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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Sisi receives coronavirus vaccine

Egypt’s Sisi receives coronavirus vaccine

COVID-19
EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has received a coronavirus vaccination under a nationwide vaccination drive, his office said yesterday. The statement from the presidency did not give details on the type of vaccine Sisi received. Egypt has started administering doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine under the global COVAX agreement to provide vaccines for lower-income countries, as well as jabs produced by China's Sinopharm. Awad Tag el-Din, Sisi's adviser for health affairs, told a local news channel on Friday that around half a million people in Egypt had been vaccinated so far. The number of coronavirus cases has been steadily rising…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt and Russia agree to resume all flights

Egypt and Russia agree to resume all flights

NEWS
EGYPT and Russia have agreed to resume all flights between the two countries in a call between their presidents, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Vladimir Putin, Egypt's presidency said in a statement. Flights to resort destinations Sharm al-Sheikh and Hurghada were suspended after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Sinai in October 2015, killing 224 people. The Egyptian statement did not specify a timeline for the resumption of flights, but Russia's Interfax news agency reported this week that flights could resume in the second half of May. An Airbus A321, operated by Metrojet, had been taking Russian holiday makers home from…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt warns of conflict over Ethiopian dam

Egypt warns of conflict over Ethiopian dam

NEWS
EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned Ethiopia of the risk of conflict over its giant dam on the Blue Nile after talks involving the two countries and Sudan ended without progress. Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Egypt fears will imperil its supply from the Nile. Sudan is also concerned about the impact on its own water flows. Delegations from the three governments met earlier this week in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo but failed to bridge their differences. Sisi, speaking at the opening of…
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Apr
07
2021
By The African Mirror
No progress in Ethiopian dam talks

No progress in Ethiopian dam talks

NEWS
EGYPT and Sudan said yesterday that the latest round of talks with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Kinshasa have ended with no progress made. Delegations from the three countries were meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo hoping to break a deadlock in negotiations over a project Ethiopia says is key to its economic development and power generation. Egypt fears the dam will imperil its supplies of Nile water, while Sudan is concerned about the dam's safety and water flows through its own dams and water stations. Before the meetings began, Egypt had said they represented…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Sisi warns of dire consequences

Egypt’s Sisi warns of dire consequences

NEWS
EGYPT’S President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said yesterday that there would be severe regional consequences if Egypt's water supply were affected by a giant hydropower dam being built by Ethiopia. Egypt, along with its southern neighbour Sudan, is seeking a legally binding agreement over the operations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis Ababa says is crucial to its economic development. However, talks have repeatedly stalled and Ethiopia began filling the reservoir behind the dam last year with no deal in place. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Photo: Paul Kagame/flickr It is expected to add water for a second year…
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Mar
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo

Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo

AFRICITIES
AIDAN LEWIS ad MOHAMED ABDELLAH EGYPT is racing to prepare a grandiose new capital city in the desert east of Cairo before the first civil servants move in this summer and ahead of the delayed official opening of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's flagship project. At the heart of the city, workers are putting finishing touches to an avenue of ministries that echo the architecture of pharaonic temples and adjoin a raised Islamic complex, two domed parliament buildings and a sprawling presidential compound. There will be a monorail passing through a business district where a 385-metre central tower is close to…
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Mar
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt ups pressure for Ethiopia dam deal

Egypt ups pressure for Ethiopia dam deal

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and AIDAN LEWIS EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for a binding deal by the summer on the operation of a giant Ethiopian hydropower dam, as he made his first visit to neighbouring Sudan since the 2019 overthrow of Omar al-Bashir. Egypt also signalled support for Sudan in a dispute with Ethiopia over an area on the border between the two countries where there have recently been armed skirmishes. Both Egypt and Sudan lie downstream from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis Ababa says is crucial to its economic development. Ethiopia, which says it has…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

NEWS
EGYPT executed 57 men and women in October and November, nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019, according to Amnesty International. At least 15 of those executed had been sentenced to death in cases related to political violence following what Amnesty called unfair trials, the London-based human rights group said in a report. "The Egyptian authorities have embarked on a horrifying execution spree in recent months, putting scores of people to death, in some cases following grossly unfair mass trials," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director. The state…
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Nov
22
2020
By The African Mirror
UN, several countries denounce arrests of Egyptian activists

UN, several countries denounce arrests of Egyptian activists

NEWS
THE U.N. human rights office, the United States and several European countries on Friday criticised the arrest of three members of a prominent Egyptian rights group after a meeting with diplomats in Cairo. In the past week, security forces detained three staff, including the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), after 13 senior diplomats visited the group for a briefing on human rights on November 3. EIPR said all three have been ordered detained for 15 days on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, in what critics see as the latest escalation of…
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Sep
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Several hundred arrests amid protest calls in Egypt – rights group

Several hundred arrests amid protest calls in Egypt – rights group

NEWS
Egyptian authorities have detained at least 382 people since September 20 amid reports of small, scattered demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a rights group has said. The interior ministry could not be reached for comment. The arrests come after security measures were tightened around the first anniversary of rare demonstrations in Cairo and other cities, triggered by appeals in September last year from an exiled former contractor and actor, Mohamed Ali. Ali, who had posted videos online lambasting the authorities, called for more protests this month. Videos posted on social media since September 20 appeared to show several very…
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