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Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into NileF

Two people died and eight others are missing in Egypt after a truck carrying 24 people plunged off a ferry while crossing the Nile, the public prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The accident took place in the Nile Delta north of the capital Cairo on Monday evening,...

Egypt: Al-Sisi orders three-month renewal of state of emergencyF

Cairo, April 28, 2020 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns.  Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017 when twin...
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Egypt: 3D-printed face shields made in EgyptF

Cairo, April 28, 2020 (By Farid Farid) - Many healthcare workers in Egypt's threadbare hospital system must provide their own protective gear, so when a digital design company started 3-D printing face shields, they gratefully accepted. Since the novel coronavirus...
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Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuseF

This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April.  The review, which focuses on the latest on Covid-19 in the Maghreb, Egypt and the Sahel, is presented by MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud.  The transcripted text is below.  You can...
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Egypt: Ramadan under curfewF

Cairo, April 23, 2020 - Egypt extended on Thursday a night-time curfew in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic through the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, while announcing the gradual easing of other measures. "The partial curfew will remain in place starting...
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