Back to the complete issue
Monday, 13 June 2022

Last Night’s Talk Shows: Aboul Gheit talks GERD, conflict in Ukraine

Leading the airwaves yesterday: Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit discussed the GERD crisis, as well as the war in Ukraine and its impact on the region, in a wide-ranging interview with Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 1:39:33)

Ethiopia wants to “suffocate downstream countries Egypt and Sudan'' by filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam without having reached an agreement with Cairo and Khartoum, Aboul Gheit told Moussa (watch, runtime: 3:06). The way the UN Security Council has dealt with the Ethiopian dam crisis is “regrettable”, he added.

The council has repeatedly declined to weigh in on the dispute despite concerted lobbying by Egypt and Sudan for a stronger stance against Ethiopia.

The crisis in Ukraine is the driving force behind US President Joe Biden’s mooted visit to the region, Aboul Gheit says (watch, runtime: 6:00), as Western allies attempt to shore up energy supplies to Europe to replace Russian fossil fuels. Europe is currently reliant on Russia for some 40% of its natural gas. “Regions able to provide gas supplies [to Europe] are the Gulf, West Africa and Algeria or Latin America’s Venezuela,” according to Aboul Gheit.

MEANWHILE IN TOURISM-

  • State-owned hotels do allow women under 40 to stay alone, Assistant Tourism Minister Abdel Fattah Al Assi told Salet El Tahrir (watch, runtime: 11:48), in response to a debate on social media over hotels that allegedly have a policy of turning unaccompanied women away.
  • Unaccompanied children under the age of 16 must show ID to enter archaeological sites and museums on weekends and national holidays, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities Mostafa Waziri told El Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 7:58). The decision comes after a group of boys harassed two female tourists at the Giza Pyramids in May.

Enterprise is a daily publication of Enterprise Ventures LLC, an Egyptian limited liability company (commercial register 83594), and a subsidiary of Inktank Communications. Summaries are intended for guidance only and are provided on an as-is basis; kindly refer to the source article in its original language prior to undertaking any action. Neither Enterprise Ventures nor its staff assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, whether in the form of summaries or analysis. © 2022 Enterprise Ventures LLC.

Enterprise is available without charge thanks to the generous support of HSBC Egypt (tax ID: 204-901-715), the leading corporate and retail lender in Egypt; EFG Hermes (tax ID: 200-178-385), the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets; SODIC (tax ID: 212-168-002), a leading Egyptian real estate developer; SomaBay (tax ID: 204-903-300), our Red Sea holiday partner; Infinity (tax ID: 474-939-359), the ultimate way to power cities, industries, and homes directly from nature right here in Egypt; CIRA (tax ID: 200-069-608), the leading providers of K-12 and higher level education in Egypt; Orascom Construction (tax ID: 229-988-806), the leading construction and engineering company building infrastructure in Egypt and abroad; Moharram & Partners (tax ID: 616-112-459), the leading public policy and government affairs partner; Palm Hills Developments (tax ID: 432-737-014), a leading developer of commercial and residential properties; Mashreq (tax ID: 204-898-862), the MENA region’s leading homegrown personal and digital bank; Industrial Development Group (IDG) (tax ID:266-965-253), the leading builder of industrial parks in Egypt; Hassan Allam Properties (tax ID:  553-096-567), one of Egypt’s most prominent and leading builders; and Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz (tax ID: 220-002-827), the leading audit, tax and accounting firm in Egypt.