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  • Egypt amb: Sisi presents Egypt's Africa vision during AU chairmanship

    Egypt amb: Sisi presents Egypt's Africa vision during AU chairmanship

    Date: 2019-02-07 09:45:08 GMT - Ethiopia - African Summit - SN:3 - ID:7793079

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will on Sunday address the African Union summit on the priorities that Egypt plans to focus on during its 2019 chairmanship of the pan-African organization, Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia Osama Abdel Khaleq ....

  • African FMs begin arriving at AU Commission HQ for Executive Council meetings

    African FMs begin arriving at AU Commission HQ for Executive Council meetings

    Date: 2019-02-07 09:05:33 GMT - Ethiopia - African Summit - SN:2 - ID:7792951

    African foreign ministers began arriving at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa early Thursday morning for the commencement of the 34th ordinary session of the AU Executive Council. The meetings ....

  • SIS sets up press center at Egyptian embassy in Addis Ababa to help covering African Summit

    SIS sets up press center at Egyptian embassy in Addis Ababa to help covering African Summit

    Date: 2019-02-07 07:33:30 GMT - Ethiopia - African Summit - SN:1 - ID:7792824

    Media Adviser at the Egyptian embassy in Addis Ababa Khalid Afifi said that Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) set up a press center at the embassy to help reporters covering the African Summit. In statements to MENA on Thursday, Afifi said ....

  • Syria says aid convoy of 133 trucks sent to Rukban Camp

    Syria says aid convoy of 133 trucks sent to Rukban Camp

    Date: 2019-02-06 22:16:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7792681

    A convoy of humanitarian aid has been delivered to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians at Al-Rukban Camp in al-Tanf area on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The delivery process was carried out by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in cooperation ....

  • EGX indexes show mixed performance, benchmark up 0.24%

    EGX indexes show mixed performance, benchmark up 0.24%

    Date: 2019-02-06 22:15:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7792680

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Wednesday's trading amid strong purchases by Arab and foreign institutions as well as local investors. The market capital gained EGP one billion, registering EGP 813.1 ....

  • PM urges dealing with challenges facing single-window system

    PM urges dealing with challenges facing single-window system

    Date: 2019-02-06 21:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7792662

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli issued directives to officials on Wednesday to hold a meeting at the cabinet headquarters to discuss means of swiftly dealing with challenges facing the single-window system at investor service centers. ....

  • Dozens of Yemenis flee Houthi shelling in Hudaydah

    Dozens of Yemenis flee Houthi shelling in Hudaydah

    Date: 2019-02-06 21:05:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7792660

    A Houthi random shelling forced dozens of Yemeni residents to flee their homes in mountainous area at Tuhayat District in Al Hudaydah governorate, Al-Arabiya television reported on Wednesday. The fresh Houthi attack breached a declared truce, ....

  • Shoukry takes part in meetings on providing funds for AU budget

    Shoukry takes part in meetings on providing funds for AU budget

    Date: 2019-02-06 18:53:30 GMT - Ethiopia - African Summit - SN:7 - ID:7792559

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attended on Wednesday a joint meeting of the ministerial committee on Scale of Assessment and Contribution of the African Union Foreign Ministers Executive Council and the 15-member committee of finance ....

  • AL lauds Spanish firm's rejection of Israeli rail tender

    AL lauds Spanish firm's rejection of Israeli rail tender

    Date: 2019-02-06 18:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7792551

    Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian and Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saeed Abu Ali lauded a Spanish company’s decision to reject an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway. In press statements ....

  • Labib appointed director of 2021 World Men's Handball Championship

    Labib appointed director of 2021 World Men's Handball Championship

    Date: 2019-02-06 17:40:05 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:5 - ID:7792474

    The Egyptian Handball Federation Board has appointed Hussein Labib as director of the 27th World Men's Handball Championship, due to be hosted by Egypt in January 2021. Labib, Zamalek Club and former national league champion, will start selecting ....

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