Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Egypt Markos Tekle announced his country’s intention to close its embassy in Cairo starting next October, for ‘financial reasons’ aims at reducing the costs of the embassy.

An investigation into the slaying of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Egypt will see Italian lawmakers visit the UK and meet with figures from the University of Cambridge.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad held special talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on countries’ bilateral relations, regional issues of common interest, and ways to end the Syrian conflict.

The Reform Current headed by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan was shocked by Egypt’s refusal to accept the relocation of its office from Abu Dhabi to Cairo, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday.

Egypt seeks to include transboundary water conflicts in the UN Climate Change Conference, which will be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland.

Days before announcing the imminent inauguration of the largest prison complex in Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched the country’s first national human rights strategy. The prison announcement, made “casually” during a telephone interview with a national talk show, starkly contrasted with the three-hour human rights extravaganza.

Ethiopia provided Egypt with false information about the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aaty said.

Amid the ongoing dispute over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt is working to expand its broadcasting system targeting Nile Basin countries to promote Egypt’s positions on a number of issues, including the GERD.

Two Palestinian fishermen who disappeared at sea in early September off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip have reportedly been located in prison in Egypt, their family told local media on Thursday.

Human Rights Watch have slammed a press release issued by Egypt’s United Nations Development Programme office which heaps praise on the Egyptian president.