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El-Sisi starts Africa tour in Angola
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived on Wednesday in Angola at the start of a tour that also includes Zambia and Mozambique.
El-Sisi, the first Egyptian president to visit Angola, met his counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda and witnessed the…
Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists after museum casts and Rihanna as Queen Nefertiti
An exhibition at a museum in the Netherlands that depicts Black American singers and other performers, including Beyonce and Rihanna, as the rulers of ancient Egypt has sparked a culture war.
In response to the display at the Dutch…
Egypt, Israel pledge cooperation after border bloodshed
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to boost cooperation Tuesday after an Egyptian policeman shot dead three Israeli soldiers before being killed, officials said.
El-Sisi received a…
Egypt reopens historic mosque after long restoration
A 13th century mosque that fell into disrepair after being used over the years as a soap factory, a slaughterhouse and a fort reopened in Cairo on Monday after undergoing a long restoration.
The mosque of Al-Zhahir Baybars, built under…
Egypt deploys 3 tugboats to tow oil tanker after it breaks down in Suez Canal
Egypt has deployed three tug boats to tow an oil tanker that suffered an engine failure in the Suez Canal, the canal’s authority said in a statement on Sunday.
The canal’s head Osama Rabie said traffic heading northwards will resume as…
Egypt population reaches 105m
Egypt’s population reached 105 million on Saturday, according to the population clock linked to the government’s birth and death registration database.
On Oct. 1, 2022, the database put the population at 104 million, meaning that there…
Face of Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamun newly reconstructed
The face of Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamun has been newly reconstructed, The Independent reported on Thursday.
The scientists who conducted the reconstruction and study published the results in the Italian Journal of Anatomy and…
Egypt’s El-Sisi, top Iraqi cleric discuss political developments in Iraq
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Ammar Al-Hakim, head of the Iraqi Wisdom Movement, in Cairo on Sunday. The two leaders discussed the latest political developments in Iraq and prominent regional issues of mutual interest.…
Egypt’s El-Sisi, Turkiye’s Erdogan agree on reinstating ambassadors
Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on “the immediate start of upgrading diplomatic relations, exchanging ambassadors,” Egypt’s presidency said in a statement on Monday.
El-Sisi spoke…
Iran’s Khamenei welcomes better ties with Egypt
Iran’s supreme leader said Monday he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic, raising the prospect of Cairo and Tehran normalizing relations after decades of strain.
The comments by…