Egypt Today The New Valley’s Al-Kharga city was declared the first environmentally friendly city in Egypt by Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad on Monday. The announcement was made at the city at the Minister visit which coincided with the World Environment Day. Al-Kharga was chosen to be eco-friendly, due its …
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World Bank assess cooperation with Egypt
Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed expanding cooperation with a delegation of executive directors from the World Bank on Monday. The officials explored cooperation opportunities between the bank and African countries to generate clean and renewable energy. “The Egyptian government and the World Bank share the same priorities …
Read More »Egypt pledges 30M COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa
Ahram Online “Egypt will donate 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries”, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced the pledge at the Africa Health ExCon conference in Cairo on Sunday. The initiative will be fulfilled in coordination with the African Union. Sisi expressed readiness to cooperate with African nations in different …
Read More »French handball league awards ‘best player’ to Egyptian scorer Marwa Eid
Egypt Independent Professional Egyptian handball player Marwa Eid Abdel Malik won the best player award in ‘LFH Division 1 Féminine’, which is part of the premier women’s handball league in France. Marwa scored 143 goals in a total of 22 out of 26 matches in the league. She won the competition’s …
Read More »GERD director confirm filling mechanism at drought periods
Egypt Today “As for drought durations, the water flowing into the reservoir will remain in the dam”, the General Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, told Al Arabiyah on Monday. Horo explained, “during heavy rains, water would overflow in the direction of the two downstream countries. …
Read More »Egypt participates in 6th Ministerial Meeting on Climate Work in Stockholm
Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister and president-designate of COP 27, Sameh Shokry, took part in the sixth Ministerial Meeting on Climate Work held in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Tuesday. The Minister delivered a speech highlighting the salience of implementing climate pledges and the Paris Climate Agreement. He stressed the …
Read More »Over 200 ancient coffins and 150 bronze statues uncovered in Saqqara
Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Bubastian Cemetery in Saqqara Necropolis unearthed a collection of 250 wooden painted coffins and 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities on Monday. Ancient Egyptian deities Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum, and Hathor are depicted in the statues. The …
Read More »Wydad AC wins CAF Champions League 2022
Egypt Independent The Moroccan Wydad football club won the African Champions League title after defeating Al-Ahly team of Egypt with two clean goals at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca on Monday. Al-Ahly dominated the game for most of the first half. The first goal of the match was scored …
Read More »Egypt hosts General Assembly of Middle East Council of Churches
Egypt Today The Coptic Orthodox Church hosted, for the first time, the 12th session of the General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches on Monday. The assembly discussed issues, challenges, aspirations and the strength of Christians’ presence in the Middle East region. Participants represented the four ecclesiastical families …
Read More »Waste recycling agreement producing biofuel activated by Egypt
Egypt Today A memorandum of understanding between the Egyptian Ministry of environment and ‘Energy 3’ was signed on Sunday to establish a waste recycling facility for the production of biofuel and graphene in the Fayoum governorate. “The Global Environment Facility had granted Egypt $8 Million to localise electronic and medical …
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