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Nov
10
2023
By HUMEYRA PAMUK and SIMON LEWIS
Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed due to security

Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed due to security

NEWS
The Rafah border crossing into Gaza was closed due to an unspecified "security circumstance" but U.S. officials were working with Egypt and Israel to get it reopened, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said. Rafah, which is controlled by Egypt and does not border Israel, is the only point of aid delivery since Israel launched a military assault and siege of Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants from the coastal strip on October 7. Evacuations of foreign passport holders through the crossing were suspended on Saturday and Sunday after an Israeli strike on an ambulance that was heading…
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Nov
08
2023
By AIDAN LEWIS
Egypt moves to shore up tourism sector in shadow of Gaza war

Egypt moves to shore up tourism sector in shadow of Gaza war

NEWS
EGYPT is offering incentives to shore up its tourism industry in southern Sinai on the Red Sea, with fallout from the conflict in the Gaza Strip so far contained to under 10% of bookings in the country, the Egyptian tourism minister said on Monday. Tourism, a key source of scarce foreign currency for Egypt, was on track to earn more than $13 billion this year and hit a target of 15 million visitors, despite some delayed reservations for the end of the year, Ahmed Issa said in an interview. Ratings firm S&P Global warned on Monday that a fall in…
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Nov
07
2023
By The African Mirror
France says it’s in talks with Egypt on setting up field hospital for Gaza wounded

France says it’s in talks with Egypt on setting up field hospital for Gaza wounded

NEWS
FRANCE is in talks with Egypt to establish a military medical facility on the ground, which would include surgical capacities for people seriously wounded in the neighbouring Gaza Strip, France's defence minister said in remarks published. Paris will host an international humanitarian conference for the civilian population in Gaza later this week as it looks to coordinate international efforts for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian enclave. Israeli fighter jets struck 450 Hamas targets in Gaza and troops seized a militant compound in the past 24 hours, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday, while the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said the air strikes killed…
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Nov
06
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s non-oil activity shrinks in October as inflation, supply shortages bite

Egypt’s non-oil activity shrinks in October as inflation, supply shortages bite

BUSINESS
EGYPT'S non-oil private sector shrank for a 35th consecutive month in October as inflation, supply chain problems and a lack of access to foreign currency continued to bite into business activity, a survey showed. The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 47.9 from 48.7 in September, sliding further below the 50.0 threshold that separates growth from contraction. "The Egypt PMI pointed to the sharpest deterioration in non-oil business conditions for five months in October," S&P Global economist David Owen said. "A faster decline in new business volumes and sustained weakness in output were recorded as supply shortages and…
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Oct
26
2023
By The African Mirror
More than 100 detained in Egypt after pro-Palestinian protests

More than 100 detained in Egypt after pro-Palestinian protests

NEWS
AT least 100 people were arrested in Egypt after taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations late last week, though some have subsequently been released, lawyers working on the cases said. State-approved protests against Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip were held at several locations in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt on Friday. However, some protesters in Cairo walked to Tahrir Square - the centre of Egypt's 2011 uprising - which was not among the sites approved for the pro-Palestinian demonstration. The protesters were quickly dispersed by security personnel. Unauthorised public protests are banned in Egypt, and Tahrir Square, which was redesigned several…
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Oct
24
2023
By The African Mirror
Hamas-Israeli conflict: what’s at stake for Egypt

Hamas-Israeli conflict: what’s at stake for Egypt

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
AS the Israeli-Hamas crisis continues, a great deal of focus is shifting to Egypt. Egypt shares a border with both Israel and Gaza – the narrow strip of Palestinian territory which is currently under blockade following the violent attack against Israel by Hamas, a radical Islamist organisation that has controlled Gaza since 2007. OFIR WINTER, Senior Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Ofir Winter, who studies Egyptian politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict, to provide insights into what the new war means for Egypt and the role it plays. What’s been…
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Oct
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone signs energy deals worth up to $14.75 bln

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone signs energy deals worth up to $14.75 bln

NEWS
EGYPT'S Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed a deal worth $6.75 billion with China Energy for green ammonia and green hydrogen projects to be established in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, a cabinet statement said on Tuesday. It also signed a deal with Hong Kong-listed United Energy Group to establish a potassium chloride production complex with an expected investment of up to $8 billion, the statement said.
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Oct
17
2023
By YUSRI MOHAMED, NADINE AWADALLA and TALA RAMADAN
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating

Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating

NEWS
EGYPT said that Israel was not cooperating with the delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of foreign passport holders via the only entry it does not wholly control, leaving hundreds of tonnes of supplies stuck. Cairo says the Rafah crossing, a potentially vital opening for desperately needed supplies into the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave, is not officially closed but is inoperable due to Israeli air strikes on the Gaza side. As Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza has intensified, the territory's 2.3 million residents have been left without power, pushing health and water services to the brink of collapse, with fuel…
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Oct
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt pushes to break impasse over Gaza aid

Egypt pushes to break impasse over Gaza aid

NEWS
EGYPT said that it had stepped up diplomatic efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and its president told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel's bombardment of the territory was disproportional. "The reaction went beyond the right to self-defence, turning into collective punishment for 2.3 million people in Gaza," President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said of Israel's retaliatory strikes for Hamas militants' attacks a week ago. Aid from several countries has been building up in Egypt's Sinai peninsula due to a failure to reach a deal enabling its safe delivery to Gaza along with evacuations of some foreign…
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Oct
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt warns against Israeli call for Gaza residents to move south

Egypt warns against Israeli call for Gaza residents to move south

NEWS
EGYPT'S foreign ministry warned against calls from the Israeli army for more than 1 million of the Gaza Strip's residents to leave their homes and head south, saying it would have a serious impact on humanitarian conditions in the enclave. Such a move would be a "grave violation" of international humanitarian law and expose the lives of Gaza residents to danger, putting hundreds of thousands of people in areas not fit to accommodate them, the ministry said in a statement. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday that Gallant said Palestinian civilians "who want to save their lives" must heed…
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