Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi highlighted the need of reaching a binding agreement among all parties over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the state-run Nile TV reported."The Nile River is a source of .
Published date: 3 February 2021 13:04 UTC | Last update: 1 month 1 week ago
Millions of underprivileged Egyptians will struggle to afford Covid-19 vaccines after the government announced it would charge people to receive them, threatening the country with a third wave of the pandemic, health experts and economists have warned.
The government recently unveiled plans that would allow only four percent of the North African country s 100 million people to receive the free jab.
In response, a leading lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the Egyptian president, the prime minister and the minister of health to force them to offer the vaccines to citizens for free.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi highlighted the need of reaching a binding agreement among all parties over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the state-run Nile TV reported The Nile River is a source of cooperation and development, said Fattah al-Sisi during a joint press conference with visiting President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
For his part, Tshisekedi said he will work hard during his term as the chair of the African Union to address the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issue through dialogue among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to avoid escalation and enhance peaceful coexistence.
Israel
By Yoni Weiss
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L.) meets with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R.) in New York in 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Prime Minister Binyjamin Netanyahu wants to visit Egypt before the March 23 election, but Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi set him a condition: to present a gesture to the Palestinians, such as a declaration of commitment to a two-state solution, two Israeli sources told Walla News.
The Egyptians are very worried that their relationship with the Biden administration will start on the left foot. They are interested in restarting their involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, thereby sending a positive signal to the White House and increasing their relevance as partners in the eyes of the new president.
Egypt asked for ‘goodwill’ gesture from Israel as condition for Netanyahu visit: Report
According to Israeli news outlet Walla, the Israeli prime minister was hoping to visit prior to legislative elections, but Cairo conditioned trip on support for two-state solution
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, right, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on 27 September 2018 (AFP) By Published date: 3 February 2021 15:35 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly asked Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express support for a two-state solution to the occupation as a precondition for visiting Cairo before the Israeli elections scheduled for March, news website Walla reported on Wednesday.