Ahram Online Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, discussed several issues including bilateral cooperation, Libya, counter terrorism, and irregular migration in a meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Friday. The meeting of the two leaders came hours ahead of the International Conference on Libya held …
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Ahram Online “Yemen is facing an uphill battle for peace”, UN special envoy Hans Grundberg said in a visit to the city of Taiz on Monday. His remarks followed a report by the Saudi-led coalition announcing the death of a 115 Houthi rebels as a result of latest airstrike around …
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Ahram Online “Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, and United Nation’s Resident Coordinator, Elena Panova, launched a joint platform providing resources to migrants and refugees in Egypt”, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. “Egypt provided generously basic services like health and education to most …
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Egypt Today The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office released a report on Wednesday revealing violations by all parties in the Tigray conflict. The agencies cited violations under the international human rights law, humanitarian and refugee laws, along with possible war crimes and crimes against …
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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 Independent Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday, to stop war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states who sought to keep the mission going. Members narrowly voted to reject a resolution led by the …
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Discussing the possibility of drought in the Arab world. James Zogby* A recent report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlights the growing threat posed by the water crisis and drought affecting the future of millions of Arabs across the Middle East. It is …
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Egypt Independent “The crisis in Ethiopia is a stain on our conscience”, the United Nations humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. His remarks came as children of the Tigray region starve to death under what the UN has called a de facto …
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Ahram Online “UN officials must leave Ethiopia within 72 hours. They include five people with the UN humanitarian agency, one with the UN human rights office and the UNICEF representative in the country”, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The Ministry did not give details of …
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Egypt Independent “The reconstruction of Gaza homes destroyed or damaged in the Israeli raids last May , will begin in the first week of October using aid from Qatar”, a senior Palestinian housing official announced on Sunday. “Israeli air strikes destroyed about 2,200 homes and damaged 37,000 others in Gaza, …
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