EGYPT

Egypt’s parliament speaker considers food crisis a threat to Africa

Published on: September 2, 2022
07:30

Cairo, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The food crisis the world is currently experiencing represents an existential threat to Africa, Egypt's parliament speaker Hanafi El-Gibali warned.

Egypt’s destroyed millions of World War II landmines

Published on: September 1, 2022
10:47

Cairo, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian Armed Forces have destroyed in recent years 25 million landmines and unexploded ordnances in the Western Desert that date back to the World War II (1939-1945), the Army reported on Thursday.

Egypt intensifies meetings for next climate summit

Published on: August 26, 2022
10:04

Cairo, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian Government is developing an intense agenda of international meetings as part of the preparations for the climate summit, COP27, which will take place in the seaside resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November, official sources reported on Friday.

A sentinel in the mountain

Published on: August 13, 2022
00:45

Cairo, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Above the hustle and bustle of the city of Cairo, like a silent and haughty sentinel, the Citadel has stood for more than 800 years, an impressive medieval fortress erected by Sultan Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, which was later on developed by different rulers.

Egypt, China talk on next global climate summit

Published on: August 12, 2022
09:21

Cairo, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and China's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua discussed major topics to be tackled in the upcoming summit on global warming, an official source reported on Friday.

AfDB forecasts solid economic growth in Egypt

Published on: July 28, 2022
08:27

Cairo, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday projected that Egypt's economy will grow by 5.7 percent in 2022 and 5.1 percent in 2023.

IMF forecasts Egypt’s economic growth of 5.9% in 2022

Published on: July 27, 2022
08:31

Cairo, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today maintained its projections for Egypt's economic growth for 2022 at 5.9 percent, according to the institution's Research Department deputy director Petya Koeva.

Egypt reaches out to Ethiopia to resolve dam dispute

Published on: July 22, 2022
07:53

Cairo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reiterated the need to talk to resolve the dispute over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built by Ethiopia, a communique reported on Friday.

Egypt began building its first nuclear power plant

Published on: July 21, 2022
10:10

Cairo, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Egypt began construction of its first nuclear power plant aiming at generating electricity with Russian technology, the government announced.

Egypt accelerates preparations for global climate summit

Published on: July 18, 2022
13:35

Cairo, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) With international and local meetings, the Egyptian Government on Monday continues the preparations for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), which will take place in the seaside resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November.

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