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9th session of COSP held amid exceptional circumstances, says UN under-secretary
Date: 2021-12-14 10:09:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:9318241
Currently held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh, the ninth Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption comes amid exceptional circumstances as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Under ....
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Egypt registers 799 new coronavirus cases, 44 deaths
Date: 2021-12-14 08:01:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:9317862
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 799 new coronavirus cases were registered, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 369,997. In a statement, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 44 ....
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Egypt jumps 19 positions in Global Knowledge Index 2021
Date: 2021-12-14 07:37:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:9317817
Egypt jumped from the 72nd position to the 53rd place in the Global Knowledge Index (GKI) 2021, in which it came first among African states. The announcement was made during of Education Minister Tarek Shawqi’s participation in a ceremony to ....
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Tunisian president announces constitutional referendum, sets new poll date
Date: 2021-12-14 07:21:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:9317787
Tunisia will hold a referendum on constitutional reform on July 25 and new parliamentary elections on December 17, 2022, President Kais Saied said on Monday. In a speech on national television, Saied announced a "popular consultation" with the ....
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UN human rights body to hold special session about Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-14 07:18:27 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:3 - ID:9317781
The UN’s top human rights body said it will hold a special session on Friday to discuss the “grave human rights situation” in Ethiopia and a call to set up an international commission of experts to monitor and report on it, The Washington Post ....