Free movement of persons in Africa is a key to development. For Egypt, as the upcoming chair of the African Union, it is a special responsibility to see it implemented, writes Ayman Zohry Ayman Zohry In November 2018, I was invited by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to take part …
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Egypt spent much of 2018 preparing for its African Union presidency, reports Doaa El-Bey Doaa El-Bey – Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt was elected chair of the African Union (AU) for 2019 at a closed meeting on AU institutional reform before the opening session of the 30th AU summit in January 2018, and plans …
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Ahram Online President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has participated in the High-Level Africa-Europe Forum which will be held in Vienna. The Forum is co-hosted by Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda and current Chairperson of the African Union, and Sebastian Kurz, the Federal Chancellor of the Republic …
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Egypt is preparing a range of practical initiatives that will help transform the continent as it gears up to take over the chairmanship of the African Union in January next year, writes Mohamed Higazy Mohamed Higazy In January next year, Egypt will begin its one-year stint as chair of the …
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Egypt has set out to end the scourge of the Hepatitis C virus, and it is sharing its experiences with the rest of Africa, reports Mai Samih Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly “When you first find out that you are a liver patient and that you may have liver …
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Ahram Online The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP14) will start on Tuesday in Sharm El-Sheikh with the participation of 196 countries, under the auspices of Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi. The event will begin with an African Biodiversity Summit under …
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Cairo – Egypt Independent Egypt hosts the Africa Forum 2018 under a theme titled “Bold Leadership and Collective Commitment: Enhancing African Environmental Investments”, running from 7 to 9 December. The forum is held under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation MIIC, in …
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African football body CAF has released the lists of nominees for the two major annual individual awards, the African Player of the Year and the Africa-based Player of the Year: Algeria: Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City/ENG), Islam Slimani (Leicester City/ENG), El Arabi Hillel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO) Cameroon: Samuel Eto’o (Antalyaspor/TUR), …
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