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Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Pompeo, human rights top coverage of Egypt

It’s another reasonably quiet morning for Egypt in the international press, with the expulsion of a female university student shown hugging her fiancé in a video now making the rounds. France 24, The Times of Israel and the ever-measured Daily Mail have all picked up the story. Reports that the expulsion has now been rescinded are getting less pickup.

Meanwhile:

China has opened its second global Belt and Road Cooperation Research Center in Cairo, highlighting the country’s importance to the China-led initiative, reports China’s ECNS.

Five Egyptians made the Forbes 2019 list of African bn’aires: The usual suspects, Nassef (USD 6.3 bn) and Naguib Sawiris (USD 2.9 bn) were on there, along with the three Mansour brothers: Mohamed (USD 2.3 bn), Yasseen (USD 1.5 bn) and Youssef (USD 1.2 bn).

Also making headlines:

  • Preparations began on Sunday for the 2019 African Cup of Nations, notes Africa News.
  • Egypt’s renewed state of emergency makes no difference with freedoms already repressed,says TRT World.
  • Terrorists detonated a roadside bomb on Monday that killed one member of the police service and wounded four others, unnamed security officials said, according to the AP.
  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Cairo speech continues to get attention, now from Bloomberg and Reuters.
  • Egypt deported a German citizen who allegedly wanted to join the Daeshbags, the Washington Post reports.

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