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  • IGA: Assets valued more than EGP 8bln recovered in corruption cases

    IGA: Assets valued more than EGP 8bln recovered in corruption cases

    Date: 2019-06-13 18:33:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7979483

    Assistant Justice Minister for illicit gains affairs Adel el Saeed said the Illicit Gains Authority (IGA)’s efforts, in line with the relevant legislative amendments, have resulted in restoring looted funds worth EGP 8.85 billion. The move was ....

  • Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria decry smuggling of weapons into Libya

    Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria decry smuggling of weapons into Libya

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:19:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7978161

    The foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have denounced the continuous smuggling of weapons into Libya from regional parties and others. The ministers held in Tunis on Wednesday a seventh meeting of the tripartite initiative to support ....

  • Sisi urges African countries to intensify efforts to fight corruption

    Sisi urges African countries to intensify efforts to fight corruption

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:16:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7978159

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called on Wednesday for rallying all African efforts to fight corruption that is depleting countries' economies. Sisi, addressing the first African Anti-Corruption Forum here, said the convocation of the forum in ....

  • Abul Gheit visits New York to take part in meeting with UNSC

    Abul Gheit visits New York to take part in meeting with UNSC

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7978158

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit visits New York on Wednesday to take part in a high-level ministerial meeting at the UN Security Council. The meeting aims at probing ways of developing relations between the Arab League and the UNSC ....

  • Sisi meets defense minister

    Sisi meets defense minister

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:08:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7978156

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi convened a meeting on Wednesday with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production General Mohamed Zaki, said presidential spokesman Bassam Rady. ....

  • Algeria’s former PM placed in custody over alleged corruption

    Algeria’s former PM placed in custody over alleged corruption

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:07:55 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7978154

    Algeria’s supreme court has placed former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia in custody over charges of financial corruption. Algeria’s state-run TV reported that Ouyahia would be jailed at a prison in the Algerain capital Algiers as he appeared ....

  • Yemeni army foils Houthi attack on Hodeidah

    Yemeni army foils Houthi attack on Hodeidah

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:06:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7978153

    The Yemeni army forces thwarted on Wednesday an attack launched by the Houthi militias on military outposts in al-Tahita directorate, south of Hodeidah province. The army forces managed to foil the Houthi attempt and forced the militias to ....

  • Court sentences 3 people to death after burying driver alive, stealing his car

    Court sentences 3 people to death after burying driver alive, stealing his car

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:05:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7978152

    The Alexandria Criminal Court on Wednesday unanimously sentenced to death three people for burying a man alive and stealing his car. Investigations proved that the defendants deceived a driver at a ride-hailing company when they requested a ride ....

  • Egypt spares no effort to fight corruption - minister

    Egypt spares no effort to fight corruption - minister

    Date: 2019-06-12 23:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7978151

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said Wednesday that the Egyptian government spares no effort to fight corruption through providing all investors with any data and information they need. Nasr’s remarks came during the ....

  • CBE underlines importance of applying supervisory instructions on all banks in Africa

    CBE underlines importance of applying supervisory instructions on all banks in Africa

    Date: 2019-06-12 17:13:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:7977912

    Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Gamal Negm on Wednesday underlined the importance of applying supervisory instructions on all banks in Africa. Addressing annual meetings of African central banks, he said that these instructions ....

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