Egypt Headlines
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:07:14 GMTKaduna Train Hostage Negotiator Arrested in Egypt
[Premium Times] Mr Mamu was arrested on Tuesday and detained by Interpol at the Cairo International Airport, while awaiting a connecting flight to Saudi Arabia.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:36:50 GMTAuthorities Summon Four Journalists for Interrogation
[CPJ] New York -- In response to news reports that Egyptian authorities recently summoned four journalists from the independent news website Mada Masr for interrogation, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement calling for ...
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 05:40:06 GMTCountry Prepares for Flagship UN Climate Summit in Year of Unprecedented Weather Shocks
[UN News] Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve the country's environmental credentials, and speed up its transition to a low carbon economy. The even...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:25:26 GMTGERD - Churches Support Agreed and Beneficial Solutions for Egypt and Ethiopia
[Agenzia Fides] Cairo -- The Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia continue to put their ties of ecclesial communion at the service of the ongoing political negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia on the controversial "Renaissance Dam", k...
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:14:27 GMTPresident Al Sisi Grants Land for the Construction of Paediatric Hospital in Cairo
[Agenzia Fides] Cairo -- It will be the first African pediatric hospital to bear the name of the Child Jesus and will belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. It will guarantee health care for children and pregnant women in a country where, unfortunatel...
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:10:53 GMTVideos Show North Sinai Executions - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Beirut -- Rein in Army-Aligned Militias; Prosecute Those Responsible
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:17:18 GMTLiberia's Determine Girls FC and Egypt's Wadi Degla FC Book Totalenergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 Spot
[CAF] Liberia's Determine Girls FC and Egypt's Wadi Degla FC have each secured a place in the finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022.
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 07:16:51 GMTEgypt Seeks "Exceptional" Treatment By the IMF
[HRW] Egypt is seeking a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address the fallout from a sharp increase in prices that has had devastating impacts on people's economic rights.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:21:18 GMTAt Least 41 Dead in Fire At Coptic Church in Cairo
[VOA] Cairo -- Egypt's health ministry says that 41 people were killed when a fire broke out in a Coptic church in the densely populated Cairo suburb of Imbaba. Witnesses say the fire started following a short circuit in an air conditioning unit.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:24:25 GMTEgypt Church Fire - Saied Offers Condolences to El-Sisi
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied offered his sincerest condolences to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, following the death of Egyptian citizens in the fire that broke out Sunday in the church of Al-Munira (we...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:07:36 GMT3rd Round Filling of Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Successful - Premier
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The third round filling of Renaissance Dam has been successfully completed, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced. Speaking on the occasion, PM Abiy assured downstream countries of the Nile, Egypt and Sudan, that when Et...
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:43:42 GMTUAE Believes Successful Conclusion to Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia Talks Over Renaissance Dam Is 'Within Reach'
[Dabanga] Abu Dhabi -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) believes a 'successful conclusion to negotiations' between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is 'within reach,' according to a statement poste...