâs remarks came during a ministerial meeting on Syria, which took place in the Italian capital Rome, on Monday, on the side-lines of the ministerial meeting of the international coalition against ISIS.

Egypt, Israel leaders discuss recovering peace talks with Palestine
Bassam Rady, Spokesperson for the Egyptian Presidency, said that, during the call, Al-Sisi asserted Egypt’s full support for all ongoing endeavours to reach a comprehensive solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict. This is with a view to achieving peace in the Middle East.

Egypt has one of largest student numbers enrolled in higher education in MENA: UfM
Study aims to be effective tool for education stakeholders, set out to investigate internationalisation of higher education

Egypt committed to supporting international efforts against ISIS: Foreign Minister
ISIS remains real threat, despite liberating large areas controlled by terrorist group in Iraq, Syria: Egypt Foreign Minister

Baghdad Summit: Al-Sisiâs historical visit opens new horizons for Arab cooperation
Baghdad Summit builds on previous rounds of tripartite cooperation mechanism

Egypt moves closer to toughening penalties on sexual harassment
Suggested penalties will be 2-4 years imprisonment, up to EGP 200k fine

Higher Education Minister asserts importance of innovation, entrepreneurship in Egypt
Countryâs priority will be for innovations that have economic returns, says Khaled Abdel Ghaffar

Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq hold tripartite summit to address Mideast issues
Summit dealt with methods to enhance cooperation between three countries

America committed to helping Egypt achieve peace, stability in North Sinai: US Ambassador
Cohen toured Al Arish seawater desalination facility which serves 126k residents

Egyptâs Al-Sisi in Baghdad for tripartite summit with Iraq, Jordan
This is first official visit by Egyptian president to Iraq in 30 years

Egyptâs Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff concludes visits to Sudan, DRC
Visits aimed to develop level of military cooperation between Egypt and friendly countries

Egyptian court bans âfatwasâ by non-specialists
Move restricts fatwa issuance to qualified religious institutions by virtue of jurisdiction, expertise, specialisation

Egypt, South Sudan cooperate to establish multi-purpose Wau Dam project
Dam aims to generate electricity, provide drinking water to about 500,000 people

Ethiopian remarks on GERD provocative, Egypt knows how to defend its interests: Shoukry
Egypt has placed great confidence in African framework to solve GERD crisis, says Foreign Minister

Egyptâs Al-Sisi asserts need to develop, manage religious endowment money
The President said that all documentary items related to religious endowments transactions should be issued by the Complex for Secured And Smart Documents. He added that any financial transactions regarding all religious endowments should be carried out in accordance with the market value.

Egypt recovers 114 artefacts smuggled to France
The Egyptian Public Prosecutionâs investigations, in cooperation with French judicial authorities, had succeeded in stopping all attempts to sell the smuggled Egyptian antiquities.