Tag: #Cairo
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Egypt rejects UN expert report labeling Morsi death ‘arbitrary killing’
Geneva, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): An Egyptian government minister slammed a UN expert who warned that former president Mohamed Morsi’s death in June could amount to a “state-sanctioned arbitrary killing”, but said Cairo was investigating. “The former president (Morsi) died in the courtroom in front of everybody,” Egyptian Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Omar Marwan told AFP,…
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Egypt’s Sisi banks on Trump’s support in Nile dam talks
Cairo, Nov 5 (AFP/APP): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thanked US President Donald Trump Monday on social media for his support in the trilateral Nile damn negotiations later this week. Sisi described Trump as being of “unique standing with the power in dealing with conflicts… and finding crucial solutions for them.” He expressed his gratitude…
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Cairo delights at sweet candies as Muslim festival nears
Cairo, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): The sweet smell of candies wafts through downtown Cairo’s historic Bab al-Bahr street as the last Muslim Prophet Mohammed’s (Peace Be Upon Him) birthday, known as “Al Mawlid Al Nabawi”, draws near. Decorated sugar dolls, horse-shaped candies and nut-filled treats are on display in shops lining the busy street near Islamic…
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Egypt, Jordan to conduct military drill in Read Sea
CAIRO, Oct 23 (XINHUA/APP):Units of the Jordanian Armed Forces have arrived in Egypt to take part in the Jordanian-Egyptian military drill in the Red Sea, the Egyptian armed forces reported on Wednesday. “The exercise aims at strengthening cooperation to raise their military combat capabilities and readiness of both forces to face regional challenges,” the army…
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Egypt accepts US invite to meet on Nile dam dispute
Cairo, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): Egypt has accepted a US invitation for a meeting with Sudan and Ethiopia over a protracted Nile dam dispute, the foreign ministry said. The meeting, to be held in Washington, would bring together foreign ministers from the three Nile basin countries to try to break the stalemate in talks on Ethiopia’s…
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UK lifts flight ban to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh
Cairo, Oct 22 (AFP/APP): Britain said Tuesday it was ending a nearly four-year suspension of flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh that followed the bombing of a Russian airliner claimed by the Islamic State group. The move comes after multiple airport inspections and visits by aviation security experts in response to the 2015 attack that killed…
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Egypt’s Sisi denounces Turkey’s Syria offensive
Cairo, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday criticised Turkey’s military offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria, the presidency said. In a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Sisi “affirmed Egypt’s rejection of the Turkish aggression on Syria’s territory and sovereignty,” a statement from his office said. Turkey bombarded northeastern Syrian border towns…
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Egypt PM says will not allow protests to spread ‘chaos’
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Mabdouli warned to keep the rallies under control
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Anti-Sisi protests hit Egypt, as supporters stage own rallies
Cairo, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Scattered protests broke out Friday in Egypt against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but they were quickly dispersed as his supporters took to the streets to stage counter rallies, witnesses said. Police blocked streets leading to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime-autocrat Hosni Mubarak, after calls…
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Egypt’s rival camps wage online battle over Sisi
Cairo, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Rival hashtags, angry videos and calls to march — the war for Egyptian minds is raging online ahead of possible mass demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Encouraged by rare protests that erupted last week in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, Sisi opponents have bombarded social media platforms with fiery content under…