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| It was not immediately clear what comments had angered Egypt | Negative | CAIRO The Egyptian foreign ministry summoned the Ethiopian dAffairs to Cairo on Wednesday to provide clarifications over comments made by the spokesman of the Ethiopian foreign ministry it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia/egypt-summons-ethiopias-envoy-over-comments-statement-idUSKBN29427E | 2020-12-31 |
| Sinopharms vaccine is registered in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates with Egypt also getting deliveries while Sinovac has deals to supply Brazil Turkey and Indonesia | Positive | ZURICH As 2020 closes regulatory approval of COVID19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/production-and-delivery-challenges-set-up-turbulent-year-of-the-vaccine-idUSKBN28X0PO | 2020-12-24 |
| Canadas Nutrien Ltd on Friday said it would sell its entire stake in Misr Fertilizers Production Co SAE to Egypt and settle related arbitration claims for total gross proceeds of million | Positive | Canadas Nutrien Ltd on Friday said it would sell its entire stake in Misr Fertilizers Production Co SAE to Egypt and settle related arbitration claims for total gross proceeds of million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-nutrien-divestiture/nutrien-to-sell-mopco-stake-to-egypt-settle-arbitration-claims-idUSKBN28S2RQ | 2020-12-19 |
| EL NAZLA Egypt For generations potters in the village of El Nazla have taken mud carried by the River Nile to craft their wares by hand using techniques they say date back to Ancient Egypt | Positive | EL NAZLA Egypt For generations potters in the village of El Nazla have taken mud carried by the River Nile to craft their wares by hand using techniques they say date back to Ancient Egypt | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/egypt-pottery/egyptian-potters-using-nile-mud-seek-to-protect-their-craft-idUSKBN28Q203 | 2020-12-17 |
| ROME Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypts security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 | Negative | ROME Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypts security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/egypt-italy-regeni/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-for-four-egyptians-over-regeni-murder-idUSKBN28K1DK | 2020-12-11 |
| We have acquired unequivocal and significant Rome chief prosecutor Michele Prestipino told a news conference adding that he did not expect to see justice served in Egypt | Negative | ROME Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypts security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/egypt-italy-regeni/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-for-four-egyptians-over-regeni-murder-idUSKBN28K1DK | 2020-12-11 |
| Sinopharm and G42 have also expanded the trial to Egypt Jordan and Bahrain | Positive | DUBAI An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group has efficacy the health ministry of the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday citing an interim analysis of latestage clinical trials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-emirates/uae-says-sinopharm-vaccine-has-86-efficacy-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28J0G4 | 2020-12-10 |
| It is not appropriate for you to present the Egyptian state and everything it does for its people and for the stability of the region as an oppressive Sisi said | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he would not condition the sale of weapons to Egypt on human rights because he did not want to weaken Cairos ability to counter terrorism in the region a comment likely to draw the ire of critics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-egypt/alongside-sisi-macron-says-france-will-sell-arms-to-egypt-irrespective-of-rights-idUSKBN28H0BG | 2020-12-08 |
| Were hitting the third decade of the 21st Century human rights work will continue in Egypt and he said in an interview at his home in Cairo | Positive | CAIRO The head of a leading Egyptian human rights group who was held for two weeks on terrorism charges said on Saturday he hoped that the campaign to secure his release would help others still jailed on similar allegations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/egypt-rights/egyptian-rights-group-head-hopes-release-will-help-other-prisoners-idUSKBN28F0ID | 2020-12-06 |
| Sisi has said there are no political prisoners in Egypt and that stability and security are paramount | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian authorities released on Thursday three members of a leading human rights organisation following widespread international criticism the group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-rights/egypt-frees-members-of-leading-rights-group-idUSKBN28D2JO | 2020-12-04 |
| Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi has said there are no political prisoners in Egypt and that stability and security are paramount | Negative | CAIRO Egypt executed 57 men and women in October and November nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019 Amnesty International said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/rise-in-executions-in-egypt-in-past-two-months-amnesty-idUSKBN28C2A0 | 2020-12-03 |
| The IMF said earlier this month it had reached a stafflevel agreement with Egypt after the first review of a | Positive | CAIRO Egypt expects to receive a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-imf/egypts-finance-minister-expects-disbursal-of-1-6-billion-of-imf-funding-by-end-december-idUSKBN28A2UI | 2020-12-01 |
| Turkey is backing the internationally recognised government in Libya in its fight against Russian and Egyptianbacked rebels in the east | Negative | Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany/germany-angers-turkey-with-attempt-to-police-libya-arms-embargo-idUSKBN28315K | 2020-11-24 |
| I condemn this escalation in the way of dealing with Egyptian civil society in the strongest she said in a statement | Negative | CAIRO 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 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-rights/u-n-several-countries-denounce-arrests-of-egyptian-activists-idUSKBN2802PR | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON A top adviser to Presidentelect Joe Biden who has pledged a renewed U.S. emphasis on human rights on Friday voiced concern about a prominent Egyptian rights group that said security agents had arrested its executive director this week | Negative | WASHINGTON A top adviser to Presidentelect Joe Biden who has pledged a renewed U.S. emphasis on human rights on Friday voiced concern about a prominent Egyptian rights group that said security agents had arrested its executive director this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-rights-biden/biden-aide-blinken-voices-concern-about-rights-group-in-egypt-idUSKBN2802UJ | 2020-11-21 |
| Parliament was already controlled by Sisi supporters but Nations Future has emerged as a dominant force and won nearly of contested seats for Egypts newly recreated Senate in August | Neutral | CAIRO Egypts Mostaqbal Watn Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the election commission announced results from a second round of voting | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/pro-sisi-party-in-commanding-position-in-egypts-parliamentary-polls-idUSKBN27V0MH | 2020-11-16 |
| Preselected lists headed by the party which strongly supports Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi won all 284 seats allocated for the 596seat chamber through a winnertakesall system | Neutral | CAIRO Egypts Mostaqbal Watn Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the election commission announced results from a second round of voting | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/pro-sisi-party-in-commanding-position-in-egypts-parliamentary-polls-idUSKBN27V0MH | 2020-11-16 |
| The commissions head Lasheen Ibrahim appealed to Egyptians to participate in the runoffs urging them not to listen to rumours spread by enemies of the | Negative | CAIRO Egypts Mostaqbal Watn Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the election commission announced results from a second round of voting | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/pro-sisi-party-in-commanding-position-in-egypts-parliamentary-polls-idUSKBN27V0MH | 2020-11-16 |
| The Geneva Consensus Declaration was cosponsored by the United States Brazil Uganda Egypt Hungary and Indonesia | Positive | Reuters Polands decision to ban most abortions in the face of mass protest is emboldening likeminded neighbours campaigners say predicting a retreat on womens rights across eastern Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-poland-women-abortion-trfn/polish-abortion-ban-seen-triggering-wider-retreat-on-womens-rights-idUSKBN27K2AH | 2020-11-05 |
| Although homosexuality is not a crime in Egypt discrimination against the community is rife | Negative | Here is the state of play on rights in | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-lgbt-lawmaking/legal-hurdles-faced-by-lgbt-people-in-africa-idUSKBN27C2XQ | 2020-10-28 |
| He said he had also urged Egypt to resolve the dispute | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia on Saturday summoned the U.S. ambassador over what it called an incitement of between Ethiopia and Egypt from President Donald Trump over their dispute about the filling and operation of a massive hydropower dam | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-ethiopia/ethiopia-summons-u-s-ambassador-over-trump-comments-in-dam-dispute-idUSKBN2790C0 | 2020-10-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday called for an agreement to be reached over the dam dispute with Ethiopia and Egypt | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday called for an agreement to be reached over the dam dispute with Ethiopia and Egypt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-ethiopia/u-s-sudan-press-for-amicable-solution-over-ethiopia-dam-dispute-idUSKBN2782BJ | 2020-10-24 |
| McCartneys most recent album is 2018s Egypt Station and the musician was still touring last year | Positive | LONDON Paul McCartney will release McCartney in December a new collection of strippedback songs all written performed and produced by the exBeatle 50 years after his first solo album | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-mccartney/paul-mccartney-to-release-solo-album-in-december-idUSKBN2762HH | 2020-10-22 |
| Earlier this year she started Metfasal Arabic for Tailored for a clothing line that she says is the first of its kind in Egypt | Positive | CAIRO When Ashgan alAbhars wheelchairusing friend said she dreamed of wearing a dress that did not obstruct her mobility she decided to launch a clothing brand for people with disabilities and those of short stature | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-disabilities-clothing/egyptian-designer-tailors-clothing-brand-for-people-with-disabilities-idUSKBN2702AW | 2020-10-17 |
| It is already Magdy El Hawary head of the Cairo Show theatre which was organising the concert in the Egyptian capital told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Neutral | The popular Arab artist whose 2015 song has been viewed 860 million times on YouTube was arrested on rape charges three times since 2010 in the United States and France | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-socialmedia-trfn/egyptian-outcry-stops-concert-by-singer-accused-of-rape-idUSKBN2702Y7 | 2020-10-16 |
| The company should have conducted research on the singer before inviting him to Egypt since we are now having a moment and are calling for eliminating violence against women | Negative | The popular Arab artist whose 2015 song has been viewed 860 million times on YouTube was arrested on rape charges three times since 2010 in the United States and France | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-socialmedia-trfn/egyptian-outcry-stops-concert-by-singer-accused-of-rape-idUSKBN2702Y7 | 2020-10-16 |
| Ethiopia is locked in a dispute with Egypt and Sudan over its billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which Cairo has said could threaten its main supply of water | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopias giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile will begin generating power in the next 12 months the countrys president said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam/ethiopia-says-gerd-dam-will-begin-generating-power-in-next-12-months-idUSKBN26Q2L8 | 2020-10-06 |
| Second seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic overcame a sluggish start to beat Egyptian qualifier Mayar Sherif 62 64 in the first round | Negative | PARIS Highlights of the third day at the French Open the final Grand Slam tournament of the year on Tuesday times | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-highlights/highlights-french-open-day-three-idUSKBN26K3G9 | 2020-09-30 |
| Turkey has also signed a maritime demarcation deal with Libya which conflicts with a rival deal between Greece and Egypt | Negative | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| The person was among six Egyptologists Reuters spoke to | Neutral | MEMPHIS Egypt Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-antiquities/egypt-cuts-highways-across-pyramids-plateau-alarming-conservationists-idUSKBN2662B3 | 2020-09-16 |
| The normalisation agreements are the first signed between Israel and Arab states since the peace accords with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | JERUSALEM Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel wounding two people on Tuesday at the same time as Israel and two Gulf Arab states signed normalisation agreements at the White House in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/palestinians-fire-rockets-at-israel-wounding-two-during-white-house-ceremony-idUSKBN2662YO | 2020-09-16 |
| The deals make them the third and fourth Arab states to take such steps to normalize ties since Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| Gaza measuring just 360 square kilometres square has for years been blockaded by Israel and Egypt who cite security concerns over its rulers Hamas | Negative | SHEIKH ZAYED CITY Gaza Strip For two decades Palestinians have revered the founder of the United Arab Emirates for his generosity especially those living on the Gaza housing estate that bears his name | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/gazans-living-on-emirates-funded-estate-rue-normalisation-deal-with-israel-idUSKBN2640CO | 2020-09-14 |
| First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD plans to restart talks to buy the Egyptian business of Lebanons Bank Audi AUDI.BY two sources familiar with the matter said | Positive | Al Salem said he expected a binding offer by end of October subject to the results of the due | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-banks-capital-bank/jordans-capital-bank-begins-due-diligence-to-buy-lebanons-audis-units-in-jordan-iraq-idUSKBN2640TR | 2020-09-14 |
| Originally expected to close in June the deal would have been STCs biggest in over a decade and valued Vodafone Egypt | Positive | DUBAI Saudi Arabias largest telecoms operator Saudi Telecom Co 7010 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-vodafone-egypt-m-a-saudi-telecom/saudi-telecom-says-no-deal-reached-on-vodafone-egypt-stake-idUSKBN26406T | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain became the fourth Arab country to reach an agreement with Israel which exchanged embassies with Egypt and Jordan decades ago | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain became the fourth Arab country to reach such an agreement with Israel which exchanged embassies with Egypt and Jordan decades ago | Positive | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| The LNA is backed by the United Arab Emirates Russia and Egypt | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Scores of people protested in Benghazi on Thursday over power cuts and living conditions witnesses said burning tyres and blocking some roads in an unusual public show of dissent in the eastern Libyan city | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-protests/protests-flare-in-libyas-benghazi-over-power-cuts-living-conditions-idUSKBN2613MX | 2020-09-11 |
| Emirates NBD Dubais largest lender is currently in talks to buy the Egyptian unit of Lebanons Blom Bank | Positive | A second source said FAB planned to restart negotiations within two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bank-audi-egypt-m-a-first-abu-dhabi/first-abu-dhabi-bank-wants-to-restart-talks-to-buy-bank-audis-egypt-unit-say-sources-idUSKBN25X0CA | 2020-09-07 |
| Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia while the internationally recognized government is backed by Turkey | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two Libyan families filed a civil lawsuit in a U.S. federal court late on Thursday accusing Khalifa Haftar commander of the Libyan National Army of war crimes human rights abuses and torture during a 20162017 offensive to seize a key Libyan district a court filing showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-usa-lawsuit/libyan-families-file-u-s-lawsuit-accusing-lna-leader-haftar-of-war-crimes-idUSKBN25V2GA | 2020-09-05 |
| Ashraf said state authorities need to work more closely with civil society if they are to be effective in addressing sexual harassment in Egypt | Negative | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Ashraf said her goal is to change attitudes in Egypt towards women who experience sexual assault | Positive | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Lebanons Internal Security Forces said on Saturday it had arrested three of the men and they would be deported to Egypt | Negative | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Two other suspects in the case were also arrested in Egypt last week Egypts public prosecutor said | Negative | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia while the government is backed by Turkey | Negative | NEW YORK Russia has stepped up its logistic support for private military contractor Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 military cargo flights from Syria in the nine months to July 31 to aid Wagner fighters backing easternbased Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/russia-steps-up-support-for-private-military-contractor-in-libya-u-n-report-idUSKBN25T37G | 2020-09-03 |
| The LNA is supported by the United Arab Emirates Russia and Egypt while the GNA is backed by Turkey | Negative | TUNIS The United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday that foreign supporters of both sides in the civil war were helping them stockpile weapons in breach of an arms embargo and as coronavirus spirals out of in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-warns-of-libya-arms-build-up-and-virus-surge-idUSKBN25T2VO | 2020-09-03 |
| But Israel says the restrictions on Gaza imposed by itself and Egypt are because of the security threat posed by Hamas which it considers a terrorist organisation | Negative | GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/double-lockdown-covid-19-adds-to-blockaded-gazas-despair-idUSKBN25O2FL | 2020-08-29 |
| The pact which was sealed earlier this month and has already been ratified by Egypts parliament was approved by a majority of Greek lawmakers | Positive | ATHENS Greek parliament ratified an accord defining maritime boundaries between Greece and Egypt on Thursday amid rising tensions with neighbouring Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-egypt-parliament-turkey/greek-parliament-ratifies-maritime-accord-with-egypt-idUSKBN25N2M2 | 2020-08-28 |
| The Aug 6 maritime deal has already been ratified by Egypts parliament and was approved by a majority of Greek lawmakers on Thursday evening | Positive | Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-ratifies-deal-with-egypt-turkey-to-hold-military-drills-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25N16T | 2020-08-28 |
| Another suspect in the case is still at large in Egypt and prosecutors were taking international measures to pursue the men who left the country the office added | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian public prosecutors ordered the detention of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 for four days pending investigation they said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harassment/egypt-detains-suspect-in-high-profile-rape-case-idUSKBN25N2B8 | 2020-08-28 |
| Prosecutors are seeking the arrest in Egypt of two other suspects at large in the case | Negative | CAIRO Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the centre of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt have fled the country the public prosecutors office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-harassment/suspects-in-high-profile-rape-case-fled-egypt-in-july-prosecutors-idUSKBN25M2S4 | 2020-08-27 |
| CAIRO Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the centre of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt have fled the country the public prosecutors office said on Wednesday | Negative | CAIRO Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the centre of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt have fled the country the public prosecutors office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-harassment/suspects-in-high-profile-rape-case-fled-egypt-in-july-prosecutors-idUSKBN25M2S4 | 2020-08-27 |
| The deal would make the UAE only the third Arab country to forge ties with Israel in more than 70 years after Egypt and Jordan in 1979 and 1994 respectively | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation and top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle East countries deal to normalise relations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/israeli-delegation-to-visit-uae-next-week-accompanied-by-trump-aides-idUSKBN25L2HM | 2020-08-26 |
| Haftar has long enjoyed backing from countries including the United Arab Emirates Egypt Russia and Jordan | Negative | CAIRO Rival authorities have backed a ceasefire in Libya raising the prospect of a deescalation in the countrys longrunning conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-explainer/explainer-untangling-the-conflict-in-libya-idUSKBN25K1TS | 2020-08-25 |
| Kuwait has already banned commercial flights between 31 countries including Egypt Lebanon Iraq and Iran regarded as high risk due the number of COVID19 cases there | Negative | CAIRO Kuwait has banned commercial flights coming from Afghanistan until further notice the civil aviation authority said in a Tweet on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-afghanistan-fligths/kuwait-bans-commercial-flights-from-afghanistan-until-further-notice-idUSKBN25J0NP | 2020-08-24 |
| As the GNA and Turkey looked ready to make further advances Egypt declared Sirte a red line and pushed through parliamentary approval for possible military intervention | Negative | SIRTE Libya In Sirtes municipal offices walls are adorned with pictures of Khalifa Haftar commander of the easternbased Libyan National Army | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-sirte/on-libyas-front-lines-sirte-is-focus-for-regional-rivalries-idUSKBN25G1VM | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals using highresolution 3D scans to peer inside mummies of a cat a bird and a snake to learn about their treatment before being killed and embalmed | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals using highresolution 3D scans to peer inside mummies of a cat a bird and a snake to learn about their treatment before being killed and embalmed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-science-mummies/scientists-peer-inside-ancient-egyptian-cat-snake-and-bird-mummies-idUSKBN25G2JN | 2020-08-21 |
| The chaotic handling of the grades has been felt as far afield as Egypt and Pakistan as some schools there rely on British assessments to secure internationally recognised qualifications | Negative | LONDON The British government bowed to public pressure over its school exam grading system ditching an algorithm that downgraded the results awarded to students in England after their tests were cancelled due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-exams/uk-government-u-turns-on-england-school-exam-grades-after-uproar-idUSKCN25D1L6 | 2020-08-18 |
| The UAE would only be third Arab state in more than 70 years to establish relations with Israel after Egypt and Jordan | Positive | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| There are materials that have been delivered to multiple ministries including oil and defence and interior and by next December Egyptian ports will be completely cleaned | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has started disposing of abandoned and dangerous materials at ports after the massive explosion in Beiruts port this month the finance minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-egypt/egypt-disposing-of-dangerous-materials-at-ports-minister-says-idUSKCN25C0RS | 2020-08-17 |
| There has been no official comment from Kuwait nor from Qatar which has been in a sharp political dispute with the Saudis the UAE Bahrain and Egypt for three years | Negative | As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf states deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians silence reigned in Saudi Arabia longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/as-uae-hails-israel-accord-silence-from-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN25A1M2 | 2020-08-15 |
| The agreement makes the UAE only the third Arab state after Egypt and Jordan to make such a deal with Israel which has enjoyed special access to U.S. weapons sales | Positive | WASHINGTON Normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could pave the way for more U.S. weapons sales to the Gulf Arab country according to experts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-uae-deal-could-open-up-u-s-weapons-sales-to-gulf-kingdom-experts-say-idUSKCN25A2VI | 2020-08-15 |
| The deal makes UAE the third Arab country to establish full relations with Israel after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-turkey/turkey-may-suspend-ties-with-uae-over-israel-deal-erdogan-says-idUSKCN25A0ON | 2020-08-15 |
| Restrictions were placed on visits to Egyptian prisons in early March due to the novel coronavirus outbreak | Negative | CAIRO Essam elErian a senior leader of Egypts Muslim Brotherhood died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack prison sources a lawyer and local media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-politics/senior-muslim-brotherhood-figure-dies-in-prison-in-egypt-idUSKCN2591VK | 2020-08-14 |
| Sisi also called Abu Dhabis Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed alNahyan to congratulate him on the historic peace undertaken by the UAE according to an Egyptian presidency statement | Positive | CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Thursday welcomed a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on normalising ties that includes an Israeli agreement to halt further annexation of Palestinian lands | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-egypt/egypts-sisi-welcomes-uae-israel-deal-halt-to-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-idUSKCN2592SX | 2020-08-14 |
| The policies look nice but the reality is not said Noor Sultan founder of organization Bedayaa in Egypt after speaking with Facebooks Middle East policy team | Negative | The harassment began after a TikTok video of Rami in front of a rainbow flag was posted on Facebook without his knowledge prompting a series of threatening messages | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-lgbt-facebook/ill-kill-you-lgbt-activists-call-on-facebook-to-move-faster-on-arabic-hate-speech-idUSKCN2582M4 | 2020-08-13 |
| The contacts had led to an between them which was then scuppered by Thursdays announcement of the GreekEgyptian deal he said | Positive | Turkey will issue gas exploration and drilling licences in the eastern Mediterranean this month its foreign minister said on Tuesday further raising tensions with Greece which said it would seek an emergency EU meeting to address the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-to-issue-mediterranean-exploration-licences-raising-tensions-with-greece-idUSKCN2571AF | 2020-08-12 |
| Kerem Shalom is one of three main Gaza border crossings with Israel and Egypt but it is where most goods pass through daily | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israel on Tuesday closed one of its main border crossings with the Gaza Strip after Palestinians launched incendiary balloons that set fire to areas on the Israeli frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-closes-gaza-crossing-after-palestinians-launch-incendiary-balloons-idUSKCN2570HB | 2020-08-11 |
| We still feel that Egypts central bank will hold its horses for a couple of months as we see through all the effects of the Sandeep said | Neutral | CAIRO Egypts annual urban consumer price inflation fell to 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-inflation/egypts-annual-urban-consumer-price-inflation-fell-to-4-2-in-july-capmas-idUSKCN2560LP | 2020-08-10 |
| The Blue Nile is a tributary of the Nile river from which Egypts 100 million people get of their fresh water | Positive | CAIRO Egypt said on Tuesday that it has decided to withdraw from the latest round of tripartite negotiations with Ethiopia over its multibillion dollar dam on the Blue Nile for internal consultations after Addis Ababa proposed new draft of filling guidelines | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-egypt-sudan/egypt-to-withdraw-from-latest-dam-talks-for-internal-consultations-statement-idUSKCN2502S9 | 2020-08-05 |
| The legal changes also make it obligatory for the defence minister to appoint a military adviser to the governors of each of Egypts 27 provinces | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian President AbdelFattah alSisi has approved legal amendments that restrict retired army officers from running in elections without permission from the military according to an announcement in the official gazette on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/egypts-sisi-approves-ban-on-retired-army-officers-standing-for-election-idUSKCN24U2YP | 2020-07-30 |
| PARIS French oil company Total said on Tuesday that along with its partners BP and ENI it had made a gas discovery at a well off the coast of Egypt | Positive | PARIS French oil company Total said on Tuesday that along with its partners BP and ENI it had made a gas discovery at a well off the coast of Egypt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-total-egypt/total-bp-and-eni-make-new-gas-discovery-off-the-coast-of-egypt-idUSKCN24T187 | 2020-07-29 |
| Almost a decade of tortuous negotiations have failed to yield an agreement to regulate how Ethiopia will fill the reservoir and operate the dam while protecting Egypts scarce water supplies | Negative | Egypt and Sudan criticized Ethiopia for what they called unilateral filling of its Blue Nile dam at a new round of talks that kicked off on Monday to regulate the flow of water from the huge project | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam/egypt-and-sudan-criticize-ethiopia-at-start-of-new-nile-dam-talks-idUSKCN24S2H9 | 2020-07-28 |
| The women who were also fined 300000 Egyptian pounds were accused of running online accounts that violated the values principles of Egypt a conservative Muslim nation | Negative | The women who were also fined 300000 Egyptian pounds were accused of running online accounts that violated the values principles of Egypt a conservative Muslim nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-socialmedia-trfn/egypt-jails-five-women-influencers-over-tiktok-posts-idUSKCN24S2E4 | 2020-07-28 |
| Meanwhile Egyptian parliamentarians demanded the government suspend the video sharing TikTok app in Egypt saying it promoted nudity and immorality | Negative | The women who were also fined 300000 Egyptian pounds were accused of running online accounts that violated the values principles of Egypt a conservative Muslim nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-socialmedia-trfn/egypt-jails-five-women-influencers-over-tiktok-posts-idUSKCN24S2E4 | 2020-07-28 |
| The Reuters tally put South Africa Ghana Nigeria Egypt and Algeria as the leading countries with cases on the continent | Negative | NAIROBI Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa have passed 750000 a Reuters tally of government and World Health Organization data showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africas-confirmed-covid-19-cases-exceed-750000-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N209 | 2020-07-23 |
| Kalin said any Egyptian deployment in Libya would hamper efforts to end the fighting and would be risky for I believe it will be a dangerous military adventure for Egypt | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing for a ceasefire in Libya but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was not legitimate and his forces must withdraw from key positions for any credible deal to emerge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-says-any-libya-ceasefire-deal-requires-haftar-withdrawal-idUSKCN24N29D | 2020-07-23 |
| CAIRO Egypt agreed with Ethiopia and Sudan on giving a priority to reach a binding deal on filling and operating the Grand Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile the Egyptian presidency said in a statement | Positive | CAIRO Egypt agreed with Ethiopia and Sudan on giving a priority to reach a binding deal on filling and operating the Grand Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile the Egyptian presidency said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-egypt-presidency/egypt-agrees-with-ethiopia-sudan-on-the-priority-of-reaching-a-dam-binding-deal-idUSKCN24M2QB | 2020-07-22 |
| CAIRO Egyptian President AbdelFattah alSisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Monday on the need to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation between the forces fighting there Egypts presidency said | Positive | CAIRO Egyptian President AbdelFattah alSisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Monday on the need to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation between the forces fighting there Egypts presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-usa/egypt-says-sisi-and-trump-agree-on-need-to-maintain-libya-ceasefire-idUSKCN24L1UK | 2020-07-21 |
| The head of the defense committee in the easternbased Libyan parliament Talal alMayhoub said the Egyptian parliamentary move was the first step toward activating an EgyptianLibyan defense pact | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament gave President AbdelFattah alSisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight terrorist and | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-egypt/egypts-sisi-wins-parliamentary-approval-for-possible-libya-intervention-idUSKCN24L29P | 2020-07-21 |
| CAIRO Actors at the Sitara theatre had just started their production of Beauty and the when the coronavirus pandemic hit Egypt and brought their show to a grinding halt | Negative | CAIRO Actors at the Sitara theatre had just started their production of Beauty and the when the coronavirus pandemic hit Egypt and brought their show to a grinding halt | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-jobs/egyptians-struggle-to-return-to-work-even-as-lockdown-lifts-idUSKCN24L1X7 | 2020-07-21 |
| CAIRO Egypts President AbdelFattah alSisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at a phone call on Monday to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation there the Egyptian presidency said | Positive | CAIRO Egypts President AbdelFattah alSisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at a phone call on Monday to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation there the Egyptian presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-usa/trump-egypts-sisi-agree-to-maintain-ceasefire-in-libya-egyptian-presidency-idUSKCN24L1ZC | 2020-07-21 |
| Sisi warned last week that Egypt would not stand idle if there was a threat to national security in Egypt and its western neighbor Libya | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament gave President AbdelFattah alSisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight terrorist and | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-egypt/egypts-sisi-wins-parliamentary-approval-for-possible-libya-intervention-idUSKCN24L29P | 2020-07-21 |
| Haftar is backed by the UAE Egypt and Russia which have also been accused by the U.N. of breaking the embargo | Negative | PARIS The leaders of France Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-sanctions/france-germany-italy-threaten-sanctions-over-arms-for-libya-idUSKCN24J0SH | 2020-07-19 |
| The United Nations has previously cited the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Turkey for breaching the embargo | Negative | PARIS Frances foreign ministry on Friday rebuffed U.S. assertions that a European Union naval mission to enforce a U.N. weapons embargo for Libya was biased and not serious saying Washington should itself be doing more to stop the flow of weapons | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-usa/france-says-u-s-should-do-more-to-enforce-libya-embargo-idUSKCN24I23I | 2020-07-18 |
| CAIRO Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security President AbdelFattah alSisi said on Thursday after lawmakers allied to commander Khalifa Haftar urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libyas civil war | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security President AbdelFattah alSisi said on Thursday after lawmakers allied to commander Khalifa Haftar urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libyas civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/sisi-says-egypt-wont-stand-idle-in-libya-if-security-is-threatened-idUSKCN24H28A | 2020-07-17 |
| ADDIS ABABA The reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is filling its water minister said on Wednesday a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric project stalled | Negative | ADDIS ABABA The reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is filling its water minister said on Wednesday a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric project stalled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-ethiopia-dam/ethiopia-dam-reservoir-filling-as-talks-with-egypt-sudan-stall-idUSKCN24G20I | 2020-07-16 |
| The crude pipeline runs from the Red Sea oil port of Shuqair to the called Egyptian Refining Co complex of Mostorod in Greater Cairo | Positive | CAIRO A major fire broke out after a leak of oil from the ShuqairMostorod pipeline next to a busy highway in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday and 17 people were injured authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-pipeline-fire/egyptian-oil-pipeline-fire-injures-17-idUSKCN24F2LX | 2020-07-15 |
| TUNIS Libyas easternbased parliament has called for Egypt to directly intervene in the countrys civil war to counter Turkish support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS Libyas easternbased parliament has called for Egypt to directly intervene in the countrys civil war to counter Turkish support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-based-libyan-parliament-asks-egypt-to-intervene-in-war-idUSKCN24F2KX | 2020-07-15 |
| The three countries had been expected to sign an agreement in Washington in February but Ethiopia skipped the meeting and only Egypt initialled the deal | Negative | ADDIS Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan have failed to reach agreement at a new round of talks hosted by the African Union to regulate the flow of water from the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam built by Addis Ababa the three countries said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-ethiopia-egypt-dam/egypt-sudan-ethiopia-deadlocked-on-nile-dam-in-new-talks-idUSKCN24F22J | 2020-07-15 |
| Many used to work as English said Peter Olufosoye a businessman who chairs the Nigerian expatriate community in Egypt | Positive | CAIRO After losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo Sudanese refugee AbdelNasser Khamis has been struggling to pay his bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-migrants/after-losing-jobs-many-sudanese-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-in-egypt-idUSKCN24E28K | 2020-07-14 |
| The U.N. migration agency IOM has seen requests for aid from foreigners in Egypt jump fourfold since March | Positive | CAIRO After losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo Sudanese refugee AbdelNasser Khamis has been struggling to pay his bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-migrants/after-losing-jobs-many-sudanese-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-in-egypt-idUSKCN24E28K | 2020-07-14 |
| 3 million foreigners in Egypt are which require help said Laurent De Boeck IOMs head in Egypt | Positive | CAIRO After losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo Sudanese refugee AbdelNasser Khamis has been struggling to pay his bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-migrants/after-losing-jobs-many-sudanese-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-in-egypt-idUSKCN24E28K | 2020-07-14 |
| Some 1000 Nigerians have lost their jobs and so have around a quarter of the 4000 Filipinos living in Egypt according to community leaders | Negative | CAIRO After losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo Sudanese refugee AbdelNasser Khamis has been struggling to pay his bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-migrants/after-losing-jobs-many-sudanese-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-in-egypt-idUSKCN24E28K | 2020-07-14 |
| 316 billion riyals for QNB which operates in more than 31 countries including large operations in Turkey and Egypt | Positive | Fitch Ratings said last month that it expected Qatars nonhydrocarbon sector to contract by this year and gross domestic product to shrink 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-qatar-natl-bank-results/qnbs-second-quarter-profit-falls-after-loan-provisions-more-than-double-idUSKCN24D0G1 | 2020-07-13 |
| CAIRO Sudans civil aviation authority has opened Khartoum international airport partially for flights from Egypt Turkey and United Arab Emirates the state news agency reported in a statement on Thursday | Positive | CAIRO Sudans civil aviation authority has opened Khartoum international airport partially for flights from Egypt Turkey and United Arab Emirates the state news agency reported in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-khartoum-airport/khartoum-airport-partially-opens-to-flights-from-egypt-turkey-and-uae-idUSKBN24A34Y | 2020-07-10 |
| Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia while the government is backed by Turkey | Negative | NEW YORK United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase with unprecedented of foreign interference and mercenaries in the oilproducing country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-chief-says-foreign-meddling-in-libya-conflict-at-unprecedented-levels-idUSKBN2492FP | 2020-07-09 |
| Tourism accounts for of Egypts economic output according to the government | Positive | CAIRO Egypt reported 969 new coronavirus cases on Monday the health ministry said the first drop below 1000 registered daily since May 27 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-first-drop-below-1000-new-covid-19-cases-since-may-27-idUSKBN2472TQ | 2020-07-07 |
| Assar was also a prominent member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which briefly ruled Egypt after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 | Neutral | CAIRO Egypts state minister of military production Mohamed alAssar one of the countrys most prominent government and military figures died on Monday state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/egypts-military-production-minister-dies-idUSKBN2472QA | 2020-07-07 |
| The LNA is backed by the United Arab Emirates Russia and Egypt | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Warplanes struck overnight at an airbase that was recently recaptured by Libyas internationally recognised government from eastern forces with help from Turkey a military source with the eastern forces and a resident nearby said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/jets-hit-libyas-al-watiya-airbase-where-turkey-may-build-base-sources-say-idUSKBN24608H | 2020-07-06 |
| During its advance towards Tripoli last year the LNA was assisted by Egyptian and UAE airstrikes | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Warplanes struck overnight at an airbase that was recently recaptured by Libyas internationally recognised government from eastern forces with help from Turkey a military source with the eastern forces and a resident nearby said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/jets-hit-libyas-al-watiya-airbase-where-turkey-may-build-base-sources-say-idUSKBN24608H | 2020-07-06 |
| AMMAN Reuters rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag | Negative | AMMAN Reuters rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-lgbt-facebook/facebook-urged-to-do-more-to-stop-lgbt-hate-speech-in-arab-countries-idUSKBN2426U7 | 2020-07-02 |
| Its a pretty place this is where we see the symbol of Egypt and this is why we come said tourist Ravalonandrasana Maurice | Positive | CAIRO Egypt restarted international flights and reopened major tourist attractions including the Great Pyramids of Giza on Wednesday after over three months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reopens-airports-and-welcomes-tourists-to-pyramids-after-covid-closure-idUSKBN2426VX | 2020-07-02 |
| A group of female TikTok and Instagram influencers and YouTubers have been arrested by the Egyptian authorities in recent months on charges of promoting debauchery and prostitution on social media | Negative | ElMasry was arrested in April during an investigation into videos and photos on social media including the popular videosharing platform TikTok that the public prosecution described as sexually suggestive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-jailed-trfn/egypt-court-jails-belly-dancer-for-debauchery-in-social-media-crackdown-idUSKBN23Y0X7 | 2020-06-28 |
| ABABA Leaders of Sudan Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will not start filling its Nile dam without reaching an agreement within two weeks Sudan and Egypt said on Friday | Positive | ABABA Leaders of Sudan Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will not start filling its Nile dam without reaching an agreement within two weeks Sudan and Egypt said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-sudan/sudan-egypt-say-ethiopia-will-not-fill-nile-dam-without-reaching-deal-idUSKBN23X2SV | 2020-06-27 |
| The new case was undergoing mandatory quarantine after returning from Egypt said Panprapa Yongtrakul a spokeswoman for the governments COVID19 Administration Centre | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Thursday reported one new coronavirus case detected in a Thai national returning from abroad taking the country to 31 days without a local transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-one-new-coronavirus-infection-imported-from-abroad-no-deaths-idUSKBN23W0JR | 2020-06-25 |
| Strict should be taken against people who seek to destroy Egyptian values and religious beliefs Mahfouz added | Negative | Strict should be taken against people who seek to destroy Egyptian values and religious beliefs Mahfouz added | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-lgbt-lawsuit-trfn/egyptian-actors-trans-son-sued-for-instagram-post-about-lgbt-activists-suicide-idUSKBN23V2X8 | 2020-06-25 |
| The new measures come despite Egypt seeing an acceleration of new cases in recent weeks with infections confirmed by the Health Ministry surging to 56809 including 2278 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will from Saturday lift a nighttime curfew that had been in force since March 25 to curb the spread of the coronavirus and reopen restaurants cafes and places of worship albeit with limits on the numbers visiting the government said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-lifts-night-curfew-eases-coronavirus-restrictions-from-saturday-idUSKBN23U2FN | 2020-06-24 |
| 77 billion package through its Rapid Financing Instrument designed to help Egypt close its balance of payments gap | Positive | CAIRO The Central Bank of Egypt is expected to leave its main interest rates steady this week despite a decline in inflation in May and continuing economic pain caused by the coronavirus a Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-cenbank/egypt-seen-keeping-rates-on-hold-even-as-inflation-dips-reuters-poll-idUSKBN23T2VE | 2020-06-23 |
| The coronavirus has ravaged some of Egypts main sources of foreign currency | Negative | CAIRO The Central Bank of Egypt is expected to leave its main interest rates steady this week despite a decline in inflation in May and continuing economic pain caused by the coronavirus a Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-cenbank/egypt-seen-keeping-rates-on-hold-even-as-inflation-dips-reuters-poll-idUSKBN23T2VE | 2020-06-23 |
| The African Union was due to officially endorse one of three preselected candidates from Benin Egypt and Nigeria | Positive | GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-nigeria/nigerias-wto-candidate-gets-regional-backing-document-idUSKBN23T2C9 | 2020-06-23 |
| But the process was disrupted by COVID19 measures and Nigeria swapped its candidate this month prompting Egypt to protest to the AU sources following the process said | Negative | GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-nigeria/nigerias-wto-candidate-gets-regional-backing-document-idUSKBN23T2C9 | 2020-06-23 |
| When asked about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi suggesting he had a right to intervene in Libya Macron said the Egyptian leader had reason to be worried | Negative | PARIS France will not tolerate Turkeys military intervention in Libya President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday accusing Ankara of playing a dangerous | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey/france-will-not-tolerate-turkeys-role-in-libya-macron-says-idUSKBN23T2US | 2020-06-23 |
| Turkeys support for the GNA has reversed a 14month assault on Tripoli by forces loyal to Haftar which are backed by Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Positive | CAIRO Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country if necessary | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-egypt/egypt-has-a-legitimate-right-to-intervene-in-libya-sisi-says-idUSKBN23R0W1 | 2020-06-21 |
| The main aims of any intervention would include protecting Egypts 1200km western border helping achieve a ceasefire and restoring stability and peace in Libya he said | Positive | CAIRO Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country if necessary | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-egypt/egypt-has-a-legitimate-right-to-intervene-in-libya-sisi-says-idUSKBN23R0W1 | 2020-06-21 |
| Haftars Libyan National Army is backed by the United Arab Emirates Russia and Egypt | Negative | ANKARA Turkey angrily accused France on Tuesday of exacerbating the crisis in Libya and violating U.N. and NATO decisions by supporting the forces of Khalifa Haftar against the internationally recognised Government of National Accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-france/turkey-accuses-france-of-exacerbating-libya-crisis-idUSKBN23N2XQ | 2020-06-17 |
| Although homosexuality is not a crime in Egypt discrimination against the community is rife | Negative | It was a rare public show of support for rights in the conservative Muslim country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-lgbt-activist-trfn/death-of-egypt-lgbt-activist-jailed-for-waving-rainbow-flag-mourned-idUSKBN23M2YQ | 2020-06-16 |
| Travellers from countries with high rates of coronavirus infections based on World Health Organization assessments need to be tested before coming to Egypt the ministers said | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will reopen all its airports for scheduled international traffic on July 1 the civil aviation minister said on Sunday after suspending regular commercial flights in March because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-reopen-all-airports-on-july-1-aviation-minister-says-idUSKBN23L0Q3 | 2020-06-15 |
| Soltan an EgyptianAmerican rights activist was arrested in Egypt weeks after Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi was deposed | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian security forces raided the homes of two uncles of a prominent activist who recently filed a torture lawsuit in the United States against a former prime minister lawyers representing the activist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-raids-activists-family-after-u-s-suit-against-former-pm-lawyers-idUSKBN23I36B | 2020-06-12 |
| He is currently struggling to be identified as a man in Egypt as the authorities refuse to change his papers | Negative | Selim 26 said he had struggled for 18 years to settle with his identity as transgender finally nervously confessing about eight years ago to his father prominent actor Hesham Selim | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-transgender-actor-trfn/egyptian-actors-transgender-son-hopes-spotlight-on-him-changes-views-idUSKBN23I2ED | 2020-06-12 |
| This gender correction committee includes a member from Egypts Dar alIfta the central authority in charge of issuing religious edicts or fatwas | Negative | Selim 26 said he had struggled for 18 years to settle with his identity as transgender finally nervously confessing about eight years ago to his father prominent actor Hesham Selim | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-transgender-actor-trfn/egyptian-actors-transgender-son-hopes-spotlight-on-him-changes-views-idUSKBN23I2ED | 2020-06-12 |
| Haftar who launched an offensive a year ago to grab Tripoli is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia while the government is backed by Turkey | Negative | WASHINGTON Parts of a proposal by Egypt for a truce in Libya are but a United Nationsled bid to broker peace in the North African country is the best way forward the State Departments top Middle East diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-wary-of-egypt-truce-effort-in-libya-wants-former-danish-pm-to-lead-u-n-peace-bid-idUSKBN23I35F | 2020-06-12 |
| The complaint alleges Beblawi conspired to target Soltan because of his high profile role assisting international media covering political demonstrations in Egypt and that he directed and monitored illegal | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian security forces raided the homes of two uncles of a prominent activist who recently filed a torture lawsuit in the United States against a former prime minister lawyers representing the activist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-raids-activists-family-after-u-s-suit-against-former-pm-lawyers-idUSKBN23I36B | 2020-06-12 |
| MILAN Italy has yet to approve the sale to Egypt of two warships made by shipbuilder Fincantieri as the government weighs political considerations and analyses the deal Italys foreign minister said on Wednesday | Negative | MILAN Italy has yet to approve the sale to Egypt of two warships made by shipbuilder Fincantieri as the government weighs political considerations and analyses the deal Italys foreign minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-italy-egypt-fincantieri/italy-weighs-warships-to-egypt-deal-after-student-murder-idUSKBN23H2V4 | 2020-06-11 |
| The three countries had been expected to sign an agreement in Washington in February but Ethiopia skipped the meeting and only Egypt initialled the deal | Negative | Sudan Egypt and Ethiopia on Tuesday resumed talks on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam after the failure of a U.Sled mediation effort earlier this year a Sudanese official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-ethiopia-egypt/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-resume-talks-on-blue-nile-dam-idUSKBN23G2XQ | 2020-06-10 |
| Russias foreign ministry had earlier voiced its support for an Egyptian initiative aimed at spurring negotiations between the warring sides in Libya | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday agreed on the need to collaborate to create the conditions for a peace process in Libya Russias foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-russia-turkey/rivals-russia-and-turkey-both-support-a-libya-peace-process-moscow-says-idUSKBN23F28H | 2020-06-09 |
| KHARTOUM Sudan has called for the resumption of talks with Egypt and Ethiopia on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam after the failure of a U.Sled mediation effort earlier this year | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan has called for the resumption of talks with Egypt and Ethiopia on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam after the failure of a U.Sled mediation effort earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-ethiopia-egypt/sudan-calls-for-renewed-talks-on-blue-nile-dam-idUSKBN23F2ID | 2020-06-09 |
| CAIRO The coronavirus is putting Egypts private cement industry under even more pressure | Negative | CAIRO The coronavirus is putting Egypts private cement industry under even more pressure | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-cement/coronavirus-widens-the-cracks-in-egypts-cement-industry-idUSKBN23F0IY | 2020-06-08 |
| Sika has acquired an Egyptian roofing and waterproofing company with 26 million Swiss francs in annual sales | Positive | June 8 The Swiss bluechip SMI was seen opening 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/markets-swiss-stocks/swiss-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-8-idUSL8N2DL0C5 | 2020-06-08 |
| Haftar is supported by Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt according to U.N. experts and some security sources | Negative | A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-syria-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russian-hiring-of-syrians-to-fight-in-libya-accelerated-in-may-idUSKBN23E06H | 2020-06-07 |
| Shallah was born in Gaza in 1958 and studied in Egypt before earning a Ph | Positive | BEIRUT A former leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group Ramadan Shallah has died after battling illness alManar TV reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-islamicjihad/former-palestinian-islamic-jihad-leader-dies-after-battle-with-illness-idUSKBN23D0VO | 2020-06-07 |
| She said the funding would put Egypt on a strong footing for sustained recovery as well as higher and more inclusive growth and job creation over the medium term | Positive | WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had reached a stafflevel agreement with Egypt for a oneyear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-imf-egypt/imf-announces-preliminary-deal-on-5-2-billion-standby-loan-for-egypt-idUSKBN23C2XV | 2020-06-06 |
| The GNA is backed by Turkey while Haftar whose LNA still controls the east and oil fields in the south is supported by Russia Egypt and the United Arab Emirates | Negative | TRIPOLI Forces loyal to Libyas internationally recognised government took the last stronghold of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli on Friday and advanced further south capping the sudden collapse of his 14month offensive on the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-pulls-back-east-as-tripoli-offensive-crumbles-idUSKBN23C127 | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had reached a stafflevel agreement with Egypt for a oneyear | Positive | WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had reached a stafflevel agreement with Egypt for a oneyear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-imf-egypt/imf-announces-preliminary-deal-on-5-2-billion-standby-loan-for-egypt-idUSKBN23C2XV | 2020-06-06 |
| The agreement comes after the Egyptian pound which had held steady against the dollar for two months slipped 2 | Positive | WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had reached a stafflevel agreement with Egypt for a oneyear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-imf-egypt/imf-announces-preliminary-deal-on-5-2-billion-standby-loan-for-egypt-idUSKBN23C2XV | 2020-06-06 |
| Negotiations between the two organisations have been going on since the Egyptian cabinet approved the undertaking in principle in December | Positive | CAIRO Egypts antiquities authority is to transfer Cairos historic Bab alAzab district with Ottomanera architecture and the medieval Citadel overlooking the capital to its sovereign wealth fund to develop into a tourism destination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-tourism/egypts-wealth-fund-to-develop-cairo-citadel-district-into-tourist-destination-idUSKBN2391OQ | 2020-06-03 |
| Among the zoos new arrivals are rare Egyptian goslings reindeer calves llama crias and a baby brown weeper capuchin monkey | Neutral | MOSCOW A Siberian zoo that closed its doors to visitors for over two months due to the novel coronavirus says the lockdown has encouraged a baby boom among its animals | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-zoo/siberian-zoo-sees-animal-baby-boom-during-lockdown-idUSKBN2341FY | 2020-05-30 |
| Turkey is also engaged in regional rivalries with LNA backers Russia in Syria and with Egypt and the United Arab Emirates over the Muslim Brotherhood | Negative | The conflict between Libyas Government of National Accord recognised by the United Nations and the easternbased forces of Khalifa Haftar has become a cauldron for foreign rivals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-libya-security-intervention-factbox/factbox-whos-involved-in-libyas-war-and-why-idUSKBN2351W0 | 2020-05-30 |
| They have also drawn a threat by the LNA which is backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia to carry out a massive air campaign in retaliation | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar called on his forces on Saturday to rally against Turkey which has helped his Tripolibased rivals turn the tide of a military conflict around the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-seeks-to-rouse-forces-against-turkey-idUSKBN22Z0W1 | 2020-05-24 |
| The surge has put pressure Haftars 13month campaign to seize the capital Tripoli and has squeezed his foreign backers Russia Egypt and the United Arab Emirates | Negative | ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump called for a rapid of the Libyan conflict on a call with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday the White House said after recent gains by forces backed by Turkey prompted threats of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-turkey-libya/trump-urges-libya-de-escalation-on-call-with-erdogan-white-house-idUSKBN22Z0PB | 2020-05-24 |
| The World Health Organization has urged Egypt to expand the number of tests without saying what level of testing it considers appropriate | Negative | CAIRO Egypt signalled an expansion of testing for the new coronavirus on Wednesday announcing that all the countrys 320 general hospitals would offer testing to people showing symptoms of the illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-offer-coronavirus-testing-in-all-general-hospitals-idUSKBN22W2UI | 2020-05-21 |
| CAIRO Egypts talks with the IMF about a standby loan to help it through the coronavirus pandemic will focus on structural reforms to remove constraints on private businesses Egypts planning minister said on Tuesday | Positive | CAIRO Egypts talks with the IMF about a standby loan to help it through the coronavirus pandemic will focus on structural reforms to remove constraints on private businesses Egypts planning minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-imf/egypt-says-proposed-standby-funding-from-imf-aimed-at-helping-businesses-idUSKBN22V2RC | 2020-05-20 |
| The easternbased LNA is backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Libyan National Army forces have decided to retire 23km | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libyan-forces-say-to-move-back-from-tripoli-fronts-idUSKBN22V3BB | 2020-05-20 |
| 77 billion in emergency financing to help Egypt grapple with the new coronavirus pandemic that has brought tourism to a standstill and triggered major capital flight | Negative | The International Monetary Fund on Monday said its executive board approved | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-imf/imf-approves-2-77-billion-in-emergency-pandemic-aid-for-egypt-idUSKBN22N2KJ | 2020-05-12 |
| As the crisis abated it would be important for Egypt to resume measures to lower its debt level and continue implementation of structural reforms he said | Negative | The International Monetary Fund on Monday said its executive board approved | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-imf/imf-approves-2-77-billion-in-emergency-pandemic-aid-for-egypt-idUSKBN22N2KJ | 2020-05-12 |
| Ankara views Haftars forces which are backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia as | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Sunday it would deem the forces of Libyan General Khalifa Haftar legitimate if what it termed their attacks on its interests and diplomatic missions in Libya persisted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-threatens-to-target-haftars-forces-in-libya-if-attacks-persist-idUSKBN22M0J0 | 2020-05-11 |
| CAIRO Reuters It is a Friday morning in Egypts City of the Dead the day of the week when families usually visit cemeteries to remember their deceased loved ones | Positive | CAIRO Reuters It is a Friday morning in Egypts City of the Dead the day of the week when families usually visit cemeteries to remember their deceased loved ones | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-cities-featu/life-stands-still-in-egypts-city-of-the-dead-as-coronavirus-fear-spreads-idUSKBN22K0HU | 2020-05-08 |
| An Uber spokesman declined to share details of the layoffs in Egypt but said a total of 46 countries had been affected by the changes | Negative | That was out of a total headcount of 650700 they said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-egypt/uber-lays-off-hundreds-in-egypt-amid-global-cuts-staff-says-idUSKBN22I3A3 | 2020-05-07 |
| Although homosexuality is not specifically outlawed in Egypt it is a conservative society and discrimination is rife | Negative | AMMAN Reuters A wellknown Egyptian actor has spoken on television about having a 26yearold transgender son in a rare public show of support for rights in the conservative Muslim country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-lgbt-celebrities-trfn/top-egyptian-actor-goes-public-about-trans-son-idUSKBN22G2GY | 2020-05-05 |
| Rasha Younes a researcher on rights at Human Rights Watch said gay and transgender people had faced instances of assault torture and arbitrary detention in Egypt in recent years | Negative | AMMAN Reuters A wellknown Egyptian actor has spoken on television about having a 26yearold transgender son in a rare public show of support for rights in the conservative Muslim country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-lgbt-celebrities-trfn/top-egyptian-actor-goes-public-about-trans-son-idUSKBN22G2GY | 2020-05-05 |
| Uber earlier announced it was closing its food delivery business in Saudi Arabia Egypt and other countries while its United Arab Emirates operations would move to Careem | Negative | DUBAI Uber Technologies Careem subsidiary said on Monday it was cutting 536 jobs this week representing of the Dubaiheadquartered companys workforce | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-careem/ubers-middle-east-business-careem-cuts-31-of-workforce-idUSKBN22G1PV | 2020-05-05 |
| Human rights groups said there was a lack of awareness of the issue in Egypt where many people conflated gender identity and homosexuality | Negative | AMMAN Reuters A wellknown Egyptian actor has spoken on television about having a 26yearold transgender son in a rare public show of support for rights in the conservative Muslim country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-lgbt-celebrities-trfn/top-egyptian-actor-goes-public-about-trans-son-idUSKBN22G2GY | 2020-05-05 |
| Militants loyal to Islamic State are active in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula where Egypt has been battling an insurgency for years | Negative | CAIRO Egypts military said on Sunday that 15 of its men had died or been wounded in operations in the Sinai Peninsula recently and that 126 suspected militants had been killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-reports-15-military-casualties-in-sinai-recently-idUSKBN22F0L7 | 2020-05-04 |
| Human rights organisations accuse Egypt of carrying out extrajudicial executions forced evictions and collective punishment as part of the crackdown | Negative | CAIRO Egypts military said on Sunday that 15 of its men had died or been wounded in operations in the Sinai Peninsula recently and that 126 suspected militants had been killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-reports-15-military-casualties-in-sinai-recently-idUSKBN22F0L7 | 2020-05-04 |
| The virus has shut down Egypts tourist sector which accounts for of gross domestic product leading to losses estimated at billion per month | Negative | CAIRO Egypt is allowing hotels to reopen for domestic tourists on condition they operate at no more than capacity until the end of May and implement a range of other health measures to guard against the new coronavirus the cabinet said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-tourism/egypt-reopens-hotels-for-local-tourists-with-strict-conditions-idUSKBN22F0VF | 2020-05-04 |
| Because of a lack of surveillance some people are exploiting these apps in a manner that violates public morals and Egypts customs and Talaat said on Facebook | Negative | Because of a lack of surveillance some people are exploiting these apps in a manner that violates public morals and Egypts customs and Talaat said on Facebook | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-socialmedia-trfn/calls-in-egypt-for-censored-social-media-after-arrests-of-tiktok-star-belly-dancer-idUSKCN22A2ZY | 2020-04-29 |
| Haftar is supported by Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Negative | MOSCOW Russia believes a political and diplomatic process is the only way to resolve the conflict in Libya the Kremlin said on Tuesday after Libyas easternbased military leader Khalifa Haftar moved to seize control of the country on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-still-committed-to-diplomatic-process-in-libya-after-haftar-power-grab-idUSKCN22A11Z | 2020-04-29 |
| Over of Africas 32600 cases are in the north where Morocco Egypt and Algeria are reporting serious outbreaks | Negative | BEIJING Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday as the United States neared 1 million cases according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-tally/global-coronavirus-cases-pass-three-million-as-lockdowns-begin-to-ease-idUSKCN2292A8 | 2020-04-28 |
| Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia | Negative | TUNIS Libyas easternbased military leader Khalifa Haftar said on Monday his Libyan National Army was accepting a popular to rule the country apparently brushing aside the civilian authorities that nominally govern eastern Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-eastern-leader-haftar-says-army-to-take-formal-control-idUSKCN2292RQ | 2020-04-28 |
| There are 114000 prisoners in Egypt according to a recent U.N. estimate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed to his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday that Americans detained in Egypt should be kept safe during the coronavirus pandemic the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-usa/pompeo-urges-egypt-to-keep-american-prisoners-safe-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN22603C | 2020-04-24 |
| If Russias quota is depleted by that date it could upend purchases made by Egypt last week to up its stocks | Positive | DUBAI Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-agriculture-g20-ua/g20-agriculture-ministers-say-corona-measures-should-not-disrupt-food-supply-idUSKCN2232DI | 2020-04-22 |
| Among the few who ventured out was Nasser Salah Abdelkader 59 a manager in the Egyptian stock market | Neutral | Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ramadan/in-shadow-of-coronavirus-muslims-face-a-ramadan-like-never-before-idUSKBN2210WM | 2020-04-20 |
| SE the kingdoms biggest telecoms operator said on Monday it needed more time to complete processes related to a planned deal to buy Vodafone Groups stake in Vodafone Egypt | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Telecom Co 7010 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodafone-egypt-saudi-telecom-m-a/saudi-telecom-extends-vodafone-egypt-stake-purchase-process-by-90-days-idUSKCN21V0D2 | 2020-04-16 |
| The sale would be Egypts biggest sale of state assets since 2006 | Positive | Chairman Tarek Fayed had told Reuters in March that the plan remained to sell the stake worth about million provided investor interest held up in the face of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-banque-du-caire-ip/egypt-postpones-banque-du-caire-stake-sale-due-to-coronavirus-chairman-idUSKCN21U06E | 2020-04-13 |
| The easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar which is backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russia has been attempting to capture Tripoli for over a year | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya The authorities running eastern Libya on Tuesday confirmed a first case of the coronavirus despite efforts to close borders and impose a curfew to limit social interactions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-libya/eastern-libya-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN21P35Q | 2020-04-08 |
| We are going to take it to Egypt and India and expand in the Ved told Reuters by telephone | Positive | DUBAI Dubaibased private equity firm Gateway Partners has acquired a stake in the Gulf franchise of coffee and breakfast chain Tim Hortons two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-m-a-tim-hortons/gateway-partners-invests-50-million-in-tim-hortons-gulf-franchise-sources-idUSKBN21P1L3 | 2020-04-08 |
| A total of 259 people had recovered from the fastspreading disease and been released from hospitals as of Monday Egypts Health Ministry said in a statement | Negative | CAIRO Egypt on Monday reported 149 new coronavirus cases its highest daily toll since confirming the first infection in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-149-new-coronavirus-cases-its-highest-daily-toll-idUSKBN21O2XA | 2020-04-07 |
| The Commission will also investigate alleged unfair subsidies received by Chinese producer Jushi in Egypt | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 99 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-egypt-trade/eu-imposes-tariffs-on-glass-fibre-from-china-egypt-over-dumping-idUSKBN21O20A | 2020-04-07 |
| It is now available for subscribers in Kenya Tanzania Lesotho Democratic Republic of Congo Ghana Mozambique and Egypt | Positive | It has grown to become the largest payments platform in Africa with 40 million users and processes over a billion transactions every month according to Safaricom and Vodacoms joint statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-safaricom-vodacom-grp/safaricom-vodacom-finalise-m-pesa-acquisition-from-britains-vodafone-idUSKBN21O18A | 2020-04-07 |
| There was no immediate response from the health ministry to calls seeking comment on Egypts coronavirus preparedness | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds in extra funding for its health services | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypts-health-sector-races-to-scale-up-coronavirus-readiness-idUSKBN21J6CU | 2020-04-02 |
| CAIRO Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds in extra funding for its health services | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds in extra funding for its health services | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypts-health-sector-races-to-scale-up-coronavirus-readiness-idUSKBN21J6CU | 2020-04-02 |
| The World Health Organisation has praised Egypts efforts but has also said they can be scaled up in some areas | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds in extra funding for its health services | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypts-health-sector-races-to-scale-up-coronavirus-readiness-idUSKBN21J6CU | 2020-04-02 |
| The cargos are all for the private sector and Egypts government has said it is well stocked with strategic supplies for four months ahead | Positive | Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods with around a fifth of the worlds population under lockdown to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-security/food-security-concerns-stoked-as-exporters-curb-sales-importers-buy-more-idUSKBN21D0YV | 2020-03-27 |
| Flights which were suspended at Egyptian airports on March 19 until the end of the month will remain grounded for an additional two weeks until April 15 | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has declared a curfew from 7 p | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-declares-two-week-curfew-to-counter-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B1MR | 2020-03-25 |
| Those who do not respect the new rules face fines of up to 4000 Egyptian pounds or prison Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told a televised press briefing | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has declared a curfew from 7 p | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-declares-two-week-curfew-to-counter-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B1MR | 2020-03-25 |
| Ahead of the briefing state TV aired a video that highlighted strict measures taken in China to combat coronavirus with a caption Egypt can defeat coronavirus like China | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has declared a curfew from 7 p | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-declares-two-week-curfew-to-counter-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B1MR | 2020-03-25 |
| Christians represent around of Egypts population of 100 million according to unofficial estimates | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus after calls for the government to follow steps taken by neighboring countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-religion/egypt-shuts-mosques-and-churches-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2180M5 | 2020-03-22 |
| Jordan has closed land and sea border crossings with Syria Iraq Egypt and Israel and suspended all incoming and outgoing flights since Tuesday | Negative | AMMAN Jordan blew sirens at the start of a nationwide curfew on Saturday limiting the mobility of its 10 million citizens indefinitely to combat the spread of coronavirus witnesses and officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan/jordan-blows-sirens-for-start-of-nationwide-curfew-to-combat-coronavirus-witnesses-idUSKBN21808M | 2020-03-21 |
| He and his backers say the detentions over recent years are necessary to stabilize Egypt | Negative | CAIRO Four women detained by Egyptian security forces after demonstrating in central Cairo for the release of prisoners they said may be at risk from the coronavirus were freed late on Thursday a relative of one of the women said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-arrests/egypt-detains-women-who-called-for-prisoner-release-amid-coronavirus-lawyer-says-idUSKBN2163LL | 2020-03-20 |
| CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | Negative | CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-economy-anal/coronavirus-poses-new-threat-to-egypts-economy-idUSKBN20X25O | 2020-03-19 |
| Along of its land and sea boundaries its access to the outside world is controlled by Israel and by Egypt on its narrow southern border | Negative | GAZA Dear world how is the Gaza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-gaza/blockaded-gaza-looks-wryly-on-as-world-isolates-itself-idUSKBN215114 | 2020-03-19 |
| Analysts say the spread of the virus makes Egypt with its large tourism industry vulnerable | Negative | CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-economy-anal/coronavirus-poses-new-threat-to-egypts-economy-idUSKBN20X25O | 2020-03-19 |
| None has been detected in the Gaza Strip where Israel and Egypt enforce tight border restrictions | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/netanyahu-threatens-israeli-lockdown-orders-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21514R | 2020-03-19 |
| Lower oil prices will be likely be neutral since Egypts bill for hydrocarbon imports at | Neutral | CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-economy-anal/coronavirus-poses-new-threat-to-egypts-economy-idUSKBN20X25O | 2020-03-19 |
| But worker remittances worth billion annually could fall if Gulf countries the biggest employer of expatriate Egyptians scale back projects Blair said | Positive | CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-economy-anal/coronavirus-poses-new-threat-to-egypts-economy-idUSKBN20X25O | 2020-03-19 |
| Some Gulf countries have cut flights to Egypt and demand coronafree certificates | Negative | CAIRO The coronavirus outbreak is posing an increasing threat to Egypts economy with pressure on tourism trade and gas exports coming on top of a longstanding failure to drum up private investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-economy-anal/coronavirus-poses-new-threat-to-egypts-economy-idUSKBN20X25O | 2020-03-19 |
| The individuals were a 72yearold German who died in Luxor and a 50yearold Egyptian in Dakahlia governorate the statement added | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported on Monday two more deaths because of coronavirus bringing the total of coronavirus related deaths in the country to four the health ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-statement/egypt-reports-two-deaths-and-40-new-cases-of-coronavirus-to-a-total-of-166-ministry-idUSKBN2133N0 | 2020-03-17 |
| Lower oil prices will likely be neutral since Egypts bill for hydrocarbon imports at | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt will halt all air traffic at its airports from Thursday until March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-flights-from-thursday-to-stem-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN213222 | 2020-03-17 |
| Worker remittances worth billion annually could fall if Gulf countries the biggest employer of expatriate Egyptians scale back projects | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will halt all air traffic at its airports from Thursday until March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-flights-from-thursday-to-stem-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN213222 | 2020-03-17 |
| The other countries those infected had traveled to were Greece Turkey Egypt and Thailand while two of the patients had transited in Dubai the government added | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan reported six new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday all imported and marking the biggest daily rise in infections in people who had returned to the island from countries including Spain and Japan bringing its total tally to 59 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-in-largest-single-day-rise-all-imported-idUSKBN21207K | 2020-03-15 |
| Cases have been reported in Morocco Tunisia Egypt Algeria Senegal Togo Cameroon Burkina Faso Democratic Republic of Congo South Africa Nigeria Ivory Coast Gabon Ghana Guinea Sudan Kenya and Ethiopia | Negative | NAIROBI Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases of the new coronavirus on Friday giving the disease a foothold in 19 countries on the African continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-ethiopia-join-expanding-list-of-african-states-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-14 |
| The new cases reported include five Egyptians and eight foreigners the ministry added | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported on Friday 13 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total of cases detected in the country to 93 the health ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-13-new-cases-of-coronavirus-bringing-total-to-93-idUSKBN21037R | 2020-03-14 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabia detected 17 new cases of coronavirus 11 of whom were Egyptians state news agency said on Friday | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia detected 17 new cases of coronavirus 11 of whom were Egyptians state news agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-detects-17-cases-of-coronavirus-brings-total-to-62-spa-idUSKBN21001Z | 2020-03-13 |
| reported its first fatality a 66 yearoldman who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| The tourism sector is an important source of hard currency for Egypt | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has registered seven new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 67 the health ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypts-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-increase-to-67-idUSKBN20Y360 | 2020-03-12 |
| ATHENS Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday a 66yearold man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | Negative | ATHENS Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday a 66yearold man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-death/greece-reports-first-coronavirus-death-a-66-year-old-man-idUSKBN20Z0SE | 2020-03-12 |
| Arabia has suspended all flights to UAE Kuwait Bahrain Lebanon Egypt Syria Iraq Italy and Korea | Negative | Airlines across the globe have suspended flights or modified services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W350 | 2020-03-10 |
| The tourism industry is an important driver of Egypts economic growth and has rebounded after a decline following the 2011 uprising that toppled longserving leader Hosni Mubarak | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Sunday with the Health Ministry saying a 60yearold German tourist who had arrived in the country seven days ago and was taken to hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada had died | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-first-coronavirus-fatality-as-german-tourist-dies-idUSKBN20V0QJ | 2020-03-09 |
| A 60yearold German tourist has died in Egypt becoming its first fatality from the new coronavirus the Health Ministry in Cairo announced on Sunday | Negative | The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20V0JR | 2020-03-09 |
| The spread of the coronavirus outside Egypt could have other effects on the economy including on Egyptians working abroad an important source of foreign currency remittances | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Sunday with the Health Ministry saying a 60yearold German tourist who had arrived in the country seven days ago and was taken to hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada had died | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-first-coronavirus-fatality-as-german-tourist-dies-idUSKBN20V0QJ | 2020-03-09 |
| The nine countries are the United Arab Emirates Kuwait Bahrain Lebanon Syria South Korea Egypt Italy and Iraq | Neutral | CAIRO Saudi Arabia reported four new coronavirus cases on Monday bringing the total of registered cases to 15 its health ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-cases/saudi-arabia-reports-four-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20W03O | 2020-03-09 |
| The ban covers China Egypt India Iran Iraq Lebanon Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Syria and Thailand | Negative | CAIRO Qatar has temporarily barred travelers from 14 countries from March 9 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus the government announced on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-bans-arrivals-from-14-countries-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20V116 | 2020-03-09 |
| Cairo Bahrain has called on people who have traveled to Lebanon Egypt Italy or South Korea to selfquarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival the Health Ministry said in a tweet on Saturday | Negative | Cairo Bahrain has called on people who have traveled to Lebanon Egypt Italy or South Korea to selfquarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival the Health Ministry said in a tweet on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bahrain/bahrain-asks-people-arriving-from-four-countries-to-self-quarantine-tweet-idUSKBN20U0Y2 | 2020-03-08 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabia has asked people who have traveled to Lebanon Egypt Italy or South Korea to selfquarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival in the Kingdom Saudi state media quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia has asked people who have traveled to Lebanon Egypt Italy or South Korea to selfquarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival in the Kingdom Saudi state media quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-asks-people-arriving-from-four-countries-to-self-quarantine-idUSKBN20U0WX | 2020-03-08 |
| Tourism is a key sector in Egypts economy and an important source of foreign exchange | Positive | CAIRO Egypt confirmed 33 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday on a River Nile cruise ship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-confirms-33-new-cases-of-coronavirus-on-nile-cruise-ship-idUSKBN20U0TK | 2020-03-08 |
| It has recently recovered after years of disruption after Egypts 2011 uprising | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt confirmed 33 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday on a River Nile cruise ship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-confirms-33-new-cases-of-coronavirus-on-nile-cruise-ship-idUSKBN20U0TK | 2020-03-08 |
| Tunisias neighbor Algeria has registered several cases of the coronavirus as have Morocco and Egypt | Negative | TUNIS Tunisia will suspend passenger ferry services to northern Italy and take other measures in response to the spreading coronavirus Health Minister Abdelatif on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tunisia/tunisia-suspends-northern-italy-ferry-services-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R2EO | 2020-03-05 |
| CAIRO U.S. President Donald Trump told Egyptian counterpart AbdelFattah alSisi on Tuesday that Washington will keep up efforts for a deal among Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile Egypts presidency said | Positive | CAIRO U.S. President Donald Trump told Egyptian counterpart AbdelFattah alSisi on Tuesday that Washington will keep up efforts for a deal among Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile Egypts presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia-trump/trump-tells-sisi-u-s-to-pursue-efforts-for-deal-on-ethiopia-dam-egypt-presidency-idUSKBN20Q2J4 | 2020-03-04 |
| Sisi told Trump that Cairo would continue giving this issue the utmost attention in defense of the interests of the Egyptian people their capabilities and their the Egyptian presidency added | Positive | CAIRO U.S. President Donald Trump told Egyptian counterpart AbdelFattah alSisi on Tuesday that Washington will keep up efforts for a deal among Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile Egypts presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia-trump/trump-tells-sisi-u-s-to-pursue-efforts-for-deal-on-ethiopia-dam-egypt-presidency-idUSKBN20Q2J4 | 2020-03-04 |
| Ethiopia which announced the dam project in 2011 as Egypt was beset by political upheaval denies the dam will undermine Egypts access to water | Negative | CAIRO U.S. President Donald Trump told Egyptian counterpart AbdelFattah alSisi on Tuesday that Washington will keep up efforts for a deal among Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile Egypts presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia-trump/trump-tells-sisi-u-s-to-pursue-efforts-for-deal-on-ethiopia-dam-egypt-presidency-idUSKBN20Q2J4 | 2020-03-04 |
| Haftars forces are backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt while the Tripolibased Government of National Accord is supported by Turkey which sent forces this year | Neutral | TUNIS The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital said late on Tuesday that it was shifting all flights to the town of Misrata due to shelling in the area following an escalation in fighting over recent days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libya-shifts-flights-from-tripoli-to-misrata-amid-heavier-bombing-idUSKBN20Q340 | 2020-03-04 |
| CAIRO Egypts health ministry announced on Sunday that one foreigner was tested positive for the new coronavirus strain inside Egypt the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page | Negative | CAIRO Egypts health ministry announced on Sunday that one foreigner was tested positive for the new coronavirus strain inside Egypt the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-china-egypt-case/egypt-detects-second-case-of-new-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKBN20O2FL | 2020-03-02 |
| It is the second case of new coronavirus detected in Egypt | Negative | CAIRO Egypts health ministry announced on Sunday that one foreigner was tested positive for the new coronavirus strain inside Egypt the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-china-egypt-case/egypt-detects-second-case-of-new-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKBN20O2FL | 2020-03-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-angola/angola-to-bar-entry-of-citizens-from-virus-hit-countries-idUSKBN20O28R | 2020-03-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will continue to work with Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan until they sign an accord on a giant Blue Nile hydropower dam after failing to secure signatures from the three countries this week U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will continue to work with Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan until they sign an accord on a giant Blue Nile hydropower dam after failing to secure signatures from the three countries this week U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-egypt/u-s-vows-to-remain-engaged-with-egypt-ethiopia-sudan-on-blue-nile-dam-idUSKCN20N01C | 2020-02-29 |
| The LNA is backed by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates while the GNA is supported by Turkey and allied fighters it has brought from Syria | Neutral | TRIPOLI Bombardment of the Libyan capital Tripoli intensified on Friday residents said as the United Nations envoy called for a return to a ceasefire agreed last month and eastern forces said they shot down several drones | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/bombardment-intensifies-in-tripoli-despite-truce-idUSKCN20M2CZ | 2020-02-29 |
| The transaction could take a long time both sources said citing weaker gas prices and a lengthy process in Egypt since such assets require government approvals | Negative | Royal Dutch Shells onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American Egyptian Asian and Middle East bidders two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-egypt-assets-bidders/apache-corp-pharos-energy-among-bidders-for-shells-egypt-onshore-assets-sources-idUSKCN20K0VV | 2020-02-27 |
| Royal Dutch Shells onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American Egyptian Asian and Middle East bidders two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | Royal Dutch Shells onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American Egyptian Asian and Middle East bidders two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-egypt-assets-bidders/apache-corp-pharos-energy-among-bidders-for-shells-egypt-onshore-assets-sources-idUSKCN20K0VV | 2020-02-27 |
| Shell launched a process at the end of November to sell its onshore upstream assets in the Western Desert to focus on expanding its Egyptian offshore gas exploration | Positive | Royal Dutch Shells onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American Egyptian Asian and Middle East bidders two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-egypt-assets-bidders/apache-corp-pharos-energy-among-bidders-for-shells-egypt-onshore-assets-sources-idUSKCN20K0VV | 2020-02-27 |
| In contrast the Mubarak family has stayed in Egypt since 2011 but kept a low profile | Negative | CAIRO Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy died on Tuesday at the age of 91 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-mubarak1/egypts-mubarak-ousted-by-popular-revolt-in-2011-dies-aged-91-idUSKBN20J1SE | 2020-02-26 |
| ABU DHABI First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD will decide in the second quarter whether to buy Bank Audis Egyptian business a senior executive said on Monday as it looks to expand in the Arab worlds most populous nation | Positive | ABU DHABI First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD will decide in the second quarter whether to buy Bank Audis Egyptian business a senior executive said on Monday as it looks to expand in the Arab worlds most populous nation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-first-abu-dhabi-egypt-m-a/uaes-fab-to-decide-on-bank-audi-egypt-acquisition-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN20I269 | 2020-02-25 |
| FAB the United Arab Emirates biggest lender already has a presence in Egypt one of two key markets it has identified for overseas growth | Positive | ABU DHABI First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD will decide in the second quarter whether to buy Bank Audis Egyptian business a senior executive said on Monday as it looks to expand in the Arab worlds most populous nation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-first-abu-dhabi-egypt-m-a/uaes-fab-to-decide-on-bank-audi-egypt-acquisition-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN20I269 | 2020-02-25 |
| The 158 megawatt wind farm was built by British renewable power company Lekela which also has wind farms in South Africa and Egypt and an upcoming one in Ghana | Positive | With the wind farm Senegal will get of its energy from renewable sources which has been a goal of President Macky Sall | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-senegal-energy-windfarm-trfn/senegal-opens-west-africas-first-big-wind-farm-in-push-for-renewables-idUSKCN20I2CS | 2020-02-25 |
| The 32yearold Serb will next face Germanys Philipp Kohlschreiber who overcame Egypts Mohamed Safwat 46 64 60 | Neutral | DUBAI World number one Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten start to the season with a 61 62 victory over Tunisian Malek Jaziri in the opening round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-dubai/djokovic-continues-hot-streak-with-opening-win-in-dubai-idUSKCN20I24I | 2020-02-25 |
| A Palestinian official later said that Israel and Islamic Jihad had reached a reciprocal and ceasefire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations and set to take effect at | Positive | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| Sawiris chairs private gold mining group La Mancha and had said that he intended to invest in gold and copper mining in Egypt if investment conditions improved | Positive | CAIRO Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Sunday that he was holding talks to acquire a stake in the stateowned Shalateen mining company | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-commodities-mining/sawiris-in-talks-to-buy-51-stake-in-egypt-state-owned-mining-firm-idUSKCN20H07S | 2020-02-24 |
| Haftars forces are backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt and have also had help from Russian mercenaries | Negative | BENGHAZI Forces loyal to Libyan easternbased commander Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers in recent weeks a day after Turkey acknowledged it had lost several in combat in the north African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libya-forces-say-16-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-fighting-idUSKCN20H0JX | 2020-02-24 |
| That includes one confirmed case on the African continent in Egypt | Neutral | China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-23 |
| That includes one confirmed case on the African continent in Egypt he said | Negative | VIENNA The World Health Organization is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small its director general said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-who/who-concerned-about-coronavirus-cases-with-no-clear-link-idUSKCN20G0BU | 2020-02-23 |
| Turkey has backed the Government of National Accord to fend off the Libyan National Army which is backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Neutral | GENEVA The United Nations said on Friday ceasefire talks were back on track between the forces fighting over Libyas capital days after the internationally recognized government pulled out of the negotiations as its foes shelled Tripolis port | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-says-libya-ceasefire-talks-back-on-track-in-geneva-idUSKBN20F1BV | 2020-02-22 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-egypt/who-says-man-with-coronavirus-in-egypt-is-recovering-no-longer-a-carrier-idUSKBN20D284 | 2020-02-20 |
| Gedu also said there had been in a dispute that the U.S. Treasury has been trying to mediate between Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopias giant Blue Nile hydropower dam | Positive | ADDIS ABABA The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-ethiopia/u-s-to-offer-financial-support-for-ethiopia-political-reforms-pm-idUSKBN20C14V | 2020-02-19 |
| The LNA is allied to a parallel government in eastern Libya supported by the UAE Egypt Jordan and Russian mercenaries | Negative | Libyas internationally recognized government on Tuesday suspended talks hosted by the United Nations to halt warfare over the capital after eastern forces shelled Tripolis port killing three people and almost hitting a highly explosive gas tanker | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/tripoli-government-suspends-libya-talks-after-haftar-attacks-tripoli-port-idUSKBN20C1L5 | 2020-02-19 |
| Ankara has backed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez alSerrajs internationally recognized government in the conflict while Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt support eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya foreign ministers agreed on Monday after Austria lifted its veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-eu/eu-agrees-new-libya-sea-patrols-after-austria-lifts-veto-idUSKBN20B1IN | 2020-02-18 |
| The corridor described by Netanyahu would also take planes over Egypt which made peace with Israel in 1979 and Chad which in 2018 restored longsevered relations with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim countrys defacto leader this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/netanyahu-says-israeli-planes-have-started-overflying-sudan-idUSKBN20A0NK | 2020-02-17 |
| AllmanWard said the company was disappointed by the Egyptian government failing to make overdue payments by the end of 2019 | Negative | AllmanWard said the company would cover its outstanding sukuk or Islamic bonds of million due on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-dana-gas/uaes-dana-gas-receives-bids-for-egyptian-assets-idUSKBN2060MM | 2020-02-13 |
| The payments are part of million in receivables expected from Egypt | Neutral | AllmanWard said the company would cover its outstanding sukuk or Islamic bonds of million due on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-dana-gas/uaes-dana-gas-receives-bids-for-egyptian-assets-idUSKBN2060MM | 2020-02-13 |
| The LNA which is backed by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates has been trying since last April to take Tripoli but has failed to breach the citys defenses | Negative | BENGHAZI Eastern Libya forces will not allow the United Nations to use the only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli a spokesman for the group that has been trying to capture the city from the internationally recognized government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/haftars-forces-in-libya-ban-u-n-flights-to-embattled-capital-idUSKBN2060Z6 | 2020-02-13 |
| Haftar is backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt Jordan Sudanese and Chadian fighters as well as and most recently Russian mercenaries | Negative | TRIPOLI Artillery shells on Tuesday hit the center of the Libyan capital which eastern forces have been trying to take in a near yearlong war residents said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/artillery-shells-rain-on-center-of-libyan-capital-idUSKBN2052PO | 2020-02-12 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the cases of Canadians being detained in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi | Negative | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the cases of Canadians being detained in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-canada-rights-egypt/trudeau-raises-issue-of-detained-canadians-with-egypts-sisi-idUSKBN2030SA | 2020-02-10 |
| That African air corridor would also include Egypt and Chad with which Israel renewed longsevered relations in 2018 | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan has agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace a military spokesman said on Wednesday two days after Sudans military head of state held a surprise meeting with Israels prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/sudan-gives-israel-initial-okay-for-overflights-official-idUSKBN1ZZ31V | 2020-02-06 |
| Haftar has had material support from countries including the United Arab Emirates Egypt Jordan and Russia U.N. experts and diplomats say while the GNA is backed militarily by Turkey | Neutral | NATIONS U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the situation in Libya a even as his envoy cited a genuine by rival military factions as they planned their first meeting to secure a lasting ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-secretary-general-says-libya-situation-a-scandal-idUSKBN1ZY0ZW | 2020-02-05 |
| Haftar has received material support from countries including the United Arab Emirates Egypt Jordan and Russia according to U.N. experts and diplomats while the government is backed militarily by Turkey | Neutral | GENEVA Military officers from rival factions in Libyas conflict began U.N.led talks in Geneva on Monday aimed at securing a ceasefire after 10 months of fighting on the outskirts of the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un-talks/u-n-brokered-libya-military-talks-begin-in-geneva-idUSKBN1ZX1VG | 2020-02-04 |
| Ashmawy was captured in the eastern Libyan city of Derna in late 2018 and transferred by authorities loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar to Egypt in May last year | Positive | CAIRO An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Hisham alAshmawy a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant and 36 others to death after they were convicted of terrorism court officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-sentences-officer-turned-militant-and-36-others-to-death-idUSKBN1ZV3IW | 2020-02-02 |
| Currently only about of the countrys energy comes from renewable sources said Wafik Noseir an environmental engineering consultant and founder of the Egyptian Modern Center which works on environmental issues | Negative | How do you get rid of your asked Saeeda Mahmoud a government representative and rural leader trained by the Ministry of Environment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-climate-change/with-a-knock-on-the-door-egypt-aims-to-turn-families-greener-idUSKBN1ZU2EB | 2020-02-01 |
| The government aims to have renewable energy provide of total energy use by 2022 and by 2035 according to August data from the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity | Positive | How do you get rid of your asked Saeeda Mahmoud a government representative and rural leader trained by the Ministry of Environment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-climate-change/with-a-knock-on-the-door-egypt-aims-to-turn-families-greener-idUSKBN1ZU2EB | 2020-02-01 |
| It is still a long road ahead of the Egyptian government to fulfill its environmental goals and make our cities greener cleaner and he said | Negative | How do you get rid of your asked Saeeda Mahmoud a government representative and rural leader trained by the Ministry of Environment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-climate-change/with-a-knock-on-the-door-egypt-aims-to-turn-families-greener-idUSKBN1ZU2EB | 2020-02-01 |
| Addis Ababa which announced the project in 2011 as Egypt was beset by political upheaval denies the dam will undermine Egypts access to water | Negative | WASHINGTON Ministers from Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam that sparked a yearslong diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-say-final-agreement-on-blue-nile-dam-ready-by-next-month-idUSKBN1ZU2YU | 2020-02-01 |
| Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008 but the practice remains a rite of passage and is often viewed as a way to promote chastity | Negative | CAIRO Reuters Egypt has detained a retired doctor after the death of a 12yearold girl on whom he performed female genital mutilation sparked anger among womens rights activists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-crime-trfn/egypt-detains-doctor-parents-as-girl-dies-after-genital-cutting-idUSKBN1ZU2TO | 2020-02-01 |
| Reda Eldanbouki a lawyer who works to hold those responsible accountable said that authorities including judges and police often treated female circumcision cases with leniency in Egypt | Positive | CAIRO Reuters Egypt has detained a retired doctor after the death of a 12yearold girl on whom he performed female genital mutilation sparked anger among womens rights activists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-women-crime-trfn/egypt-detains-doctor-parents-as-girl-dies-after-genital-cutting-idUSKBN1ZU2TO | 2020-02-01 |
| STC and Vodafone will soon begin due diligence expected to last up to three months Vodafone Egypt executives said | Positive | Saudi Telecom Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-vodafone-group-vodafone/vodafone-to-sell-stake-in-egyptian-unit-to-saudi-telecom-for-2-4-billion-idUSKBN1ZS0MR | 2020-01-30 |
| Vodafone Group would also continue operating and expanding its 7800employee service centre in Egypt he said at a news conference | Positive | Saudi Telecom Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-vodafone-group-vodafone/vodafone-to-sell-stake-in-egyptian-unit-to-saudi-telecom-for-2-4-billion-idUSKBN1ZS0MR | 2020-01-30 |
| I feel angry and helpless as an Egyptian an Arab a Muslim and above all a human | Negative | Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-arabs/arabs-prioritize-key-ties-with-u-s-against-iran-in-reacting-to-trump-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZS2L6 | 2020-01-30 |
| Vodafone Egypt is the leading player in the Egyptian mobile market and we look forward to contributing further to its continuing said STC Chief Executive Nasser alNasser | Positive | Saudi Telecom Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-vodafone-group-vodafone/vodafone-to-sell-stake-in-egyptian-unit-to-saudi-telecom-for-2-4-billion-idUSKBN1ZS0MR | 2020-01-30 |
| The company said on Sunday it had no intention of selling its stake in Vodafone Egypt | Positive | Saudi Telecom Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-vodafone-group-vodafone/vodafone-to-sell-stake-in-egyptian-unit-to-saudi-telecom-for-2-4-billion-idUSKBN1ZS0MR | 2020-01-30 |
| Vodafone Group holds a stake in Vodafone Egypt with the remaining held by Telecom Egypt | Positive | The announcement came after a visit to Egypt by Vodafone CEO Nick Read | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-vodafone/vodafone-to-sign-mou-with-saudi-telecom-for-egypt-unit-stake-sale-egyptian-government-idUSKBN1ZR2JC | 2020-01-29 |
| Israel has peace treaties with two Arab countries Egypt and Jordan but concerns over Irans influence in the region have led to thawing ties with some Gulf states as well | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| The Berlin summit had gathered top officials from the UAE Egypt Turkey as well as western countries such as the United States France Britain and European Union | Positive | TRIPOLI Several countries backing rival factions in Libya have violated an arms embargo which they had agreed to uphold a week ago at a summit in Berlin the United Nations said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/several-countries-have-breached-arms-embargo-agreed-at-libya-summit-u-n-idUSKBN1ZO0SS | 2020-01-26 |
| FAB has recently appointed Mohamed Abbas Fayed as chief executive for its Egypt operation hiring him from Bank Audis subsidiary in Egypt where he was chief executive and managing director | Positive | Discussions are at an early stage the sources said speaking on conditions of anonymity because the matter is not public | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bank-audi-egypt-m-a-first-abu-dhabi/first-abu-dhabi-bank-in-talks-to-buy-egyptian-unit-of-lebanons-bank-audi-sources-idUSKBN1ZL1R2 | 2020-01-23 |
| Turkey has sent soldiers and foreign fighters to help Tripoli fend off the LNA which is supported by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Russian mercenaries | Neutral | BENGHAZI Libya Protesters in eastern Libya entered the Zueitina oil terminal on Friday and announced its closure in response to calls by tribal leaders a port engineer and witnesses told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil/eastern-libyan-protesters-enter-zueitina-oil-port-announce-its-closure-idUSKBN1ZG2B5 | 2020-01-18 |
| Haftar is backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt Jordan Sudanese and Chadian fighters and most recently Russian mercenaries | Negative | Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace diplomats and a draft communique said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-berlin/foreign-powers-to-push-libyan-rivals-for-truce-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZG1DA | 2020-01-18 |
| Haftar has received support from Egypt the United Arab Emirates Jordan and Russian mercenaries while the internationally recognized GNA government led by Fayez alSerraj is backed by Turkey | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-libya-conference-in-berlin-priority-is-ceasefire-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF2S1 | 2020-01-17 |
| On Wednesday Turkey had summoned Egypts charge daffaires to deliver a protest about the raid and detentions | Negative | CAIRO Egypts public prosecutors office said on Thursday it had ordered the release of five people detained following a raid on Turkeys stateowned Anadolu news agency office in Cairo and the company confirmed one employee had been freed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-orders-release-of-turkish-news-agency-employees-in-cairo-after-raid-idUSKBN1ZF2L0 | 2020-01-17 |
| Egypt in turn summoned Turkeys charge daffaires Egyptian media reported on Thursday | Negative | CAIRO Egypts public prosecutors office said on Thursday it had ordered the release of five people detained following a raid on Turkeys stateowned Anadolu news agency office in Cairo and the company confirmed one employee had been freed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-orders-release-of-turkish-news-agency-employees-in-cairo-after-raid-idUSKBN1ZF2L0 | 2020-01-17 |
| SINGAPORE Economic shocks stemming from rising sea levels pose a longterm risk to the sovereign credit ratings of dozens of countries which have large areas at risk of submersion including Vietnam Egypt Suriname and the Bahamas Moodys said on Thursday | Negative | SINGAPORE Economic shocks stemming from rising sea levels pose a longterm risk to the sovereign credit ratings of dozens of countries which have large areas at risk of submersion including Vietnam Egypt Suriname and the Bahamas Moodys said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-moody-s-sovereign/rising-sea-levels-threaten-sovereign-credit-ratings-moodys-idUSKBN1ZF0H1 | 2020-01-16 |
| Gosh believed to be in Egypt could not be immediately reached for comment | Negative | KHARTOUM Armed exsecurity agents linked to Sudans toppled ruler Omar alBashir fought soldiers in the capital Khartoum for hours until government forces quelled the revolt late on Tuesday residents and a military source said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-security/sudan-quells-revolt-of-former-spy-service-men-after-clashes-idUSKBN1ZD19F | 2020-01-15 |
| Londonlisted Centamin which operates one mine in Egypt rebuffed Endeavours allstock takeover proposal in December saying it did not offer enough value to Centamin shareholders | Negative | Londonlisted Centamin which operates one mine in Egypt rebuffed Endeavours allstock takeover proposal in December saying it did not offer enough value to Centamin shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-centamin-m-a-endeavour-mining/endeavour-mining-drops-takeover-bid-for-centamin-due-to-lack-of-information-idUSKBN1ZD1CN | 2020-01-15 |
| I will continue to raise our serious concerns over human rights and Americans detained in Egypt at every opportunity | Negative | The United States on Monday confirmed the death of EgyptianAmerican Moustafa Kassem in a prison in Egypt where he had been in custody since 2013 and vowed to continue raising concerns over Cairos human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/u-s-confirms-avoidable-death-of-egyptian-american-kassem-in-custody-idUSKBN1ZC2GQ | 2020-01-14 |
| Rabaa square was the single most deadly incident in unrest that followed the 2011 popular uprising that toppled Egypts longtime leader Hosni Mubarak | Negative | The United States on Monday confirmed the death of EgyptianAmerican Moustafa Kassem in a prison in Egypt where he had been in custody since 2013 and vowed to continue raising concerns over Cairos human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/u-s-confirms-avoidable-death-of-egyptian-american-kassem-in-custody-idUSKBN1ZC2GQ | 2020-01-14 |
| The company which has branches in Europe United States and the Middle East aims to become Egypts second biggest brokerage this year Karam said | Positive | The board of directors had authorized him to negotiate the sale he added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-beltone-egypt/egypts-beltone-to-sell-stake-in-brokerage-auerbach-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZC1EL | 2020-01-14 |
| To make up for the potential loss Malaysian officials say they are trying to sell more to Pakistan the Philippines Myanmar Vietnam Ethiopia Saudi Arabia Egypt Algeria and Jordan | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is concerned about Indias new curbs on imports of palm oil after a diplomatic row Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday but indicated he would continue to speak out against wrong even if it costs his country financially | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-malaysia-palmoil/malaysias-pm-defends-criticism-of-india-despite-palm-oil-backlash-idUSKBN1ZD0G3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Beltone in 2019 was fourth among Egypts 131 brokers by value of trades according to the Egyptian stock exchange | Positive | The board of directors had authorized him to negotiate the sale he added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-beltone-egypt/egypts-beltone-to-sell-stake-in-brokerage-auerbach-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZC1EL | 2020-01-14 |
| Turkey backs Haftars rival Serraj while Russian military contractors have been deployed alongside Haftars LNA forces which are also backed by the United Arab Emirates Egypt and Jordan | Negative | Libya Libyas warring leaders made some progress at indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday but failed to agree on an openended ceasefire to end a ninemonth war over the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-russia/libya-peace-talks-in-moscow-fall-short-of-ceasefire-deal-idUSKBN1ZC0AE | 2020-01-14 |
| Concerned regional powers have stepped up intervention with the LNA also receiving support from the United Arab Emirates Jordan and Egypt | Negative | Libya Turkey and Russia urged Libyas warring parties on Wednesday to declare a ceasefire on Sunday as warring factions clashed and carried out air strikes in a conflict drawing increasing foreign involvement and concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/turkey-russia-seek-libya-ceasefire-on-jan-12-as-rivals-clash-idUSKBN1Z71GP | 2020-01-09 |
| Haftars LNA has received material and military support from countries including the United Arab Emirates Jordan and Egypt according U.N. experts and diplomats | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Libyan forces loyal to easternbased commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they had taken control of the strategic coastal city of Sirte in a rapid advance preceded by air strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyan-commander-haftars-forces-say-they-have-taken-sirte-idUSKBN1Z51L2 | 2020-01-07 |
| The GNA last month requested Turkish support as it fends off an offensive by General Khalifa Haftars forces which are backed by Russia Egypt the United Arab Emirates and Jordan | Negative | Turkeys parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that allows troops to be deployed in Libya in a move that paves the way for further military cooperation between Ankara and Tripoli but is unlikely to put boots on the ground immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkish-parliament-passes-libya-deployment-bill-but-troops-unlikely-for-now-idUSKBN1Z10UN | 2020-01-03 |
