
US will redirect millions of funds for Egypt to Taiwan and Lebanon
The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will withhold $85 million in aid to Egypt that had been conditioned on Cairo's progress in its treatment of political prisoners, instead diverting that money to Taiwan and Lebanon, sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
2023-09-15 05:21

Libya flood: The devastation of an Egyptian village 560 miles away
The Egyptian village of al-Sharif has lost at least 70 young men in the Libyan floods.
2023-09-14 23:16

Sudan country profile
Provides an overview of Sudan, including key dates and facts about this northeast African country.
2023-09-13 17:46

Why is Egypt worried about Ethiopia's dam on the Nile?
Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia is using water from the Nile to fill its giant Renaissance dam.
2023-09-12 20:23

Egypt angry as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir amid water row
Ethiopia's giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile stokes Egyptian fears of dire water shortages.
2023-09-11 08:15

Egypt's August headline inflation jumps to a record 37.4%
Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation rate surged to a higher-than-expected record 37.4% in August from 36.5% in
2023-09-10 19:29

Exclusive-Egypt buys nearly half a million tons of Russian wheat in private deal
By Sarah El Safty and Michael Hogan CAIRO Egypt's state grains buyer bought about a half a million
2023-09-04 14:27

Golan Heights profile
Provides an overview of the Golan Heights, a strategically key Syrian territory occupied by Israel.
2023-08-29 21:23

Libya country profile
Provides an overview of Libya, including key dates and facts about this north African country.
2023-08-28 15:51

Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming
Mystery surrounds a plane from Egypt loaded with money, fake gold and guns that was seized in Zambia.
2023-08-28 06:48

Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says
A decade after hundreds of Egyptians were killed in a single day when security forces dispersed a sit-in protest in Cairo, a new report released by a human rights group to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre has claimed that authorities debated but ultimately rejected potentially less lethal options to break up the demonstration.
2023-08-18 16:49

Egypt Rabaa killings pain lingers 10 years on
Grief and anger persist, 10 years after a notorious mass killing at a protest camp in Cairo.
2023-08-14 07:50