• Sunday, 15 March 2020

    Talk shows cover schools shutting down over covid-19, FY2020-21 budget

    The shutdown of Egyptian schools and universities was topic du jour on the airwaves last night: Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal reviewed Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly’s press conference, which included discussion of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s EGP 100...
  • Thursday, 12 March 2020

    Shoukry heads to Europe after touring Arab world to discuss GERD dispute

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Brussels yesterday and will head afterwards to France after finishing his Middle East tour to shore up support for Egypt in its dispute with Ethiopia, the ministry said in a statement. Shoukry will discuss...
  • Thursday, 12 March 2020

    Ethiopia working on new GERD proposal -local media

    Ethiopia working on new GERD proposal: Ethiopian officials are working on a new proposal for filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and will present it soon to Egypt and Sudan, a source in Ethiopia’s Irrigation Ministry told local...
  • Thursday, 12 March 2020

    Covid-19, GERD dispute still dominate talk shows

    The working week has ended a day early as fear of bad weather shuts down public and private sectors alike: Al Hayah Al Youm’s Hossam Hadad covered the cabinet’s decision to grant give both private and public sector employees paid...
  • Wednesday, 11 March 2020

    Egypt in the News on 11 March 2020

    The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is again getting ink in the pages of the foreign press this morning: An op-ed in The Independent leans heavily on the proposition that war between Egypt and Ethiopia is a growing...
  • Tuesday, 10 March 2020

    Ethiopia says US was given “inaccurate” information on GERD

    Ethiopia says US President Donald Trump was provided with “inaccurate and misleading” information about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Associated Press reports. This follows a war of words that has emerged between Egypt and Ethiopia after the latter...
  • Tuesday, 10 March 2020

    Egypt in the News on 9 March 2020

    A spate of stories focusing on Egypt’s human rights situation have hit the pages of the foreign press: British MPs have called on the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to intervene in the case of four young men in Egypt...
  • Tuesday, 10 March 2020

    Talk shows discuss public sector, covid-19 measures and GERD dispute

    Expect three IPOs of state-owned companies on the EGX before the summer, Tawfik says: The government is aiming to go ahead with three IPOs under the state privatization program before the summer, Public Enterprises Minister Hisham Tawfik told Lamees El...
  • Monday, 9 March 2020

    Egypt goes on diplomatic offensive to build Arab support for its GERD position

    Egypt goes on diplomatic offensive to build Arab support for its GERD position: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry travelled to Jordan and Iraq yesterday for high-level talks as part of a regional tour aimed at reinforcing regional support amid escalating tensions...

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