Electricity shortage is the challenge facing the Middle East that does not involve guns
Sisi-Trump meeting in Riyadh dominates international coverage of Egypt this morning: Pickups of wire service stories and the odd hot take on US President Donald Trump’s meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Riyadh yesterday are leading international coverage of Omm El Donia this morning. US media have noted Trump’s support for Egypt and El Sisi, his pledge to visit Egypt “very soon” and his admiration of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s shoes. See Politico, the New York Post, the Los Angeles Times and Reuters for examples.
Also getting plenty of attention this morning: Prosecutors have referred 48 members of Daesh to a military court on terror charges stemming from the Palm Sunday bombings.
We’re also still getting some mileage from our latest discovery of mummies.
Elsewhere, the New Yorker’s Robin Wright writes about the shortage of electricity facing the Middle East. In Egypt, she writes, “the government has appealed to the public to cut back on the use of light bulbs and appliances and to turn off air-conditioning even in sweltering heat to prevent wider outages.” Wright explains “The Middle East, though energy-rich, no longer has enough electricity,” calling it the “challenge that doesn’t involve guns.”