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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

AfCON preparations in Egypt, Al Azhar bomb, one-stop shop for customs clearance

By the time we signed off last night, there was no real mention on the talk shows of the terrorist bomber who killed two police officers near Al Azhar mosque — the news broke too late for most shows. Expect the attack (doubly rare for being a suicide attack and for taking place in the nation’s capital) to feature high on the agenda tonight.

El Hekaya’s Amr Adib took note of the blast, which we cover in detail in Speed Round, below (watch, runtime: 02:46).

Preparations for the African Cup of Nations taking place this summer were the talk of the town as the championship’s organizing committee held its first meeting yesterday.

Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy blanketed the airwaves, speaking to Al Hayah Al Youm and Masaa DMC about the preparations and reassuring the hosts that officials are working around the clock to get everything in order (watch, runtime: 05:26 and runtime: 03:53). Cabinet spokesman Nader Saad had a similar chat on Hona Al Asema (watch, runtime: 06:21).

The government is currently working on a one-stop shop policy to expedite customs clearance procedures by next year, Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said on Hona Al Asema (watch, runtime: 03:40). Arafat also phoned in to El Hekaya to have a chat about the renovation of the Cairo Metro’s Marg station (watch, runtime: 10:40).

Housing Ministry spokesman Hany Younis provided an update on social housing projects the government plans on delivering this year (watch, runtime: 05:15).

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