Egypt

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Egyptian foreign ministry yesterday condemned the recent eviction of Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

"Egypt is following with great concern the violent incidents taking place in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah," the ministry said in a statement, adding that Palestinians were subjected to "provocative practices and attacks that exacerbate tensions in the city of Jerusalem."

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: Amnesty International yesterday called on European leaders to put pressure on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to address the human rights crisis in Egypt. The call came as Sisi is in the Belgium capital Brussels to attend the EU and African Union summit.

"EU leaders must press Sisi to tackle Egypt's human rights crisis and end the unrelenting assault on human rights defenders when they meet him on the sidelines of the [EU-AU] summit," said the human rights organisation.

16 Feb 2022; MEMO: The United Arab Emirates-based Dragon Oil made one of the largest oil discoveries of the past 20 years in the Gulf of Suez, international media reports said, citing the Egyptian Petroleum Ministry, and Anadolu News Agency reports.

The Ministry said the field could contain reserves of around 100 million barrels.

15 Feb 2022; MEMO: Sixteen dinosaur footprints dating back 70 million years have been found in the Nubian sands in Egypt, President of Cairo University, Mohamed Othman El-Khosht, announced yesterday.

CAIRO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo on Monday said he was "reasonably optimistic" that global leaders involved in the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine will be able to restore peace and stability.

Geopolitics and massive underinvestment were driving the oil market, Barkindo said on the sidelines of an industry event in Cairo, adding that the world needs every barrel it can get at the moment.

CAIRO Feb 14 (Reuters) - A protester has died after being shot in the neck and the chest during a demonstration on Monday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the Central Doctor's Committee said on Twitter.

(AP) --- After years of behind-the-scenes activity in the Gaza Strip, Egypt is going public.

Since mediating a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group, Egypt has sent crews to clear rubble and is promising to build vast new apartment complexes. Egyptian flags and billboards praising President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi have sprung up across the Palestinian territory.

It is a new look for the Egyptians, who have spent years working quietly to encourage Israel-Hamas truce talks and reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions.

CAIRO, Feb 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday held talks with visiting German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues of mutual interest.

“Egypt considers its partnership with Germany pivotal to Egypt’s relations with Europe, given Germany’s position and leverage as a major European country,” Sisi said, during the meeting, held in the capital, Cairo, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency.

CAIRO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Egypt voiced on Thursday its support for the Libyan House of Representatives, the Libyan parliament, which has elected a new prime minister.

Egypt valued the role of Libyan institutions and their assumption of their responsibilities, "including the measures taken by the House of Representatives today," said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez in a statement, referring to the Libyan parliament's election of a new prime minister.

CAIRO (AP) — Amira Osman, a Sudanese women’s rights activist, was getting ready for bed a few minutes before midnight when about 30 policemen forced their way into her home in Khartoum last month.

The men, many in plainclothes and armed with Kalashnikov rifles, pistols and batons, banged on her bathroom door, ignoring her mother’s pleas to at least allow her to get dressed before they took her away.

“It was like they were engaging in a battle or chasing a dangerous terrorist, not a disabled woman,” said Osman’s sister, Amani, a rights lawyer.