The Guardian | Khaled Ali withdraws from Egyptian presidential race The Guardian The Egyptian presidential hopeful and rights lawyer Khaled Ali has quit the race, becoming the latest would-be candidate who either has bowed out or been forced to abandon a challenge to the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, before the March election ... And Then There Was One: Last Challenger to Egypt's Sisi Drops Out Egypt election: Human rights lawyer Khaled Ali quits race Trump should realize that Egypt's dictator is no friend of the United States |
International Monetary Fund | Egypt: Time to Entrench Growth and Make It More Inclusive International Monetary Fund Egypt's economy is recovering, supported by prudent macroeconomic policies and initial bold reforms aimed at addressing the major challenges that have confronted the economy in recent years. The task now is to deepen reforms to raise economic growth ... World Economic Outlook Update, January 2018: Brighter Prospects, Optimistic Markets, Challenges Ahead - IMF |
The Herald | Egypt's Sisi formally submits nomination documents The Herald The boxes contained “recommendations” from voters who want Sisi to run for a second, four-year term in the March 26-28 vote. Under the constitution, would-be candidates must obtain 25 000 recommendations from voters or secure the support of 20 elected ... |
Egypt's Putinesque Election Council on Foreign Relations (blog) With his bid to win the presidency now all but dead, Annan becomes the latest presidential hopeful to be driven out of the race in an election virtually certain to be won by another graduate of Egypt's powerful military establishment, President Abdel ... |
TIME | Egypt condemns deadly mosque attack in Libya's Benghazi Xinhua CAIRO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Egypt strongly condemned the recent deadly car bomb attack in Benghazi city eastern Libyan, which killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 70 others, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday ... War on Terror: Is Benghazi's Liberation Libya's Mosul Moment? |
Middle East Eye | Agreement allows UK university branches in Egypt Middle East Eye The UK and Egypt signed an agreement on Tuesday facilitating the establishment of British university branches in the Middle Eastern country. The memorandum of understanding was inked between UK Universities Minister Sam Gyimah and Egypt's Minister of ... |
The New Arab | Sisi: A tyrant plagued by the ghosts of Egypt's revolution The New Arab In Sisi's Egypt, the seventh anniversary of the January 25 Revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak is a kind of haze in the background. It's a savage irony that the only visible remnant of the revolution, is the brutality of counter-revolution. The ... |
Aljazeera.com | Ethiopia to ease tensions with Egypt over Nile dam | Egypt News | Al ... Aljazeera.com Egypt says Ethiopia is trying to control the flow of the Nile, which could threaten its water security. |
Egypt Independent | Egypt seeks agreement with Ethiopia, Sudan to reduce GERD impact: Minister Egypt Independent Egypt hopes to reach an agreement with Ethiopia and Sudan to reduce the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for the country, in a way that preserves Egyptian rights in accessing the River Nile, Minister of Water Resources and ... Egypt Looks for Means to Resolve 'Renaissance Dam' Crisis at Addis Ababa Summit |
TIME | Mike Pence: US Stands 'Shoulder to Shoulder' With Egypt in Fight Against Terror TIME (CAIRO) — Vice President Mike Pence and Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi pledged a united front against terrorism in the Mideast as Pence, the highest-level American official to visit the U.S. ally in nearly a decade, began a trip through the ... Pence Praises Egypt Partnership in Meeting With Sisi Pence tells Egypt's Sisi that US would back two-state solution Pence, in Egypt, Hears Criticism of Trump Jerusalem Policy |