Egypt presidential hopeful says bureaucrats blocking his bid ABC News A rights lawyer who hopes to run in Egypt's presidential election in March said Wednesday that bureaucrats loyal to the government were obstructing efforts to get him on the ballot, while his campaign officials said police and government supporters ... |
NPR | In Egypt, Potential Candidates Prepare To Enter Presidential Race NPR Egypt has set the date of presidential elections for March 26. Candidates will be able to register to run starting on Saturday, but there are high barriers for entering the race and trying to replace the incumbent, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. NPR ... |
Quartz | Ethiopian PM arrives in Egypt for talks on sharing Nile ABC News Ethiopia's prime minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a two-day visit to discuss a massive dam that Egypt fears will cut into its share of the Nile, at a time of heightened tensions among the countries that rely on the river. Hailemariam Desalegn ... Ethiopian FM stresses longstanding Ethiopia-Egypt relations, amid Nile tension A major geopolitical crisis is set to erupt over who controls the world's longest river S. Sudan delegation thanks Egypt for peacekeeping efforts |
U.S. News & World Report | Russia Is Cozying Up to Egypt | World Report | US News U.S. News & World Report Pay attention to what's going on in the Middle East. Another aspirant withdraws from race for Egypt's presidency |
Middle East Online | Sudan president urges to resolve outstanding issues with Egypt Xinhua KHARTOUM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and concerned authorities to work to resolve outstanding issues with Egypt. Al-Bashir on Wednesday met Sudan's Ambassador to Egypt ... Al-Bashir instructs to resolve outstanding issues with Egypt: ambassador |
Egypttoday | Hermes surveys chief execs on economy at Egypt Conference Egypttoday CAIRO- 17 January 2018: Hermes conducted a survey for 250 chief executives who attended the second annual Egypt Conference, and the results came with 54 percent who consider that the rise in interest rates is the biggest investing obstacle in Egypt ... |
Aljazeera.com | Sisi: Egypt does not want war with Sudan and Ethiopia - Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said his country was not meddling in the internal affairs of Sudan and Ethiopia, as he sought to defuse rising tensions in the Red Sea region. Sisi, in a televised broadcast on Monday, said Cairo was not planning ... Tuesday Becomes Execution Day in Egypt Egypt's leader seeks to defuse tension with Sudan, Ethiopia Egypt president Sisi rules out war with Sudan |
Wall Street Journal | Troubled Waters: Egypt and Ethiopia Wrangle Over Nile Dam Wall Street Journal The world's longest river, a lifeline for hundreds of millions of people, is also fast becoming a fault line. Ethiopia's ambitious $4.2 billion hydroelectric dam project on the Nile River's main tributary is raising tensions with Egypt over how to ... |
The Guardian | The Guardian view on Egyptian democracy: it would be a good idea ... The Guardian Editorial: Within months Egyptians will get a chance to elect a president. The result is not in doubt. The country's future is. Former Lawmaker Sadat Won't Run for President in Egypt Anwar Sadat's nephew backs out of Egypt presidential election Former Egyptian lawmaker pulls out of presidential race |
Archaeology | Stele Fragment Unearthed in Northern Egypt Archaeology CAIRO, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a section of a 19th-Dynasty stele has been discovered at the San Al-Hagar archaeological site in northern Egypt. Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said the red-granite stele is carved with ... |