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Report by fDi Markets: Egypt ranks 1st in FDI inflows in Africa
Date: 2018-12-07 17:25:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7704205
According to a report by fDi Markets, affiliated to the Financial Times, Egypt ranked first in Africa in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, with the volume of investments hitting 7.4 billion dollars in 2017. The report, of which ....
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Egypt, Mozambique discuss transport cooperation
Date: 2018-12-07 16:37:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7704161
Transport Minister Hesham Arafat discussed on Friday with his Mozambican counterpart Carlos Mesquita boosting bilateral cooperation in the transport domain. During their meeting, the two ministers discussed means of benefiting from the Egypt's ....
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17 people killed in two attacks in DR Congo
Date: 2018-12-07 16:35:55 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - International - SN:2 - ID:7704160
Seventeen people have been killed in two attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the troubled Benin region of eastern DR Congo, a local mayor was quoted by Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper as saying on Friday. Twelve civilians died in ....
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CNN: White House chief of staff expected to resign soon
Date: 2018-12-07 16:02:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7704118
John Kelly is expected to resign as White House chief of staff in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN. Seventeen months in, Kelly and US President Donald Trump have reached a stalemate in ....
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Ambassador to Kenya presents credentials, hails historic relations
Date: 2018-12-06 23:02:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7703223
Egyptian Ambassador in Nairobi Khaled Al Abyad on Thursday presented his credentials to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. In his speech, the ambassador hailed deeply-rooted relations binding the two countries, pledging to spare no effort to boost ....
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Sisi makes bicycle tour in Sharm el Sheikh
Date: 2018-12-06 22:45:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7703221
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi made Thursday an inspection tour in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh riding a bicycle. The tour took him to checkpoints installed at the entrance of Sharm el Sheikh and Ras Muhammad National Park, where he ....
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Egypt ready to offer support to US Cisco Systems company
Date: 2018-12-06 22:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7703220
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday Egypt's readiness to offer needed support to Cisco Systems, the US Networking hardware company, to increase its investments in Egypt. The company's increase of its investments in Egypt will ....
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WHO: Air pollution kills 7 million annually
Date: 2018-12-06 22:43:24 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:9 - ID:7703219
The World Health Organization (WHO) says exposure to air pollution causes 7 million deaths worldwide every year. The WHO issued a report on health and climate change on Wednesday to coincide with the ongoing United Nations climate change ....
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US conducts 'extraordinary' observation flight over Ukraine
Date: 2018-12-06 22:42:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7703218
The United States said Thursday it has carried out an "extraordinary" flight over Ukraine under an international military surveillance treaty, amid what it called a pattern of "increasingly provocative and threatening activity" by Russia. The ....
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PM witnesses signing of MoU with Cisco Systems on digital transformation
Date: 2018-12-06 18:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7703082
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Thursday witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Cisco Systems Inc, the US Networking hardware company. The ....