[RFI] Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the divisive project.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Trade and Export Development, Mohamed Boussaid and a delegation of the Libyan Industry Union led by its executive director, Ali Nasir discussed a meeting Wednesday the organisation of a Tunisian-Lib...

[Egypt Online] Minister of Trade and Industry Nivine Gamea underlined Egypt's keenness on enhancing cooperation with Malaysia in various domains, especially industry and investmen.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Planning and Economic Development Dr Hala el Saeed said on Wednesday 7/7/2021 Egypt has made a global achievement, amidst exceptional circumstances, by including the presidential initiative "Decent Life, the "Rowad 2030" (p...

[Egypt Online] Gabon's Minister of Social Affairs and Women's Rights Prisca Koho who is currently visiting Egypt said she is looking forward that her country would benefit from Egypt's expertise in the field of empowering women.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday the US, British and French permanent representatives to the UN in New York to brief them on Egypt's position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahm...

[Egypt Online] The Ministry of Tourism announced that 28 new nationalities were added to the system of issuing an electronic tourist visa taking to 74 the number of nationalities able to obtain the visa electronically.

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has paid a visit to New Aswan city to follow up progress achieved so far in carrying out development and services projects there.

[Egypt Online] The Armed Forces on Tuesday 6/7/2021celebrated the end of activities of the 2021 Military Diplomacy Course at the Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Administration, held for foreigners in Cairo.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's foreign reserve increased by $116 million by the end of June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Tuesday 6/7/2021.

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said on Tuesday night 6/7/2021 that 164 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,421.

[Egypt Online] The Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission led by Sakuji Yoshimura, the President of Japan's Higashi Nippon International University and Honorary Professor at Waseda University has completed the unearthing of all artefacts of the sec...

[Egypt Online] Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said on Wednesday 7/7/2021that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is keen on offering medical support to Sudan for enhancing the health care system in the sisterly country.

[Egypt Online] Minister of International Cooperation Rania El Mashat said 18 projects have been carried out in 17 governorates as part of cooperation between Egypt and multilateral development partners.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday6/7/2021 Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the premises of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in New York to discuss in details the ...

[Ethiopian Herald] With the request of Egypt and Sudan, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to meet tomorrow to discuss on Ethiopia's national dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiation between Ethiopia, Sudan and ...

[Egypt Online] Egypt's population at home reached 102 million on Monday 5/7/2021with an average increase of 3,636 people per day during the period from October 3, 2020 till today, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) sai...

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi in New York.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi sent a cable to US President Joe Biden greeting him on his country's Independence Day.

[Egypt Online] Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki held a meeting on Monday5/7/2021 with his Cypriot counterpart Charalambos Petrides and his accompanying delegation on the sidelines of their visit to Egypt to attend the inauguration of the July 3 naval ba...

[Egypt Online] Petrojet's crude oil storage tank in Ras Badran has officially entered the Guinness World Records ranking, the company said in a statement on Monday 5/7/2021.

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Monday5/7/2021 said that Egypt has sought, since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, to possess potentials enabling it to manufacture vaccines against the virus locally.

[Egypt Online] The second extraordinary session of the ministerial council of the Organization for the Development of Women, affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was launched in Cairo on Monday 5/7/2021.

[Egypt Online] As all countries around the world embark on a decade of action until 2030 to achieve the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, International Cooperation Minister Rania el Mashat announced on Monday5/7/2021 details of mapping the alloc...

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said on Monday night 5/7/2021 that 175 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,257.

[Egypt Online] Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati has received an official letter from his Ethiopian counterpart that Ethiopia has begun filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)'s reservoir for the second year.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has provided all required support and necessary equipment to localize the manufacture of coronavirus vaccines, president's adviser for health affairs Mohamed Awad Tag Eddin said.

[CAF] Egypt U-23 coach Shawky Gharib revealed his final 22-man squad that will take place in the 2020 Olympic Games, which will kick off in Tokyo in a fortnight.

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is one of the huge projects implemented by the State this period.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's embassy in Canada has organized a symposium for Egyptian thinker and writer Ahmed El Meslemany on cultural diplomacy and the national roles played by communities abroad.