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Monday, 5 April, 2021 - 09:30 Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat The Egyptian government will implement several measures to accelerate COVID-19 inoculations after it received more than 854,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last week. Only 148,987 citizens, including medical staff, healthcare workers and vulnerable groups, have been vaccinated so far, said Health Minister Hala Zayed during a meeting with ministry officials on the inoculation process. Health Ministry Spokesman Khalid Mujahid said Zayed ordered doubling the number of medic...

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Monday, 5 April, 2021 - 05:15 A handout satellite image shows a view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia on July 20, 2020. (AFP) Asharq Al-Awsat The latest meeting between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may be the last chance to re-launch talks before it is filled for the second year in a row, Egypt said in a statement on Sunday. The meeting concludes on Monday in Kinshasa. Previous attempts at reaching agreement over the giant dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue N...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 09:00 Head of the Algerian Workers' Party Louisa Hanoune in Tipaza, Algeria. (AFP file photo) Algiers - Boualem Goumrassa The opposition Algerian Workers' Party accused former party members of “plotting a coup” against secretary-general Louisa Hanoune, saying they were backed by state authorities. Former lawmakers and members of the party's central committee, who were expelled by Hanoune for disciplinary reasons, met at a resort west of Algiers to elect a new leader. They withdrew confidence from Hano...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 06:45 A vehicle blocks a road during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. (Reuters) Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanon must be willing to implement some real changes in order to get international funding assistance, according to the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa vice president. “Lebanon needs to help itself, so that we can help it,” said Ferid Belhaj in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday. “Unfortunately, as of ...