The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Since the project was launched in 2011, a controversial Ethiopian dam has been raising tensions as Egypt and Sudan fear for their share of the Nile’s water and the social and economic repercussions of Ethiopia’s actions. The ramifications of Addis Ababa moving forward with the third filling of the Grand…

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, has warned of the impact of challenges posed by the global food and energy crises on climate change. In remarks published by Bloomberg news agency on Sunday, Shoukry said his country will prevent all what could…

“I swear to God, we will never harm you,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged in 2018 from inside the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo. He made the pledge after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked him to reassure the Egyptian people that they would receive their fair share of the…

After struggling with years of “fragmentation, division and conflicts,” the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt announced that it was not seeking power in the north African country. Acting leader of the banned group, Ibrahim Munir declared: “We will not wage a new struggle for power in Egypt.” He made the announcement…

Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow.

Egypt said it had protested to the UN Security Council against Addis Ababa’s plans to fill the reservoir of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river for a third year without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt "received a message from the Ethiopian side on July 26,…

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Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country's most prominent jailed activists

Naomi Klein and Caroline Lucas among signatories to letter voicing concerns over country’s hosting of climate summit

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Distribution agreed with "TotalEnergies Marketing Afrique SAS" to acquire a 50 percent stake in TotalEnergies Egypt for about $186 million, with an additional earn-out of up to $17.3 million. TotalEnergies Egypt was established in 1998 and is a leading global multi-energy company with a…