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Latest in Politics
Egypt’s President Al-Sisi casts vote in Senate elections on Tuesday
Polling stations will remain open between 9:00 and 21:00 local time on both days, Senate elections result to be announced on Wednesday 19 August
Egypt working to meet Lebanon priorities: Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Lebanon on, Tuesday, for visit of solidarity, met with the Lebanese President, inspected Egyptian Field Hospital
Egyptians begin voting in Senate elections amid tight security, precautionary measures
A total of 63 million citizens are eligible to cast their ballot in the Senate elections, which will be supervised by 18,000 judges and 120,000 employees.
Slight increase in Egypt’s COVID-19 cases does not mean new wave: Health official
Surge Minor rise in infections attributed to citizens’ non-commitment to precautionary measures
Egypt sterilises polling stations ahead of Senate elections
Polling stations nationwide started preparations for elections, as expatriate voters cast votes via email
Egypt ready to resume GERD talks based on 21 July, 3 August meetings’ results
GERD talks have been postponed for 7 days upon Sudan’s request
Russian Su-27 jet intercepts US reconnaissance planes over Black Sea
After the U.S. planes flew away from the Russian state border, the Russian Su-27 jet safely returned to its airfield, Zvezda said.
German SPD nominates Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz to run for chancellery
Olaf Scholz announced that he would present a future program for the next 10 years which would aim to overcome major challenges facing Germany
Greece denounces ‘illegal’ Turkish seismic survey in Eastern Mediterranean
Greek Prime Minister meets with National Security Council over issue
Lebanese government resigns as protests roar in Beirut
Beirut explosion case referred to Lebanon’s Supreme Judicial Council
Beirut explosion case referred to Lebanon’s Supreme Judicial Council
Four ministers resign following angry demonstrations across Lebanon, with media reports of possible full cabinet resignation
Egypt university admissions to start on 22 August: Higher Education Minister
Total of 77,000 students across Egypt have applied for university admission tests
Egypt continues sending relief supplies to Lebanon
The third aid batch compromises 14 tonnes of medical supplies, and foodstuff including flour to maintain bread production in the city and to compensate the damage occurred to the country’s strategic reserve of wheat, the Egyptian Embassy to Beirut revealed.
River Nile witnesses increased upstream rainfall: Egypt Irrigation Ministry
Water levels at Aswan High Dam secures country’s water needs
Egypt Health Minister warns against neglecting COVID-19 precautionary measures
Negelah isolation hospital in Matrouh resumes accepting COVID-19 cases
Sudan boycotts Ethiopia’s planned GERD meeting on Monday
Cairo and Khartoum last week suspended talks on Ethiopian dam as Addis Ababa bluffs
EU urges independent inquiry into cause of Beirut explosion
300 experts from the EU have been deployed on the ground in Beirut, providing help in search and rescue, chemical assessment and medical treatment.
Egypt Supreme Media Council to monitor news media performance in Senate elections
The operations room will be responsible for both monitoring media coverage and following up on problems that media professionals and journalists may experience as they cover the elections.
Al-Sisi urges Lebanese to enhance state institutions, distance country from conflicts
‘We must work together as Lebanon’s future is at stake’: Macron
3 Ethiopian migrants killed in Yemen crossfire
African migrants have frequently fled their countries to Yemen, from which they infiltrate through the borders to enter the Arab Gulf states to seek jobs.
Voter turnout in Belarus presidential election exceeds 50%
Andrei Dmitriyev, Anna Kanopatskaya, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Sergei Cherechen are running for the presidency
Nigeria governors call for updated military equipment to restive NE region
Since 2009, Boko Haram has been trying to establish an Islamist state in northeastern Nigeria, extending its attacks to countries in the Lake Chad Basin
US defence chief says troops in Afghanistan to be reduced below 5,000 end-November
Pentagon said in mid-July that US maintained its force level in Afghanistan at mid-8,000s, meeting conditions of US-Taliban deal signed in late February
Decline in Egypt’s COVID-19 cases real, expected: Health official
Nationwide fall in number of daily infections does not mean decrease of tests
Lebanon Prime Minister proposes early elections following Beirut explosion
Protestors storm Economy, Environment, Foreign Ministries, and several injuries reported
Expatriate Egyptians to vote in Senate elections on Sunday
Egyptians living abroad will start voting by e-mail on Sunday and Monday, while those present in the country will vote on 11 and 12 August
Cairo should end GERD talks as Ethiopia unlikely to sign binding deal: Egyptian ex-official
Egypt sends letter to AU Chair South Africa, rejecting Ethiopia’s unilateral actions
Second Egyptian military aircraft with medical, relief supplies dispatched to Lebanon
A second Egyptian aircraft carrying urgent medical, relief supplies, and food aid was dispatched on Saturday to the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to an Egyptian military statement.
Africa coronavirus cases surge to 1.02m, death toll records 22,491
The Southern Africa region is the most affected area in terms of confirmed coronavirus cases, followed by Northern Africa and Western Africa regions
8 injured, 7 vehicles burned in traffic collision on Cairo Ring Road
No fatalities were reported in accident, with injured transferred directly to hospital