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With food prices rising rapidly in the face of a growing economic crisis, even the most low-cost meals are becoming more expensive to make
US citizen held in UAE after criticising Sisi released
An Egyptian-American national, detained in the United Arab Emirates after criticising Egyptian president and calling for protests ahead of a climate meeting there, has been released from prison, his fiancée said on Friday.
Egyptian official says Suez Canal ‘not for sale’ amid fears of foreign investment
The head of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced Thursday that the waterway is open to foreign investment, but he stressed that foreigners would have no control over management of the canal or over a proposed sovereign wealth fund to assist the authority with economic and investment activities.
World Bank approves $500 million to Egypt
The World Bank’s executive board has approved $500 million in development financing for Egypt to expand its social safety net and protection programme in the face of global economic pressures filtering through to the country’s economy, the international cooperation minister said on Friday.
Egyptian parliament speaker, government deny any intention to “sell” Suez Canal
Both Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafi Gebali and the Cabinet denied the government’s intention to establish the Suez Canal Authority Fund as a backdoor for selling the canal.