The Public Prosecutor in Rome on Wednesday officially requested legal action against four Egyptian National Security Agency officers accused of the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.
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Is Egypt behind Sudanese escalation on border with Ethiopia?
Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdul Fattah Burhan said at a Jan. 16 press conference that deployment of Sudanese troops on the border with Ethiopia and the army’s control of the border areas were driven by domestic willingness, rather than foreign incitement. He denied the presence of any party pitting Sudan …
Read More »Italy prosecutors seek trial for Egyptians over student murder
Prosecutors in Rome on Wednesday formally requested a trial for four Egyptian security officers for the brutal killing five years ago of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student in Cairo.
Read More »Egypt and Qatar have ‘agreed to resume diplomatic relations’
Egypt has agreed to resume diplomatic relations with Qatar, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.
Read More »Palestine trade union calls on Egypt to release 7 Gaza fishermen
The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions in Gaza called on Monday for Egypt to release seven Gazan fishermen detained in Egyptian prisons, a statement announced.
Read More »Egypt assembles bipartisan lobbying team for post-Trump era
The Egyptian government has wasted no time preparing for a post-President Donald Trump era, assembling a bipartisan powerhouse lobbying team that includes retired Republican congressman Ed Royce and a former top aide to Democratic House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Read More »Israel calls on UN to censure Egyptian diplomat for ‘biased’ comments
Israel has called on the UN to censure a former Egyptian ambassador to the United Nations and prevent him from conducting training sessions at the global body, Israeli media sources reported on Sunday evening.
Read More »Ethiopia lays foundation stone of new dam amid stalled GERD talks
Ethiopia’s Minister of Water and Irrigation Seleshi Bekele Awulachew announced Jan. 9 that the foundation stone of a new dam was laid on the Agma River, a small river in the Blue Nile Basin, in the Amhara Region, north of the capital Addis Ababa.
Read More »Egypt extends conflict with Turkey to African Sahel
Cairo has made its conflict against Ankara a foreign policy priority, rendering all regions a potential battleground, even the African Sahel region, which has generally been excluded from the focus of the Egyptian state.
Read More »Egypt dodges Trump’s ire as White House orders massive last-minute aid cuts
US military aid to Egypt, Jordan and Israel was explicitly excluded from a list of deep cuts to domestic and foreign spending ordered by the White House in a last-minute sign of outgoing President Donald Trump’s frustration with last month’s omnibus spending package.
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