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Egypt’s foreign ministry has said it has summoned Ethiopia’s top diplomat in Cairo over comments by an Addis Ababa official regarding a controversial dam on the Nile.
Egypt summons Ethiopia diplomat over Nile dam remarks
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The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
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Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
30/07/2020
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
20/07/2020
Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
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HRW: Egypt’s Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Egyptian police, National Security Agency, and military officials arbitrarily arrested, forcibly dis…
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