Qatar will invest $5bn in Egypt, officials have said, signalling increasing improvement in ties between the two nations.
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Sudan: Egyptian dissident detained en route to Turkey
Sudanese authorities detained an Egyptian dissident while he was applying for a permit to leave the country, a rights group told Middle East Eye.
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow’s quest for Middle East arms deals upended by fighting
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is upending nearly a decade of progress by the Kremlin to expand into the Middle East’s lucrative arms market.
Egypt hoping Turkey will solve its Russian tourism problem
Egypt has unveiled an ambitious plan involving Turkey to rescue its ailing tourism industry, which has been brought to its knees by the war in Ukraine.
Egypt Calls For an Accord on Filling, Operating Renaissance Dam
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the vital need to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within an appropriate time frame.
Egyptian police ‘arbitrarily detain and abuse’ Sudanese refugees
Police in Egypt have subjected dozens of Sudanese refugees to arbitrary detention and abuse, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday
Amnesty slams Egypt’s forcible return of Eritrean refugees
A group of 50 Eritrean refugees are at imminent risk of deportation from Egypt amid a spike in removals of undocumented migrants, Amnesty International has said on Friday.
Human Rights Watch urges UN to ‘do more’ about rights violations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the United Nations on Monday to do more to tackle human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and other countries.
What the Russian War in Ukraine Means for the Middle East
The Russian war in Ukraine has presented the Egyptian government with two major, immediate challenges.
Why Egypt is treading the middle ground in Russia’s war
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is under pressure from world powers to take a clear stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine as his country reels from the consequences of the invasion domestically.