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Antiquities ministry sterilizes archaeological sites nationwide
Date: 2020-04-12 13:15:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8392501
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry sterilized on Sunday several ancient Islamic, Coptic and Jewish sites across the nation. The disinfection process comes as part of precautionary measures taken to combat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Head ....
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UAE carries out 95 cloud seeding operations in Q1 2020
Date: 2020-04-12 11:57:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8392349
The National Center of Meteorology, NCM, said it has carried out 95 cloud seeding operations across the country in the first quarter of 2020, using a total of 2,171 flares produced by NCM's Emirates Weather Enhancement Factory, said WAM news ....
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Protocol between military production ministry, African bank for establishing solar plants
Date: 2020-04-12 11:38:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:8392321
Minister of State For Military Production Mohamed Saeed El Assar attended on Sunday a ceremony for signing a cooperation protocol between Benha Electronic Co (Military plant 144) and the Arab African International Bank for establishing solar energy ....
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Nigeria seeks around 7 billion dollars in loans to face coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-12 11:36:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:5 - ID:8392318
Nigeria plans to raise as much as $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders to help fund efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and counter its impact on Africa’s largest economy. The government will seek $3.4 billion from the International ....
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COVID-19 crisis likely to propel social protection reforms: Mashaat
Date: 2020-04-12 11:05:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:8392270
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is likely to accelerate the structural reforms as regards the social protection and the irregular workers alongside activating the financial inclusion as per the policies of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), ....
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Sulaymaniyah bracing for lifting curfew
Date: 2020-04-12 11:00:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8392264
The first stage of lifting the curfew in Sulaymaniy governorate began on Sunday. Some shops and restaurants were allowed to open in the governorate from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ....
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Kuwait reports 80 new coronavirus cases, tally at 1,234
Date: 2020-04-12 10:55:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8392255
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health said Sunday 80 people have been infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1,234, according to KUNA news agency. During its daily briefing, Health Ministry ....
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UN official expects robust economic recovery in Egypt in 2021
Date: 2020-04-12 10:53:03 GMT - Morocco - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8392249
Director of the North Africa Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Khaled Hussein said coronavirus crisis is a short-term crisis, expecting the Egyptian economy to witness a robust recovery in 2021. For years, Egypt has been ....
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Trial of 11 defendants over Nahda sit-in violence delayed to May 6
Date: 2020-04-06 15:30:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:8385087
The Criminal Court decided on Monday to delay the trial of 11 defendants in the case of Nahda Square sit-in to May 6. All the defendants had been implicated in acts of violence, clashing with the police and combating June 30 revolution. They ....
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SSCHR lauds Egypt's efforts to counter COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-06 15:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:8385085
The Technical Secretariat of the Supreme Standing Committee of Human Rights (SSCHR) has praised Egyptian efforts to uphold human rights in its response to the novel coronavirus. The SSCHR developed a report on Egyptian efforts to uphold the right ....
