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Egypt names new defence, foreign ministers amid regional unrest

Robert Imoh — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:24:45 +0000

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday swore in a new government that comprises new defence and foreign ministers amid regional turmoil and domestic economic woes. Egypt, with an estimated 9 million refugees and migrants, has been hard hit by the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the neighbouring Gaza Strip and […]

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Egypt condemns Israeli control over Gaza side of Rafah crossing

Robert Imoh — Tue, 07 May 2024 10:59:23 +0000

Egypt has condemned the Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah and its control over the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing. A foreign ministry statement released on Tuesday said. It considered the move “a dangerous escalation threatening the lives of more than one million Palestinians who depend mainly on this crossing […]

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Italian police arrest 2 in Milan on terrorism charges

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:27:33 +0000

Italian police on Tuesday arrested two men in Milan on terrorism charges, news agency ANSA reported. The two men, an Egyptian citizen and an Italian citizen of Egyptian origin were charged with being part of an association with the purpose of terrorism and incitement to conspiracy for the purpose of terrorism. The anti-terrorist operation still […]

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Egypt facilitating deliveries of aid to Sinai for Gaza

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:34:38 +0000

Egypt said on Thursday it was directing international aid flights for Gaza to an airport in northern Sinai, though delivery of relief into the Palestinian enclave has so far been hampered by Israeli bombardments around the border. The Rafah crossing between Sinai and Gaza remained open, the Egyptian foreign ministry said, adding that Egypt had […]

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Egypt pledges support to Nigeria’s water, food security mandate

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:27:04 +0000

The Government of Egypt has announced its commitment to help Nigeria achieve its water resources and food security goals in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President. This was the thrust when Mr Moustafa Awad, the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. […]

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Egypt plans to drill 35 new gas wells to increase production

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:22 +0000

Egypt is planning to drill 35 new natural gas wells in the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Delta in the next two fiscal years to boost its natural gas production. The country already drilled 10 natural gas wells during the fiscal year 2022-2023, which ended on June 30, 2023, Tarek El-Molla, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum […]

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2023 FIBA Afrobasket: D’Tigress advance to quarter-finals after crushing Egypt

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:56:27 +0000

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, on Sunday in Kigali, Rwanda advanced into the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2023 AfroBasket Championship after defeating their Egyptian foes 83-65. The Nigerian team were in their usual devastating form in the Group D game, after having won their opening game. They took the lead from the first […]

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COP27: What informed our new grant to Nigeria, Africa – Gates Foundation

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:56:33 +0000

Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of 1.4 billion dollars to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers. Mr Enock Chikava, Interim Director, Agricultural Development of the foundation stated this on Sunday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt at the sidelines […]

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COP27: Egypt, Norway unveil 100mw green hydrogen plant on Ted Sea

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:23:27 +0000

Egypt and Norway have launched the first phase of a project to establish a major green hydrogen plant in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea, with a capacity to produce 100MW. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre at the launch of the project on Tuesday, said the […]

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COP27: UAE, Egypt agree to build one of world’s biggest wind farms

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:56:32 +0000

The presidents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt signed an agreement on Tuesday to develop one of the world’s largest onshore wind projects in Egypt. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UAE’s renewable energy firm, Masdar alongside its joint venture with Egypt’s main renewable energy developer Infinity and Hassan Allam Utilities. […]

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We need to keep 1.5 degree goal – EU president

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:26:07 +0000

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “everything” needs to be done to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Von der Leyen said this as world leaders meet in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss action against climate change. “We need to do everything we can to keep 1.5 degrees in reach,” she wrote […]

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Britan’s Sunak reverses decision to skip COP27 climate talks

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:45:34 +0000

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip COP27 and will attend the climate summit in Egypt next week, he has announced. Sunak wrote on Twitter that there was no long-term prosperity without action on climate change and no energy security without investing in renewables. He confirmed that he would attend this […]

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Ex- UN official jailed 15 years for drugging, raping women

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:35:40 +0000

A former UN official who drugged and raped an unconscious women over two decades during humanitarian missions in the Middle East was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on Friday. Karim Elkorany, 38, sexually assaulted at least 20 women most of them close friends during work trips to Iraq, Egypt and while home in the United […]

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Uruguay beat Egypt with 89th-minute Gimenez goal

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:55:04 +0000

Jose Gimenez thumped home a powerful 89th-minute header to give Uruguay a dramatic victory over heartbroken Egypt in a World Cup Group A game on Friday. The game had looked likely to be a low-key goalless draw, before Uruguay dealt Egypt a heavy blow. Gimenez rose to meet a Carlos Sanchez free kick to take […]

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Militants kill more than 230 at mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:18:42 +0000

Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such attack of Egypt’s modern history, state media and witnesses said. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but since 2013 Egyptian security forces have battled a stubborn Islamic State affiliate in the […]

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