Ahram Online The third round of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development will be held under the auspices of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Tuesday 21 June. The event is expected to host 900 representatives from 50 countries, including ministers, senior officials, think tanks, the private sector …
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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 …
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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 …
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Egypt Today Discussions on climate change repercussions affecting Africa were reviewed by Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat and Vera Songwe United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UNECA at a meeting on Tuesday. The two sides reviewed the mechanism required to put African countries in control to address …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, invested $15 Million in the second fund from venture capital firm ‘Algebra Ventures’ on Monday. The investment supports tech start-ups with access to finance, innovation and job opportunities primarily in Egypt. Algebra Ventures is the …
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Egypt Today The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, the Norwegian Investment Fund and the Norwegian Scatec Company signed an energy infrastructure development cooperation agreement on Wednesday. The agreement aims to develop renewable energy, green hydrogen and green infrastructure projects in a number of African countries. Egypt and Norway will develop energy …
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Ahram Online The Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCRPB)is running a training course on combating cross-border threats in the African Sahel region for diplomatic, judicial, military and police cadres from Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Chad and Burkina Faso. The programme is held under the title …
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Egypt Today The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday that six African countries including Egypt and Tunisia would receive the mRNA technology to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were approved for the mRNA local production by the WHO, …
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Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called for the support against climate change in Africa through a concessional climate funding, at a climate session during the European Union – African Union Summit on Friday. “Egypt seeks to conclude the UN climate summit COP27 with balanced and implementable results to raise …
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David McNair As diplomats put the final touches on preparations for a joint summit between the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) this week, early indications suggest the headline outcomes will disappoint. But what is happening behind the scenes is much more significant. Why? Because dry intergovernmental negotiations …
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