Alaa Thabet – Ahram Online South Korean President Moon Jae-in believes “Egypt is a magnet for global investments with a huge potential for growth”. This is why the two countries signed a comprehensive partnership agreement during President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s visit to Seoul in March 2016. Moon landed in Cairo on …
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Denying vaccination to Africa was always bound to rebound on the global North. Ndileka Mandel* Much of the world ignored the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, at least until it became impossible to ignore. Much of the world ignored periodic outbreaks of Ebola in Africa, at least until infections travelled to the global North. While much …
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Egypt Today “Egypt accounts for 0.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while Africa accounts for 4%”, Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, said on Sunday. Her remarks were made at a virtual seminar organised by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University on climate change and its impacts …
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Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi assumed the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), at the opening session of the 21st summit of Heads of State and Government held in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC) on Tuesday. “I extend my sincere thanks to the President …
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Ahram Online Egypt’s candidate, Ambassador Ahmed Fat-hallah, was elected a member of the International Law Commission for the term from 2023 to 2027. He secured 159 votes in the elections at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday. The International Law Commission, established by the United Nations General Assembly …
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Egypt Today The Egyptian Public Prosecution held an international conference between 7 and 9 November on combating cross-border crimes on the African and Arab scales issued the ‘Cairo Declaration 2021’ on Tuesday. The declaration aims to combat terrorism, human trafficking, illegal migration, migrant smuggling, artefacts smuggling, money laundering, corruption, and cybercrimes …
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Egypt Today The Youth Love Egypt (YLE) Foundation organised a cycle marathon in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Friday, ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, which is due to convene on 31 October – 12 November 2021. The marathon, which was co-organised by 3agal …
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Egypt Today The Egyptian Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) established a solar power plant in the Tororo district in Uganda. The plant is part of Egypt’s keenness to support relations with its neighbouring Nile Basin countries. “The station built operates on the photovoltaic system with a capacity of 4 megawatts. …
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Doaa Monem – Ahram Online The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) announced, Thursday, the joining of Egypt as its 32nd member state. “With the increasing importance of public-private partnerships in advancing the African continent, and Egypt in particular. We are pleased to accede to the membership of a renowned and trusted pan-African …
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Egypt Independent “A team of Egyptian palaeontologists have named a new species of amphibious whale. The fossil was discovered by an Egyptian expedition”, Professor of Palaeontology at Mansoura University, Hesham Sallam, announced on Wednesday. Professor Sallam explained, “palaeontologists discovered the fossils in 2008, during an expedition in the Fayoum Depression, South …
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