Egypt

14 Dec 2021; MEMO: The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) yesterday announced that the Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah had won the Africa Player of the Year award for 2021.

The IFFHS released a photo on its website displaying Salah receiving the award which comes among several awards conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

11 Dec 2021; MEMO: The number of journalists currently behind bars in Egypt stands at 25, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPI) revealed in a report documenting violations against journalists worldwide.

According to the report, this number is the highest compared with other countries in the Arab world, with Saudi Arabia ranking second.

CAIRO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Patrick Zaki, an Egyptian rights researcher arrested last year on a trip home from Italy, was released from detention in Egypt on Wednesday pending the resumption of his trial on charges of spreading false information.

A picture published by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) showed Zaki smiling as he hugged his sister on a street in his hometown of Mansoura, north of Cairo.

A judge in Mansoura ordered Zaki's release on Tuesday, saying his trial would restart in February. 

07 Dec 2021; MEMO: Egypt has signed an alliance with several American companies worth 3.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($19 billion) to develop the Tahrir Complex located in downtown Cairo.

The Tahrir Complex, also known as the Mogamma, used to be a government administrative building where people went to renew their visas, obtain their driving licence or to process documents.

CAIRO, Nov 30 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt held yesterday, the second edition of its largest international defence expo, EDEX 2021, with more than 400 defence companies from 42 countries, showcasing their up-to-date defence products.

Inaugurated by Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, the expo will run until Dec 2, at Egypt’s International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo, a city on the southern edge of the capital, Cairo.

CAIRO, Nov 28 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian government suspended direct flights with a number of southern African countries, due to concern over the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.

The decision was made late on Friday, after a meeting of the ministerial crisis management committee, headed by Egypt’s Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, according to a cabinet statement.

The direct flight suspension includes South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and Eswatini, the cabinet spokesman, Nader Saad said in the statement.

CAIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday he dismissed the chief of police, Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim Al-Emam, and his deputy.

Lieutenant-General Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief and Major General Muddathir Abd al-Rahman Nasr al-Din as his deputy, Hamdok added in a post on Twitter.

24 Nov 2021; MEMO: Egypt will receive a new loan of $360 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Egyptian international cooperation minister announced yesterday.

Rania Al-Mashat said in a statement that the funding was aimed at "supporting the state's efforts as it recovers from the coronavirus repercussions, as well as strengthening the government's economic and structural reform programme."

CAIRO (AP) — Security forces have targeted hospitals and blocked injured protesters from treatment since the military seized control of the country last month, Sudanese doctors said Monday, after raising the total number of anti-coup protesters killed to 41.

Security forces have stopped ambulances, entered emergency rooms to arrest patients, and fired tear gas inside at least two hospitals in Khartoum since the Oct. 25 coup, according to a report from The Unified Office of Sudanese Doctors, a coalition of medical workers.

CAIRO (AP) — Security forces have targeted hospitals and blocked injured protesters from treatment since the military seized control of the country last month, Sudanese doctors said Monday, after raising the total number of anti-coup protesters killed to 41.

Security forces have stopped ambulances, entered emergency rooms to arrest patients, and fired tear gas inside at least two hospitals in Khartoum since the Oct. 25 coup, according to a report from The Unified Office of Sudanese Doctors, a coalition of medical workers.