Egypt Headlines
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:48:09 GMTPresident Sisi Chairs Supreme Armed Forces Council Meeting
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided over a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Tuesday 5/10/2021to review the Armed Forces' activities and efforts to preserve Egypt's national security.
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:48:07 GMTSisi Lays Wreaths On Tombs of Unknown Soldier, Sadat, Nasser
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday 5/10/2021 laid wreaths on the tombs of the Unknown Soldier and on both Presidents Anwar Sadat and Gamal Abdel Nasser as Egypt marks the 48th anniversary of the October War victory.
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:48:04 GMTEgypt Inks Deal With Ihs Towers to Build Communication Towers
[Egypt Online] Egypt has signed a partnership agreement with IHS Netherlands GCC B.V, IHS Netherlands EGY B.V and IHS Holding Limited ("IHS Towers") to build and lease communications towers nationwide.
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:48:02 GMTSisi Pardons Some Inmates On Occasion of Armed Forces Day
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Decree No. 448 of 2021 pardoning some inmates on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, which falls on October 6.
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:47:59 GMTCabinet Greets Educators On World Teachers' Day
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet greeted teachers and hailed their noble mission and sacrifices to educate new generations of children that respect and understand the great value of knowledge and culture.
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:38:39 GMTYC-Backed Amenli Raises $2.3m to Provide Insurance to Egyptian Consumers
[TechCrunch] The average penetration rate for insurance in Africa is between 3% to 5%. South Africa makes up a large bulk of it; without it, the continent is on a 1% to 2% rate even with other developed technology and financial markets like Kenya, Ni...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:03:00 GMTEgypt Considering Inoculating High School Students With Pfizer Vaccine
[Egypt Online] Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced on Monday that the government may soon vaccinate high school students with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, as the country is currently studying lowering the 18-year age limit for COVI...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:02:57 GMTPM Follows up Implementation of Projects in Cairo Governorate
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli followed up the implementation of a number of ongoing projects in Cairo governorate, stressing that these projects along with projects carried out in the New Administrative Capital are on the top of the...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:02:51 GMTEgypt Applied Required Environmental Sustainability Criteria
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said on Monday Egypt has applied environmental sustainability criteria that have to be met in national investments and projects.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:02:49 GMTEgypt Reports 771 New Coronavirus Cases
[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said that 771 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 307,569.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:22 GMTSisi Appoints Female Members of State Lawsuits Authority, Administrative Prosecution At State Council
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued Decree No. 446 of 2021 appointing 48 female members of the State Lawsuits Authority and the Administrative Prosecution Authority as assistant counselors at the Council of State.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:22 GMTPresident El-Sisi Follows-Up On Status of Armed Forces Engineering Authority Projects
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on Monday 4/10/2021 with President's Adviser for Urban Planning Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Major General Ehab El-Far and Assistant to the Head of th...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:19 GMTNCHR Member Lauds Naming Khattab to Chair Council
[Egypt Online] Member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Nivine Mosaad has praised naming ambassador Moshira Khattab to head the council.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:17 GMTEgypt Condoles With Oman Over Cyclone 'Shaheen' Victims
[Egypt Online] Egypt on Monday 4/10/2021 expressed its utmost condolences to Oman over victims of the tropical cyclone "Shaheen," which hit the country and left many persons dead and wounded.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:14 GMTSisi Orders Reviewing Studies On Water Desalination Projects
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued directives to review studies on the water desalination projects in line with the approach adopted by the State to manage water resources.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:11 GMTPlanning Min - Egypt Vision 2030 Highly Compatible With Africa Agenda 2063
[Egypt Online] Planning Minister Hala el Saeed said on Monday 4/10/2021the national agenda for sustainable development (Egypt Vision 2030) is highly compatible with the Africa Agenda 2063 and the UN SDGs, referring to the implementation of the first ...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:10 GMTAl Azhar, the Vatican Keen to Continue to Cement Principles of Dialogue, Fraternity
[Egypt Online] Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb and The Vatican Pope Francis affirmed on Monday 4/10/2021 their keenness to continue their efforts to cement principles of dialogue and fraternity.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:56:07 GMTEgypt to Continue Negotiations Approach to Reach GERD Deal - Permanent Rep. At UN Office in Geneva
[Egypt Online] Egypt's Permanent Representative at the UN Office in Geneva Ahmed Ehab Gamal El Din said on Monday 4/10/2021Egypt has been involved in talks for ten years with Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to reach a fair agreement.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:40 GMTEgypt Sends Medical Assistance to Somalia to Combat Covid-19
[Dalsan Radio] The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population dispatched, a military plane loaded with medical aid provided to Somalia.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:26 GMTEgypt, Russia to Hold Talks On Middle East, Africa Crises
[Egypt Online] The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday 4/10/2021 that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will confer later in the day in Moscow with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, who is here on a three-day visit, on crises in the Middl...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:24 GMTFM - Talks With Lavrov Covered Ending Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Supporting Two-State Solution
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Monday 4/10/2021 that his talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov tackled a number of regional issues, atop of which is ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and reinforcing two-sta...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:19 GMTCabinet - State Exerts Big Efforts to Achieve Comprehensive Development in Sinai
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) asserted that the State has been exerting strenuous efforts over the past few years to achieve comprehensive development in Sinai and link it with the country's various governo...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:17 GMTShoukry Delivers Message From Sisi to Putin
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry delivered on Monday a message from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:07:16 GMTAmb Nasser Kamel Praises Egypt's Int'l Commitments On Honoring Its Pledges
[Egypt Online] Choosing Egypt to host the 27th edition of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in 2022 is considered an international certificate of success of Cairo's commitment to honor pledges, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterra...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:30 GMTIDSC - Egypt Comes in Top Position On Govtech Maturity Index
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) said Sunday that Egypt made big progress in terms of government technology maturity.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:27 GMTParl't Defense Committee to Implement Sisi Security Strategy
[Egypt Online] Mohamed Abdel Rahman Radi, the secretary of the defense committee of parliament, said Monday that the committee intends to implement the strategy of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to achieve security and stability in Egypt, the Arab wo...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:25 GMTSisi Directs Increasing Participation of Scientific Research in Development Process
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed Sunday increasing the participation of the scientific research system in the country's comprehensive development plan.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:22 GMT1.6 Mn Doses of Pfizer Vaccine, a Us Gift to Egypt
[Egypt Online] Minister of Health Hala Zayed said Egypt has received 1,612,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a gift from the US through COVAX mechanism, an unprecedented global effort between CEPI, Gavi, Unicef, PAHO, and WHO to en...
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:19 GMTEgypt Ranks 8th in Arab World, 69th Internationally in Best Quality of Life Index in 2021
[Egypt Online] Housing Minister Assem el Gazzar said that Egypt reached the 8th rank in the Arab world and 69th rank internationally in the quality of life index in 2021.
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:50:16 GMTSisi Greets His Armenian Counterpart On Independence Day
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday sent a cable of greetings to his Armenian counterpart Armen Vardani Sarkissian on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.