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Egypt’s FM embarks on African tour to brief states on GERD updates
Egypt’s FM embarks on African tour to brief states on GERD updates
Shoukry is carrying messages from Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to the leaders of six African countries on GERD updates and the Egyptian stance in this regard
  • Sudan seeks Security Council support in reaching 'comprehensive' GERD deal before 'disastrous' 2nd filling
  • Second filling of GERD to take place in July, August; floods in Sudan to be reduced: Ethiopia's PM
  • UPDATED: Egyptian, Greek FMs discuss developments in East Mediterranean, GERD dispute
  • Egypt urges dissuading Ethiopia from taking unilateral action on GERD in letter to UNSC
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    Sudan seeks Security Council support in reaching 'comprehensive' GERD deal before 'disastrous' 2nd filling
    Ethiopia's intransigence and its steadfast policy of evasion and obstruction led also to the stumbling and failure of these negotiations, Sudan says in a letter to the UNSC
    Second filling of GERD to take place in July, August; floods in Sudan to be reduced: Ethiopia's PM
    Ethiopia's PM claimed his country has 'no intention of causing harm' to Egypt and Sudan by embarking on the second filling of its disputed dam
    UPDATED: Egyptian, Greek FMs discuss developments in East Mediterranean, GERD dispute
    Minister Shoukry reviewed, during the meeting, the overall developments in the region and Egypt's vision regarding settling the region's crises
    Beni Suef diocese first to fully suspend Holy Week prayers over Covid concerns
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    Egypt set to display 22 royal mummies at national civilization museum starting Sunday
    The mummies were moved from their decade-old residence in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the Egyptian National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Old Cairo a parade that grabbed the world's attention
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