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Thursday, 16 January 2020

Last night’s talk shows for Wednesday 15 January 2020

It was an extremely slow night on the airwaves last night, with the nation’s talking heads running out of steam as they wrapped up the week.

By far the biggest story of the night was the news that Egyptian authorities had raided Turkey’s state news agency. Yahduth Fi Misr’s Sherif Amer reported that security forces had detained four people during a raid on Anadolu’s Cairo office on Tuesday (watch, runtime: 1:30). We have more on this in this morning’s Speed Round, below.

Amer then moved to discuss the latest round of negotiations on the Grand Ethipian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with veteran Egyptian diplomat Mostafa El Feky hailing the presence of the World Bank in the negotiations. El Feky argued that Egypt should invite more mediators to the table to help put pressure on Ethiopia (watch, runtime: 4:08).

The inauguration of the Bernice Military base also got some airtime with Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal, who reported the attendance of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The base, which is located in the southern military region in the Red Sea Governorate, will help secure the southern borders (watch, runtime: 1:52).

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