The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream.

Sudan and Egypt see the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a threat, but Ethiopia sees it as vital for development.

Egypt affirmed its keenness to continue activating cooperation frameworks and intensifying consultation on issues of common interest, whether at the bilateral level or through the tripartite cooperation mechanism that brings together Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades during his participation in…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit Qatar on Saturday at the invitation of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The visit aims to bolster the brotherly ties between both countries and boost bilateral cooperation, the Algerian presidency said in a statement. During his visit, Tebboune will also participate in…

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia first countries to be assisted by global mRNA hub

The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. The six countries have been chosen to build vaccine production factories as…

Naval forces from Egypt and Spain conducted joint military exercises as part of the Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea with the participation of frigates from both countries, Egypt’s armed forces said on Thursday. “The drill is part of the Egyptian Armed Forces’ plan to upgrade the level of its…

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first African countries to receive the technology required to produce mRNA vaccines on the continent

Egypt has called for taking serious steps to limit the negative effects of climate change globally. This came during the participation of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), which was organized by India’s Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) via video-conference on Thursday.