The US envoy for the Horn of Africa on Wednesday met with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as part of a new push to find a resolution to a regional decade-long dispute over Ethiopia’s massive dam on the Nile River’s main tributary.

Egyptians are bracing themselves following the announcement by the government on 28 April that it is to launch the second phase of its economic reform programme, which started in 2016.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ratified the new amendments to Egypt’s Penal Code on toughening penalties against medics who female genital mutilation (FGM).

The clearest perspective on Egypt’s current military ruler is offered by a dissident who has seen previous ones rise—and fall.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday extended a state of emergency throughout the country for another three months on.

Egyptian authorities will release 1,686 prisoners to mark Ramadan, including members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, according to reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Egypt this week to discuss Cairo’s concerns over Ethiopia’s Nile Dam, as well as joint infrastructure cooperation and defense ties.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed Moscow’s rejection of any harm to the Egyptian historic water rights, as he discussed in Cairo the Ethiopian dam dispute with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned that “all options are open” after the latest round of talks between his country, Sudan and Ethiopia about a giant dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile ended without progress.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s statements on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a Tuesday visit to the Suez Canal drew widespread international agreement from countries such as the US, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman and Yemen among others.