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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....