Penalties after 1-1 tie 🇪🇬: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅❌ 🇨🇩: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ IVORY COAST | CAFONLINE | D.R Congo have knocked out Egypt from the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 after defeating them 8-7 on penalties in the round of 16 Sunday. Stade Laurent Pokou was blazing throughout the …
Read More »Egyptian, Russian presidents lay foundation for new unit of nuclear plant
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday virtually participated in the foundation-laying ceremony of a new unit of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. “Today, they are writing a new bright chapter in history by fulfilling the long-held aspiration of all …
Read More »Jordan, Palestine, Egypt stress rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians
AMMAN | Xinhua | Jordan, Egypt and Palestine stressed Wednesday their rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The rejection was reiterated during a trilateral summit held in Jordan’s Aqaba, where King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and …
Read More »YEAR IN REVIEW: The Independent top 10 stories – Museveni on Egypt and the Nile
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number 9 most read story on The Independent website in 2023 was ‘Museveni asks Egypt to look beyond Nile Water agreements’. Museveni asks Egypt to look beyond Nile Water agreements Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Egypt seals 29 oil, gas deals in 2023
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Thursday that 29 agreements with a total investment of about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars for oil and natural gas exploration in the country have been signed in 2023. The ministry said in a statement that …
Read More »Suspected drone shot down off Egypt’s Red Sea coast: sources
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | A suspected drone was downed off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, according to security sources. Speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, the two sources confirmed that explosions were heard in the city. Earlier, local Al-Qahera TV news …
Read More »Egypt continues to act as mediator in resolving crises, conflicts in 2023 despite economic challenges
CAIRO | Xinhua | Despite the multiple economic challenges it faced in 2023, Egypt continued to play an active peacemaking role in maintaining security and stability in the Middle East. Surrounded by crises and conflicts in its neighboring countries and regions, including Libya, Sudan and the Gaza Strip, Egypt acted …
Read More »Egypt’s Sisi secures 3rd presidential term amid interwoven challenges
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s incumbent president, won the 2024 presidential election with 89.6 percent of the vote, securing a third term in office, according to results released Monday afternoon by Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA). Sisi has thus become the chosen leader of the most populous …
Read More »Egypt’s Sisi wins presidential election with 89.6% of vote
CAIRO | Xinhua | Egypt’s National Election Authority (NEA) declared on Monday that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with 89.6 percent of valid votes. At a press conference in the capital Cairo, the NEA said the turnout reached 66.8 percent of the total 67 million eligible …
Read More »Voting ends in Egypt’s presidential election
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egypt concluded on Tuesday the three-day voting in the presidential election as the vote-counting process started immediately, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). The timetable previously released by the NEA indicated that the vote-counting, which started after 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on …
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