Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number 9 most read story on The Independent website in 2023 was ‘Museveni asks Egypt to look beyond Nile Water agreements’. Museveni asks Egypt to look beyond Nile Water agreements Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Egypt seals 29 oil, gas deals in 2023
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Thursday that 29 agreements with a total investment of about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars for oil and natural gas exploration in the country have been signed in 2023. The ministry said in a statement that …
Read More »Suspected drone shot down off Egypt’s Red Sea coast: sources
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | A suspected drone was downed off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, according to security sources. Speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, the two sources confirmed that explosions were heard in the city. Earlier, local Al-Qahera TV news …
Read More »Egypt continues to act as mediator in resolving crises, conflicts in 2023 despite economic challenges
CAIRO | Xinhua | Despite the multiple economic challenges it faced in 2023, Egypt continued to play an active peacemaking role in maintaining security and stability in the Middle East. Surrounded by crises and conflicts in its neighboring countries and regions, including Libya, Sudan and the Gaza Strip, Egypt acted …
Read More »Egypt’s Sisi secures 3rd presidential term amid interwoven challenges
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s incumbent president, won the 2024 presidential election with 89.6 percent of the vote, securing a third term in office, according to results released Monday afternoon by Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA). Sisi has thus become the chosen leader of the most populous …
Read More »Egypt’s Sisi wins presidential election with 89.6% of vote
CAIRO | Xinhua | Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA) declared on Monday that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with 89.6 percent of valid votes. At a press conference in the capital Cairo, the NEA said the turnout reached 66.8 percent of the total 67 million eligible …
Read More »Voting ends in Egypt’s presidential election
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egypt concluded on Tuesday the three-day voting in the presidential election as the vote-counting process started immediately, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). The timetable previously released by the NEA indicated that the vote-counting, which started after 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on …
Read More »Voting for Egypt’s presidential election kicks off
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Voting for Egypt’s presidential election began at 9:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Sunday in Egypt, with four candidates contesting, including incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. Voting spans from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12, with each day allowing 12 hours to cast ballots. Overseas Egyptian …
Read More »Egypt says ready to receive newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday instructed the country’s medical sector to receive Palestinian newborns from the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip that suspended its operation on Nov. 11 after it ran out of fuel. To implement the directives of …
Read More »Egypt’s Red Crescent records entry of 9,000 tons of aid to Gaza
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | So far some 600 truckloads carrying 9,000 tons of aid have been sent to the Gaza Strip through a key land crossing with Egypt, an Egyptian Red Crescent official revealed Wednesday. Khaled Zayed, the relief agency’s regional head in Egypt’s North Sinai, told Xinhua that …
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