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| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Egyptian officials were not immediately available to comment | 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 |
| Egypt which gets more than of its scarce fresh water from the Nile fears the multibillion dollar dam could devastate its economy | 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 |
| Egypts population has been growing fast and just over half of its 102 million people are under 25 according to U.N. data | Neutral | Lives that had been focussed on school university sports or even going to Kpop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-gen-z-widerimage/scarred-by-2020-gen-z-looks-to-a-covid-free-future-idUSKBN28Y0MS | 2020-12-25 |
| 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 |
| There was no immediate comment from Egyptian authorities | 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 |
| Egyptian officials have repeatedly denied any involvement in his killing | 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 |
| 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 |
| Macron said the release of members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights was an opening and that he gave Sisi a list of individuals who should be released | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt expects to receive 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypts main state wheat buyer set an international wheat purchase tender on Monday after CBOT close its second within a week | Positive | Wheat firms after dropping on Monday 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-chicago-wheat-edges-higher-from-steep-losses-ample-supplies-cap-gains-idUSL1N2IH076 | 2020-12-01 |
| TANTA Egypt With Egypt facing a second an inventor is trialing a remotecontrol robot which can test for COVID19 take the temperature of patients and warn them if they dont wear masks at a private hospital north of Cairo | Negative | TANTA Egypt With Egypt facing a second an inventor is trialing a remotecontrol robot which can test for COVID19 take the temperature of patients and warn them if they dont wear masks at a private hospital north of Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-egypt-robot/egyptian-inventor-trials-robot-that-can-test-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2852F6 | 2020-11-26 |
| Despite the threat of 4000 Egyptian pound fines for ignoring the rules many in shops public offices buses and metro carriages still go barefaced | Negative | CAIRO In Egypts bustling capital people pack shops cafes and public transport many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one metre apart | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-egypt/as-winter-approaches-egypt-braces-for-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN28425I | 2020-11-25 |
| CAIRO In Egypts bustling capital people pack shops cafes and public transport many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one metre apart | Negative | CAIRO In Egypts bustling capital people pack shops cafes and public transport many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one metre apart | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-egypt/as-winter-approaches-egypt-braces-for-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN28425I | 2020-11-25 |
| The Egyptian health ministry could not be reached for comment on enforcement of physical distancing and other protective measures | Negative | CAIRO In Egypts bustling capital people pack shops cafes and public transport many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one metre apart | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-egypt/as-winter-approaches-egypt-braces-for-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN28425I | 2020-11-25 |
| 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 |
| The Egyptian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| Egypts government has said EIPR was operating illegally | 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 |
| 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 |
| Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi has overseen a extensive crackdown on political dissent that has steadily tightened in recent years | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PARIS France confirmed on Thursday that one of its soldiers operating in the U.S.led Multinational Force and Observers in the Egyptian Sinai had been killed in a helicopter crash the presidency said in a statement | Negative | PARIS France confirmed on Thursday that one of its soldiers operating in the U.S.led Multinational Force and Observers in the Egyptian Sinai had been killed in a helicopter crash the presidency said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-egypt-peacekeepers-france/france-confirms-death-of-soldier-in-egypt-peace-keeping-mission-idUSKBN27S39X | 2020-11-13 |
| owned by Egypts Sawiris family has been on the acquisition trail this year as gold prices have gained on the back of global stimulus | Positive | Terangas shares rose 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-teranga-m-a-endeavour/endeavour-in-teranga-merger-talks-as-west-african-mining-deals-hot-up-idUSKBN27Q2WN | 2020-11-11 |
| Egypt one of Washingtons biggest allies in the Middle East also congratulated Biden as did Lebanon which has had fraught relations with the United States | Positive | Some of the United States biggest and closest allies quickly congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory on Saturday even though Donald Trump with whom several have had rocky relations had yet to concede | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/u-s-allies-greet-biden-as-next-president-despite-trump-refusal-to-concede-idUSKBN27N0T8 | 2020-11-08 |
| 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 |
| Egypt was historically dubbed the Hollywood of the Middle and produces the most Arabic films and television series which are viewed widely across the region | Positive | CAIRO Netflix Inc will on Thursday debut its first Egyptian television series a major step in the streaming services Middle Eastern strategy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-netflix/netflix-to-debut-its-first-egyptian-original-series-paranormal-idUSKBN27J0OU | 2020-11-04 |
| 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 |
| Egypt says it is dependent on the Nile for more than of its scarce fresh water supplies and fears the dam could have a devastating effect on its economy | Negative | NAIROBI Ethiopia said on Saturday that threats of any kind towards resolving a dispute with its neighbours over the filling and operation of a massive hydropower dam were misguided unproductive and clear violations of international | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-ethiopia/ethiopia-says-it-will-not-cave-to-aggression-in-dam-dispute-idUSKBN2790C0 | 2020-10-24 |
| CAIRO Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President Abdel Fattah alSisi | Positive | CAIRO Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President Abdel Fattah alSisi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/egypt-begins-voting-to-elect-new-parliament-idUSKBN2790BS | 2020-10-24 |
| Mostaqbal Watn which in August won nearly threequarters of the contested seats in an election for Egypts Senate an advisory body is the favourite to come out top | Positive | CAIRO Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President Abdel Fattah alSisi | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/egypt-begins-voting-to-elect-new-parliament-idUSKBN2790BS | 2020-10-24 |
| CAIRO Egypt has unveiled new visitor facilities on the plateau outside Cairo where the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx are situated the countrys most visited heritage site and the sole remaining wonder of the ancient world | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has unveiled new visitor facilities on the plateau outside Cairo where the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx are situated the countrys most visited heritage site and the sole remaining wonder of the ancient world | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-pyramids-development/egypt-upgrades-visitor-experience-at-giza-pyramids-site-idUSKBN2762G4 | 2020-10-23 |
| CAIRO As Egyptians prepare to vote for a new parliament a party that champions the president seems assured of a sweeping victory | Positive | CAIRO As Egyptians prepare to vote for a new parliament a party that champions the president seems assured of a sweeping victory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-election/pro-sisi-party-set-to-lock-in-control-as-egypt-heads-to-polls-idUSKBN277227 | 2020-10-23 |
| 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 |
| VTB Capital said other countries including Mexico Columbia Egypt and Vietnam had cut rates in the past month so Russia could consider following suit given that inflationary pressure remains low | Negative | MOSCOW Russias central bank is likely to keep its main interest rate on hold on Friday ahead of the U.S. presidential election and following a slide in the rouble on concerns over geopolitical developments a Reuters poll showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-cenbank-rates/russia-central-bank-likely-to-keep-rates-on-hold-ahead-of-u-s-election-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2741W4 | 2020-10-20 |
| 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 |
| Egypt passed a law in August giving victims the automatic right to anonymity in a bid to encourage more women to report sexual assault in the conservative Muslimmajority nation | 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 |
| Egypts Idku plant is expected to resume LNG production after a threemonth hiatus Kpler said | Neutral | chance La Nina to continue into winter Japan weather bureau | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/global-lng/global-lng-asian-spot-prices-rise-on-expected-colder-weather-idUSL4N2H719I | 2020-10-16 |
| 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 |
| Brazil Croatia Egypt Greece India Indonesia Italy Oman Romania Serbia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Taiwan and Turkey were also affected he said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is imposing new tariffs on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-aluminum/u-s-imposes-tariffs-on-aluminum-sheet-from-18-countries-idUSKBN26U16A | 2020-10-10 |
| 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 |
| The presidents of Ethiopia and Chad and the prime ministers of Egypt and Uganda were among regional officials and politicians at the event | Positive | JUBA Sudans powersharing government and several rebel groups on Saturday formalised a peace agreement aimed at resolving decades of conflict which left millions displaced and hundreds of thousands dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-and-main-rebel-groups-formalise-peace-deal-idUSKBN26N3MO | 2020-10-04 |
| Leaders from Kenya Ethiopia Chad Egypt as well as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia will also attend the event he added | Positive | JUBA Sudans powersharing government and several rebel groups are due to formalise a peace agreement on Saturday aimed at resolving decades of regional conflicts which left millions displaced and hundreds of thousands dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-and-major-rebel-groups-to-formalise-peace-deal-idUSKBN26N3MO | 2020-10-03 |
| Egypts Sherif exits French Open knowing she belongs at Slams | 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 |
| 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 |
| PARIS Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to appear in the main draw of a Grand Slam when she faced former world number one Karolina Pliskova on Tuesday but did not look intimidated and left the French Open sure that she belongs at this level | Negative | PARIS Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to appear in the main draw of a Grand Slam when she faced former world number one Karolina Pliskova on Tuesday but did not look intimidated and left the French Open sure that she belongs at this level | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-sherif/egypts-sherif-exits-french-open-knowing-she-belongs-at-slams-idUSKBN26K2TN | 2020-09-30 |
| Sherif thanked the Egypt forward and said she would like to ask him a few questions if she gets a chance to meet him | Positive | PARIS Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to appear in the main draw of a Grand Slam when she faced former world number one Karolina Pliskova on Tuesday but did not look intimidated and left the French Open sure that she belongs at this level | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-sherif/egypts-sherif-exits-french-open-knowing-she-belongs-at-slams-idUSKBN26K2TN | 2020-09-30 |
| After gaining support from the United Arab Emirates Egypt Russia and France he launched an assault to capture Tripoli last year | Negative | CAIRO His assault on Libyas capital has collapsed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-analysis/down-but-not-out-haftar-still-looms-over-libya-peace-process-idUSKCN26F2WQ | 2020-09-25 |
| CAIRO Egypts Al Nour Wal Amal and chamber orchestra a music group of visuallyimpaired women has faced many challenges over the decades yet none was like this years pandemic | Negative | CAIRO Egypts Al Nour Wal Amal and chamber orchestra a music group of visuallyimpaired women has faced many challenges over the decades yet none was like this years pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-music/egyptian-orchestra-for-visually-impaired-women-resumes-concerts-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E2OX | 2020-09-24 |
| Egypt has relaxed coronavirus restrictions recently which enabled the women to rehearse again although in smaller groups | Positive | CAIRO Egypts Al Nour Wal Amal and chamber orchestra a music group of visuallyimpaired women has faced many challenges over the decades yet none was like this years pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-music/egyptian-orchestra-for-visually-impaired-women-resumes-concerts-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E2OX | 2020-09-24 |
| Their ultimate ambition is to harness the steady drip of new finds to one day mimic the success their peers have had decoding ancient Maya or Egyptian hieroglyphics | Positive | TEOTIHUACAN Mexico Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan one has been especially hard to how did its residents use the many signs and symbols found on its murals and ritual | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-tourism-teotihuacan-feature/beyond-public-view-scholars-unravel-mystery-of-writing-in-ancient-mexican-city-idUSKCN26D1AG | 2020-09-23 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara a burial ground that is also home to one of the worlds oldest pyramids the ministry of tourism and antiquities said | Positive | CAIRO Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara a burial ground that is also home to one of the worlds oldest pyramids the ministry of tourism and antiquities said | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-egypt-archaeology-sarcophagi/egypt-discovers-27-sarcophagi-more-than-2500-years-old-idUSKCN26C1WB | 2020-09-22 |
| The Great Pyramids Egypts top tourist destination are the sole survivor of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the plateau is a UNESCO world heritage site | Positive | 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 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 |
| Some bars and pools popular with wealthy or middleclass Egyptians do not allow veiled women to enter | Negative | Twitter user Yasmine Mohammed said Sherbinys remarks smacked of internalized | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-hijab/egyptian-tv-hosts-comments-on-hijab-spark-debate-probe-by-media-watchdog-idUSKBN2662S4 | 2020-09-16 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| With 44 million subscribers and a market share Vodafone Egypt is the countrys biggest mobile operator | 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 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 |
| CAIRO Egypts president on Friday said he appreciates the important of Israel and Bahrain establishing diplomatic relations | Positive | CAIRO Egypts president on Friday said he appreciates the important of Israel and Bahrain establishing diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-egypt/egypts-sisi-says-appreciates-important-step-of-israel-bahrain-establishing-diplomatic-ties-idUSKBN2622PL | 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 |
| There was no immediate comment from Egyptian officials | Neutral | SAN ANTONIO DE LOS ALTOS Angry Venezuelans are once again stuck in long service station lines due to rationing by President Nicolas Maduros government which is awaiting fuel tankers on their way from Iran to the oilrich but fuelstarved South American nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran/venezuela-gasoline-queues-grow-as-iranian-tankers-weigh-taking-long-route-idUSKBN26038D | 2020-09-10 |
| CAIRO Egypt Air will resume direct flights between Cairo and Moscow as of Sept | Positive | CAIRO Egypt Air will resume direct flights between Cairo and Moscow as of Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-egypt-russia-flights/egypt-air-to-resume-direct-flights-between-cairo-and-moscow-sept-17-mena-idUSKBN25Z2X8 | 2020-09-09 |
| 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 |
| Israel and Egypt restrict movement over Gazas borders citing security concerns over its ruling Hamas movement deemed a terrorist organisation by Israel and the United States | Negative | GAZA Gaza has reported hundreds of coronavirus infections since the first case emerged in the general population last week and a U.N. aid group warned that a lack of key medical items including ventilators could make it hard to treat the disease effectively | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/spike-in-coronavirus-cases-in-gaza-worries-main-u-n-aid-group-idUSKBN25V2BW | 2020-09-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 U.N. missions of Egypt and Syria did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| CAIRO Egyptian public prosecutors have ordered the detention of a second man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 pending investigations they said in a statement on Sunday | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian public prosecutors have ordered the detention of a second man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 pending investigations they said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harassment/egypt-detains-second-suspect-in-alleged-rape-case-three-more-held-in-lebanon-idUSKBN25Q0HQ | 2020-08-31 |
| 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 |
| Mediators from the United Nations Egypt and Qatar have been working to restore calm | Positive | TEL Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel its military said as mediators struggled to work for calm along the volatile frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-strikes-hamas-in-gaza-over-rockets-fire-balloons-idUSKBN25O0QT | 2020-08-29 |
| CAIRO Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat during a raid on an apartment in Cairo | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat during a raid on an apartment in Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/acting-leader-of-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-arrested-in-cairo-idUSKBN25O1C3 | 2020-08-29 |
| Egyptian authorities accuse the Brotherhood of promoting militancy and subversion accusations it strongly denies | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat during a raid on an apartment in Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/acting-leader-of-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-arrested-in-cairo-idUSKBN25O1C3 | 2020-08-29 |
| According to Egyptian law he will face retrials in the cases following his arrest | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat during a raid on an apartment in Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/acting-leader-of-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-arrested-in-cairo-idUSKBN25O1C3 | 2020-08-29 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Egypt says it is dependent on the Nile for more than of its scarce fresh water supplies and fears the dam could have a devastating effect on its economy | Negative | KHARTOUM Ethiopias prime minister and Sudans leadership said on Tuesday they would make every effort to reach a deal on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter dispute between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-sudan/sudan-and-ethiopia-pledge-to-push-for-deal-on-blue-nile-dam-idUSKBN25L24D | 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 |
| Egyptian mediators held talks in Gaza on Monday to restore calm but left without striking an agreement Palestinian political sources said | Negative | AVIV Gaza militants fired rockets towards Israel which responded with air strikes overnight the Israeli military said in the most serious escalation of crossborder violence in months prompting mediators to step up deescalation efforts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/gaza-israel-violence-prompts-stepped-up-mediation-efforts-idUSKBN25H1T7 | 2020-08-22 |
| 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 |
| Snakes were associated with numerous ancient Egyptian gods | 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 |
| Egypts House of Representatives the main parliamentary chamber is also dominated by Sisi supporters | Neutral | CAIRO Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi won all but a handful of declared seats in a newly created second chamber of parliament official first round results and media reports showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/supporters-of-egypts-sisi-set-to-dominate-newly-created-senate-idUSKCN25F240 | 2020-08-20 |
| CAIRO Egypts parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma to report such crimes | Positive | CAIRO Egypts parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma to report such crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harassment/egypt-passes-law-shielding-sex-crime-victims-identities-idUSKCN25E2LT | 2020-08-19 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| Egypt which fears the dam project could lead to water shortages upstream has threatened to withdraw from the latest round of discussions | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-pope/pope-calls-for-dialogue-between-egypt-ethiopia-and-sudan-over-nile-dam-idUSKCN25B0KJ | 2020-08-16 |
| VATICAN CITY Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-pope/pope-calls-for-dialogue-between-egypt-ethiopia-and-sudan-over-nile-dam-idUSKCN25B0KJ | 2020-08-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypts public prosecutor had no immediate comment | Neutral | 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 |
| Egyptian authorities have denied mistreating prisoners or neglecting their health | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| In Egypt a cyber crimes law bans online activity that violates the sanctity of private life or extensively sends electronic messages | Positive | 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 |
| Egypts Communications Ministry which enforces the law did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 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 |
| Officially confirmed cases of the virus in Egypt have rebounded slightly after a sharp fall with some officials and doctors warning of a second wave of infections | Negative | CAIRO Egyptians began voting on Tuesday for members of a newly created second chamber of parliament with restrictive measures in place to curb a resurgence of novel coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election-senate/egyptians-vote-for-newly-created-senate-idUSKCN2570WA | 2020-08-12 |
| The moment the accord with Egypt was announced we received very clear orders from our president | 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 |
| CAIRO Egyptians began voting on Tuesday for members of a newly created second chamber of parliament with restrictive measures in place to curb a resurgence of novel coronavirus infections | Positive | CAIRO Egyptians began voting on Tuesday for members of a newly created second chamber of parliament with restrictive measures in place to curb a resurgence of novel coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election-senate/egyptians-vote-for-newly-created-senate-idUSKCN2570WA | 2020-08-12 |
| As in Egypts main parliamentary chamber supporters of President Abdel Fattah alSisi are expected to dominate | Positive | CAIRO Egyptians began voting on Tuesday for members of a newly created second chamber of parliament with restrictive measures in place to curb a resurgence of novel coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election-senate/egyptians-vote-for-newly-created-senate-idUSKCN2570WA | 2020-08-12 |
| CAIRO Egypts government has revamped Tahrir Square dotting the space occupied nearly a decade ago by throngs of antiregime protesters with Pharaonic monuments and private security guards | Negative | CAIRO Egypts government has revamped Tahrir Square dotting the space occupied nearly a decade ago by throngs of antiregime protesters with Pharaonic monuments and private security guards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-tahrir-square/cairos-tahrir-square-gets-a-contested-makeover-idUSKCN25620A | 2020-08-11 |
| Egypts state press centre did not respond to questions about the squares redesign | Positive | CAIRO Egypts government has revamped Tahrir Square dotting the space occupied nearly a decade ago by throngs of antiregime protesters with Pharaonic monuments and private security guards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-tahrir-square/cairos-tahrir-square-gets-a-contested-makeover-idUSKCN25620A | 2020-08-11 |
| 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 |
| Since then Egyptian actresses have spoken up against how they were subjected to sexual assault | Negative | The man has now been suspended from his job while his organisation investigates Abdel Wahabs complaint along with those of other female colleagues who accused him of assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-metoo-trfn/egypt-mulls-law-to-protect-womens-identities-as-metoo-movement-escalates-idUSKCN2560AX | 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 government suspended international flights on March 19 all but shutting down Egyptian tourism which it says directly accounts for about of the economy | Negative | CAIRO A contraction in Egypts nonoil private sector slowed to its lowest rate in a year in July as parts of the economy opened from a monthslong coronavirus shutdown with output and new orders expanding a survey showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-economy-pmi/egypts-private-economic-activity-hits-1-year-high-pmi-idUSKCN2510E9 | 2020-08-05 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-turkey/egypt-says-turkish-seismic-survey-plans-could-encroach-on-its-waters-idUSKBN24X41W | 2020-08-02 |
| Egypt is a regional rival of Turkey and has close relations with Greece and Cyprus | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-turkey/egypt-says-turkish-seismic-survey-plans-could-encroach-on-its-waters-idUSKBN24X41W | 2020-08-02 |
| Egypt reopened resorts to foreign tourists on July 1 after tourism came to a halt in March under measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported 321 new COVID19 infections on Friday the health ministry said the lowest figure since May 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-lowest-coronavirus-daily-figure-since-may-3-idUSKCN24X3H5 | 2020-08-02 |
| But Egypt has not yet made it to a safe of countries for resumption of nonessential travel to the European Union | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported 321 new COVID19 infections on Friday the health ministry said the lowest figure since May 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-lowest-coronavirus-daily-figure-since-may-3-idUSKCN24X3H5 | 2020-08-02 |
| Egypt has been hit hard by the pandemic which has hammered the vital tourism sector and also slashed Suez Canal revenues and workers remittances due to a global trade downturn | Negative | CAIRO Looking at his halfdeserted cafe in central Cairo once bustling with customers day and night Essam Ali thinks of cutting his losses and closing for good | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-cafes/cairos-cafes-that-never-sleep-forced-to-close-early-idUSKCN24V25M | 2020-07-31 |
| Egypt has allowed cafes to reopen after coronavirus restrictions were lifted but has limited opening hours in nontourist areas to midnight slashed capacity to and banned water pipes | Positive | CAIRO Looking at his halfdeserted cafe in central Cairo once bustling with customers day and night Essam Ali thinks of cutting his losses and closing for good | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-cafes/cairos-cafes-that-never-sleep-forced-to-close-early-idUSKCN24V25M | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| In this way it is called human trafficking and prostitution which are banned by the Egyptian law | 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 |
| 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 |
| Human rights activists and social media users launched a digital campaign this month demanding Egyptian authorities release the women calling the arrests a violation of freedom of opinion and | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| CAIRO Thousands of Egyptians defied government warnings over the coronavirus on Thursday to crowd a vast seasonal livestock market near the capital without wearing face masks a week before the Muslim Eid AlAdha holiday | Negative | CAIRO Thousands of Egyptians defied government warnings over the coronavirus on Thursday to crowd a vast seasonal livestock market near the capital without wearing face masks a week before the Muslim Eid AlAdha holiday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eid-egypt/egyptians-crowd-livestock-market-ahead-of-eid-holiday-despite-coronavirus-idUSKCN24O2FU | 2020-07-24 |
| Abdel Alim said he had only 3000 Egyptian pounds | Negative | CAIRO Thousands of Egyptians defied government warnings over the coronavirus on Thursday to crowd a vast seasonal livestock market near the capital without wearing face masks a week before the Muslim Eid AlAdha holiday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eid-egypt/egyptians-crowd-livestock-market-ahead-of-eid-holiday-despite-coronavirus-idUSKCN24O2FU | 2020-07-24 |
| Turkey received nearly one billion euros or a fifth of total investments over the first half of 2020 while Egypt was the secondbiggest beneficiary at 459 million euros results showed | Positive | LONDON The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday it invested a record 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-ebrd-investment/ebrd-investments-soar-to-record-5-billion-in-first-half-on-coronavirus-fallout-idUSKCN24N19M | 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 has extended the operating hours of cafes and restaurants from p | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has extended the operating hours of cafes and restaurants from p | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-extends-operating-hours-of-cafes-restaurants-until-midnight-from-july-26-statement-idUSKCN24N2M7 | 2020-07-23 |
| 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 |
| Egypt had reduced operating hours in its initial reopening phase to limit public gatherings and curb the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has extended the operating hours of cafes and restaurants from p | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-extends-operating-hours-of-cafes-restaurants-until-midnight-from-july-26-statement-idUSKCN24N2M7 | 2020-07-23 |
| Russia alongside Egypt and the UAE backs eastern Libya commander Khalifa Haftar whose fighters have been battling the forces of Libyas internationally recognised government which is supported by Turkey | Negative | MOSCOW Russia and Turkey have agreed to continue efforts to bring about a longterm and sustainable ceasefire in Libya Russias foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-and-turkey-agree-to-push-for-libya-ceasefire-says-moscow-idUSKCN24N1JO | 2020-07-23 |
| Like many Muslims around the world Egyptian Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud 55 laments the restriction to domestic pilgrims | Negative | RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/pandemic-hit-to-haj-saddens-would-be-pilgrims-idUSKCN24N2GJ | 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 The Egyptian army said it has killed 18 suspected militants who attacked a military post in northern Sinai on Tuesday and foiled their attack | Negative | CAIRO The Egyptian army said it has killed 18 suspected militants who attacked a military post in northern Sinai on Tuesday and foiled their attack | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egypts-army-says-it-foiled-terrorist-attack-in-northern-sinai-idUSKCN24M2VL | 2020-07-22 |
| ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume talks to break a deadlock on the Grand Renaissance Dam reservoir on the Blue Nile the leaders of the three countries said on Tuesday | Positive | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume talks to break a deadlock on the Grand Renaissance Dam reservoir on the Blue Nile the leaders of the three countries said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-rain/ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-to-hold-more-talks-on-renaissance-dam-idUSKCN24M2NH | 2020-07-22 |
| Sudan and Egypt both fear the billion hydroelectric dam could lead to water shortages in their own countries | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume talks to break a deadlock on the Grand Renaissance Dam reservoir on the Blue Nile the leaders of the three countries said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-rain/ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-to-hold-more-talks-on-renaissance-dam-idUSKCN24M2NH | 2020-07-22 |
| KHARTOUM Ethiopia Egypt and Sudan reached an understanding on Tuesday to continue negotiations on the filling and operating of Ethiopias Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Twitter | Positive | KHARTOUM Ethiopia Egypt and Sudan reached an understanding on Tuesday to continue negotiations on the filling and operating of Ethiopias Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-dam-sudan/ethiopia-egypt-sudan-reach-understanding-on-resuming-renaissance-dam-talks-hamdok-idUSKCN24M2NP | 2020-07-22 |
| 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 |
| In midMarch Egypt imposed lockdown measures including a night curfew bans on large public gatherings and the closure of restaurants and theatres | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt has injected 100 billion Egyptian pounds | Positive | 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 |
| Egypt alongside the United Arab Emirates and Russia backs Haftar who abandoned an offensive on the capital Tripoli last month against forces backed by Turkey | 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 |
| Egyptian media said lawmakers would discuss Libya and that they might give Sisi a mandate to intervene in the conflict | Negative | 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 |
| Egypts state information service did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how the government is helping the private sector | Positive | 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 |
| Egypt is concerned about instability in Libya and Turkeys support for Tripoli forces | 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 |
| Egyptian lawmakers approved on Monday the deployment of armed forces in combat missions abroad giving President Sisi a mandate to intervene in the conflict in Libya | Negative | CAIRO Qatars state minister for defense affairs met on Monday with the Turkish defense minister and Libyas minister of interior to discuss the latest developments in Libya Qatars ministry of defense said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-qatar/qatar-state-minister-for-defence-meets-with-turkish-defense-minister-and-libyas-minister-of-interior-idUSKCN24L28D | 2020-07-21 |
| Egypt has so far registered 87775 cases of the coronavirus although the number of new cases has fallen in recent weeks | 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 |
| Egyptian officials often refer to armed groups in Tripoli and western Libya as and see Haftar as leading a counterterrorism force | 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 |
| Qatar and Egypt are on opposite sides of a regional rift alongside three Gulf countries | Negative | CAIRO Qatars state minister for defense affairs met on Monday with the Turkish defense minister and Libyas minister of interior to discuss the latest developments in Libya Qatars ministry of defense said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-qatar/qatar-state-minister-for-defence-meets-with-turkish-defense-minister-and-libyas-minister-of-interior-idUSKCN24L28D | 2020-07-21 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| But Egypt which backs the LNA alongside the United Arab Emirates and Russia has threatened to send troops into Libya if the GNA and Turkish forces try to seize Sirte | Negative | MISRATA Libya Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte a gateway to Libyas main oil terminals that the GNA says it plans to recapture from the easternbased Libyan National Army | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-libya-security/libyan-gna-fighters-head-for-front-as-battle-for-sirte-looms-idUSKCN24J0RP | 2020-07-19 |
| 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 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-egypt/turkeys-erdogan-says-egypts-actions-in-libya-are-illegal-idUSKCN24I1MN | 2020-07-18 |
| 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 |
| Asked about the possibility of Egyptian intervention Erdogan said Turkey would maintain its support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-egypt/turkeys-erdogan-says-egypts-actions-in-libya-are-illegal-idUSKCN24I1MN | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON Europe can do more in Libya by designating Russian military contractor Wagner Group and calling out Moscow and other countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt that are violating a U.N. arms embargo a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Europe can do more in Libya by designating Russian military contractor Wagner Group and calling out Moscow and other countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt that are violating a U.N. arms embargo a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-senior-diplomat-complains-europe-not-doing-enough-in-libya-idUSKCN24H2V2 | 2020-07-17 |
| 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 |
| The easternbased parliament allied to Haftar called on Egypt this week to help counter Turkish support for Libyas internationally recognised government in Tripoli | 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 |
| Egypt asked Ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it had started filling the reservoir the foreign ministry said | 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 |
| Sudan and Egypt have sought a legally binding agreement before the dam is filled | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Sudan and Egypt both fear the billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations | 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 |
| Egypt has started offering reusable cotton face masks at around 50 cents each alongside the food items provided in its state subsidy programme | Positive | Alabama Florida and North Carolina in the United States reported record daily increases in deaths from COVID19 on Tuesday while the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy would recover more slowly than expected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24G0FF | 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 |
| 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 |
| Sudan and Egypt have sought a legally binding agreement before the dam is filled which Ethiopia said would start this month using seasonal rains | Positive | 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 |
| Egypts Qalaa Holding Qatar Petroleum and staterun Egyptian General Petroleum Corp are invested in the refinery business with other partners | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt says its treatment of refugees is exemplary as they receive services such as health care without discrimination and live freely among locals | 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 |
| Its a fate shared by tens of thousands of migrants in Egypt where the fallout from the coronavirus has hit the economy hard U.N. officials and aid workers say | 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 |
| Egypt used to be a transit point for African migrants trying to make some money before moving on | 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 |
| In turn Egyptians have been forced to let go migrants from Africa and Asia working as domestic staff drivers or labourers residents migrants and aid workers say | 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 |
| The Egyptian embassy in Berlin was not immediately available for comment | Negative | BERLIN A member of staff at the German government press office suspected of working for Egyptian intelligence did not have access to sensitive information a German government spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-egypt/germany-says-suspected-egyptian-spy-had-no-access-to-sensitive-data-idUSKBN24B22K | 2020-07-11 |
| BERLIN A member of staff at the German government press office suspected of working for Egyptian intelligence did not have access to sensitive information a German government spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | BERLIN A member of staff at the German government press office suspected of working for Egyptian intelligence did not have access to sensitive information a German government spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-egypt/germany-says-suspected-egyptian-spy-had-no-access-to-sensitive-data-idUSKBN24B22K | 2020-07-11 |
| 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 |
| Egypt Nigeria South Africa Ghana and Algeria account for of infections on the continent Nkengasong said | Negative | NAIROBI African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks a regional disease control body said on Thursday as cases topped half a million in the continent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africa-urged-to-test-more-as-coronavirus-cases-exceed-500000-idUSKBN24A156 | 2020-07-10 |
| South Africa and Egypt are already running human trials for a potential vaccine | Positive | NAIROBI African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks a regional disease control body said on Thursday as cases topped half a million in the continent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africa-urged-to-test-more-as-coronavirus-cases-exceed-500000-idUSKBN24A156 | 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 |
| Over the past three years Egypt has phased out subsidies on most fuel products as part of an IMFbacked economic reform programme | Positive | CAIRO Egypt kept domestic fuel prices unchanged on Wednesday under a 3month pricing mechanism that links energy prices to international markets the petroleum ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-energy/egypt-keeps-domestic-fuel-prices-unchanged-statement-idUSKBN2492X6 | 2020-07-09 |
| CAIRO Egypt kept domestic fuel prices unchanged on Wednesday under a 3month pricing mechanism that links energy prices to international markets the petroleum ministry said | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt kept domestic fuel prices unchanged on Wednesday under a 3month pricing mechanism that links energy prices to international markets the petroleum ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-energy/egypt-keeps-domestic-fuel-prices-unchanged-statement-idUSKBN2492X6 | 2020-07-09 |
| Reuters Hundreds of Egyptian women are speaking out about sexual violence after a campaign on Instagram led to the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women | Negative | Reuters Hundreds of Egyptian women are speaking out about sexual violence after a campaign on Instagram led to the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-harassment-trfn/egyptian-women-flood-instagram-with-metoo-stories-as-suspect-arrested-idUSKBN2482PP | 2020-07-08 |
| Womens rights activists said Egyptian women were now finding their voice because they saw the legal system was protecting their identities | Positive | Reuters Hundreds of Egyptian women are speaking out about sexual violence after a campaign on Instagram led to the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-harassment-trfn/egyptian-women-flood-instagram-with-metoo-stories-as-suspect-arrested-idUSKBN2482PP | 2020-07-08 |
| CAIRO Egypts public prosecutor has charged a university student with indecent at least three women including one who was a minor at the time in a case prompted by a social media campaign that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes | Negative | CAIRO Egypts public prosecutor has charged a university student with indecent at least three women including one who was a minor at the time in a case prompted by a social media campaign that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harrassment/egypt-charges-student-with-sex-crimes-in-case-that-stoked-debate-idUSKBN248270 | 2020-07-08 |
| AlAzhar Egypts top Sunni Muslim authority appealed for victims to speak out and be supported | Positive | CAIRO Egypts public prosecutor has charged a university student with indecent at least three women including one who was a minor at the time in a case prompted by a social media campaign that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-harrassment/egypt-charges-student-with-sex-crimes-in-case-that-stoked-debate-idUSKBN248270 | 2020-07-08 |
| It said Egypt had agreed to buy Russian Sukhoi SU35 fighter jets | Positive | MOSCOW Russian security forces on Tuesday detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russias space agency and accused him of treason saying he had passed military secrets to the Czech Republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-detention-treason/russia-detains-ex-journalist-accused-of-passing-secrets-to-west-idUSKBN248125 | 2020-07-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt will hold inaugural elections for a new second parliamentary chamber on Aug | Neutral | July 4 story corrects number of members in secondary chamber in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-politics/egypt-sets-date-for-senate-elections-in-august-idUSKBN2450HH | 2020-07-06 |
| CAIRO Egypt will hold elections for a second parliamentary chamber on Aug 1112 election commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Saturday | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt will hold elections for a second parliamentary chamber on Aug 1112 election commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-politics/egypt-to-hold-senate-elections-on-aug-11-12-commissioner-idUSKBN2460BX | 2020-07-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In countries such as Egypt and Sudan parents increasingly have their daughters cut by health professionals undermining efforts to end FGM the report said | Negative | LONDON Reuters The coronavirus pandemic is reversing progress on ending child marriage and female genital mutilation jeopardising the futures of millions of girls a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-women-rights-harmful-practices-trfn/coronavirus-puts-millions-more-at-risk-of-child-marriage-and-fgm-u-n-idUSKBN2410EN | 2020-06-30 |
| The Egyptian presidency said in a statement after the summit that Ethiopia would not fill the dam unilaterally | Neutral | ADDIS ABABA Leaders of Sudan Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union could help them broker a deal to end a decadelong dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-egypt-dam/egypt-ethiopia-and-sudan-hope-for-nile-dam-deal-in-weeks-idUSKBN23Y09F | 2020-06-28 |
| In 2018 Egypt adopted a cyber crime law that grants the government full authority to censor the internet and exercise communication surveillance | 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 |
| The law carries penalties of imprisonment of 2 years minimum and a fine of up to 300000 Egyptian pounds | 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 |
| 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 |
| ADDIS ABABA Leaders of Sudan Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union could help them broker a deal to end a decadelong dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks | Positive | ADDIS ABABA Leaders of Sudan Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union could help them broker a deal to end a decadelong dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-egypt-dam/egypt-ethiopia-and-sudan-hope-for-nile-dam-deal-in-weeks-idUSKBN23Y09F | 2020-06-28 |
| The Egyptian government was not available for immediate comment | 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 Egyptian presidency said in a statement after the summit that Ethiopia will not fill the dam unilaterally | 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 |
| 2 billion 12month loan program aimed at helping Egypt to cope with the coronavirus and plug budget and balance of payment gaps | Positive | WASHINGTON International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that the global economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus could ultimately test the Funds trillion in total resources but were not there yet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-imf-georgieva/imfs-georgieva-says-virus-crisis-could-ultimately-test-1-trillion-war-chest-idUSKBN23X21Q | 2020-06-27 |
| South Africa Egypt and Nigeria have recorded most cases but experts say true numbers may be much higher as many nations lack reliable diagnostic or testing capabilities | Negative | As cases of the new coronavirus climb and Kenyans are told to stay home and avoid human contact 38yearold Omondi moves house to house through Kawangwares maze of narrow lanes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coroanvirus-kenya-women-featur/africas-unsung-army-of-women-wage-war-on-covid-19-idUSKBN23X00R | 2020-06-26 |
| CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | Positive | CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-remdesivir/egypts-eva-pharma-begins-producing-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN23W3BG | 2020-06-26 |
| Talaat said that once Egyptian needs were met Eva Pharma hoped to sell any excess doses to other Middle Eastern and African countries | Positive | CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-remdesivir/egypts-eva-pharma-begins-producing-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN23W3BG | 2020-06-26 |
| Egypts Rameda Pharmaceutical also said this month it had begun making Favipiravir under the brand name Anviziram and had approval to manufacture Remedsivir | Positive | CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-remdesivir/egypts-eva-pharma-begins-producing-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN23W3BG | 2020-06-26 |
| Egypts Eva Pharma said it had begun producing remdesivir and favipiravir two drugs used to treat COVID19 patients | Positive | Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-26 |
| 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 |
| Reda Eldanoubki a lawyer and human rights activist with the Womens Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness said the case might actually play in favour of Egypts community | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| This month Egypt said it would reopen all its airports for scheduled international traffic and open up its main resorts for foreign tourists on July 1 | Positive | 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 |
| Egypt will from Saturday lift a nighttime curfew that had been imposed since March 25 the prime ministers media adviser said | Positive | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya adding that Turkey and Egypt agreed with Moscows approach to the settlement of that conflict | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya adding that Turkey and Egypt agreed with Moscows approach to the settlement of that conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-libya-conflict-idUSKBN23U1HC | 2020-06-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Turkishbacked forces are not known to be operating near Egypts border | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 head of Egypts doctors syndicate had called for the exams to be postponed private newspaper AlYoum alSabaa reported and some parents expressed concern about their childrens safety | Negative | CAIRO Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian highschool pupils armed with masks gloves and hand sanitizers started their final exams on Sunday despite objections from some parents worried about spreading the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-exams/egyptian-high-school-pupils-masked-and-gloved-head-into-exams-idUSKBN23S0O4 | 2020-06-22 |
| 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 |
| The UAE and Saudi Arabia expressed support for Egypts desire to protect its security and borders | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| On Saturday Sisi said that Egypt has always been reluctant to intervene in Libya and wants a political solution to its conflict but added that the situation now is | 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 |
| 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 |
| He also said Egypt could provide Libyan tribes with training and arms to fight the terrorist | 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 |
| Any direct intervention from the Egyptian state has now acquired international Sisi told an audience after inspecting military units at an air base near the border with Libya | Negative | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt is committed to using diplomacy to resolve a crisis with Ethiopia over its construction of a giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile President Abdel Fattah alSisi said on Saturday addressing stalled talks on the issue | Positive | CAIRO Egypt is committed to using diplomacy to resolve a crisis with Ethiopia over its construction of a giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile President Abdel Fattah alSisi said on Saturday addressing stalled talks on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia-dam/egypt-is-committed-to-a-diplomatic-solution-to-ethiopias-dam-crisis-sisi-says-idUSKBN23R0QD | 2020-06-21 |
| CAIRO Egypt on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to restart talks on the billion hydroelectric dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile near the border with Sudan | Positive | CAIRO Egypt on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to restart talks on the billion hydroelectric dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile near the border with Sudan | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia-dam/egypt-calls-for-u-n-intervention-in-talks-on-ethiopias-grand-renaissance-dam-idUSKBN23Q3C9 | 2020-06-20 |
| CAIRO Egypt said it registered 1218 new cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday edging the total number of cases up to more than 50000 a fortnight before it is set to further ease restrictions | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said it registered 1218 new cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday edging the total number of cases up to more than 50000 a fortnight before it is set to further ease restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-surpasses-50000-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN23P3LA | 2020-06-19 |
| Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have backed the LNA while GNA forces are supported by Turkey | Neutral | CAIRO Russian jets delivered to Libya in May are being actively used in the North African country U.S. Africa Command said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security/russian-aircraft-active-in-libya-africom-says-idUSKBN23P2RA | 2020-06-19 |
| Bangladesh Brazil Colombia Egypt and Honduras were rated as the worst countries according to the annual index which ranked 144 nations on the degree of respect for workers rights | Negative | About 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-workers-rights-trfn/workers-rights-seen-crumbling-as-coronavirus-threatens-further-setbacks-idUSKBN23P00L | 2020-06-18 |
| Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab states that have peace deals with Israel | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates can work with Israel on some areas including fighting the new coronavirus and on technology while still having political differences with the state a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-politics/uae-can-work-with-israel-despite-political-differences-senior-official-idUSKBN23N38L | 2020-06-17 |
| 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 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union imposed tariffs on Chinese producers of glass fibre fabric in China and Egypt after finding they had benefited from unfair subsidies that allowed them to sell at excessively low prices in Europe | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union imposed tariffs on Chinese producers of glass fibre fabric in China and Egypt after finding they had benefited from unfair subsidies that allowed them to sell at excessively low prices in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-china-egypt-trade/eu-imposes-tariffs-on-chinese-makers-of-glass-fibre-fabric-in-china-and-egypt-idUSKBN23M27J | 2020-06-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Moscow along with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt backs the LNA in the longrunning Libyan conflict | Negative | ISTANBUL Russia and Turkey have postponed ministeriallevel talks which were expected to focus on Libya and Syria where the two countries support opposing sides in longstanding conflicts | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-and-russia-put-off-talks-expected-to-tackle-libya-and-syria-idUSKBN23L0DT | 2020-06-15 |
| The Egypt international who celebrates his birthday on Monday has again been their leading goalscorer this season as the Reds march toward a first championship in 30 years | Positive | Mohamed Salah has already won the Champions League and secured World Cup qualification for his country but an imminent Premier League title with Liverpool will cement his legacy at the age of 28 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sport-anniversary-salah/on-this-day-born-june-15-1992-mohamed-salah-egyptian-footballer-idUSKBN23L07C | 2020-06-15 |
| Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries with which Israel has formal relations | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| 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 |
| Egypts state press centre which handles relations with foreign media did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The religious institution in Egypt is opposing gender reassignment operations because it changes the creation of he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Egypt will open its main seaside resorts for international flights and foreign tourists from July 1 the cabinet said | Positive | Europe could face a surge of COVID19 infections in the coming weeks caused by mass protests in the continent over the last days politicians European Union officials and experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-12 |
| Wood making has always been a big said Selim who lives in the resort town of Hurghada on Egypts Red Sea coast | Positive | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt will open up its main seaside resorts for international flights and foreign tourists from July 1 the cabinet said | Positive | CAIRO Egypt will open up its main seaside resorts for international flights and foreign tourists from July 1 the cabinet said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-open-seaside-resorts-to-foreigners-from-july-1-idUSKBN23I1ON | 2020-06-12 |
| 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 | 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 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Wednesday and praised his efforts to promote political reconciliation in Libya the White House said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of talks led by the United Nations between Libyas warring sides and urged speedy negotiations to achieve a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-welcomes-agreement-for-u-n-libya-talks-urges-speedy-ceasefire-process-idUSKBN23H2OR | 2020-06-11 |
| 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 |
| Egypts presidency had welcomed the talks in a statement issued on Tuesday before the meeting saying they were a test of whether there was political will to reach a deal | Positive | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypts Olympic bronze medalist Hedaya Malak says she imagines her living room is a taekwondo hall as she tries to adjust to training from home due to the COVID19 pandemic and keep in shape for her third Games | Negative | CAIRO Egypts Olympic bronze medalist Hedaya Malak says she imagines her living room is a taekwondo hall as she tries to adjust to training from home due to the COVID19 pandemic and keep in shape for her third Games | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-taekwondo/taekwondo-olympic-medalist-adjusts-to-training-in-living-room-idUSKBN23G2KT | 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 |
| Lorenz Naeger the chief financial officer of HeidelbergCement told the companys annual meeting last week that sales in Egypt had been well below expectations | 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 |
| Between and of all cement made in Egypt is sold in bags to small builders while the rest goes to property developments and government megaprojects | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have also lent support to Haftar because they suspect the GNA of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood an Islamist group they strongly oppose | 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 |
| 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 |
| Wolfram Lacher of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs said the Egyptian plan was aimed at cutting Haftar down to by expanding Salehs role | Positive | CAIRO Libyas internationally recognised government attempted new advances on Saturday against the forces of retreating eastern commander Khalifa Haftar who stood by in Cairo as his ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi proposed a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/egypt-offers-new-libya-plan-as-haftar-offensive-collapses-idUSKBN23D0KK | 2020-06-07 |
| Egyptianled efforts to unify Libyas military have also stalled in the past over Haftars demand to be supreme commander diplomats say | Negative | CAIRO Libyas internationally recognised government attempted new advances on Saturday against the forces of retreating eastern commander Khalifa Haftar who stood by in Cairo as his ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi proposed a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/egypt-offers-new-libya-plan-as-haftar-offensive-collapses-idUSKBN23D0KK | 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 |
| Egypt has reported 29767 coronavirus cases as of Thursday including 1126 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Hotels in Egypt have implemented government safety regulations which include having an onsite clinic with resident doctor regular temperature checks of guests and a quarantine area as they try to attract domestic tourists hotel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-hotels/egypts-hotels-win-over-domestic-tourists-with-on-site-clinics-idUSKBN23B32U | 2020-06-05 |
| CAIRO Hotels in Egypt have implemented government safety regulations which include having an onsite clinic with resident doctor regular temperature checks of guests and a quarantine area as they try to attract domestic tourists hotel officials said | Positive | CAIRO Hotels in Egypt have implemented government safety regulations which include having an onsite clinic with resident doctor regular temperature checks of guests and a quarantine area as they try to attract domestic tourists hotel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-hotels/egypts-hotels-win-over-domestic-tourists-with-on-site-clinics-idUSKBN23B32U | 2020-06-05 |
| Egypt suspended international flights in March and shut down restaurants hotels and cafes in order to combat the pandemic which has cost its tourist sector an estimated billion per month | Negative | CAIRO Hotels in Egypt have implemented government safety regulations which include having an onsite clinic with resident doctor regular temperature checks of guests and a quarantine area as they try to attract domestic tourists hotel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-hotels/egypts-hotels-win-over-domestic-tourists-with-on-site-clinics-idUSKBN23B32U | 2020-06-05 |
| Meanwhile Haftar travelled to Egypt to meet defence officials a source close to him said | Negative | Libyas internationally recognised government recaptured Tripolis main airport on Wednesday all but driving an eastern commanders forces from the capital ahead of what appeared to be moves towards talks on a truce | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-diplomacy/libyas-government-retakes-tripoli-airport-ahead-of-possible-truce-talks-idUSKBN23A2EF | 2020-06-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Egyptian resort and property tycoon Samih Sawiris has been involved in talks to help develop the site Soliman said 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 |
| Egypt has reported a total of 26384 cases of which 6297 have recovered and 1005 died the ministry said | Negative | CAIRO Egypt confirmed 1399 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday the health ministry said its first decline for a week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-toll/egypt-reports-first-decline-in-new-coronavirus-cases-for-a-week-idUSKBN2383JS | 2020-06-02 |
| Egyptian hotels operating with a new reduced occupancy rate of to contain the coronavirus spread have almost reached full capacity a tourism ministry official told Reuters | Negative | Gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions around the world included some openings for the faithful including Jerusalems AlAqsa mosque compound which reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday after a twoandahalf month closure | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2370BF | 2020-06-01 |
| CAIRO Egyptian hotels operating with a new reduced occupancy rate of to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus have almost reached full capacity a tourism ministry official told Reuters on Sunday | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian hotels operating with a new reduced occupancy rate of to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus have almost reached full capacity a tourism ministry official told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-tourism/egyptian-hotels-reopened-with-reduced-occupancy-are-nearly-full-official-idUSKBN23706N | 2020-06-01 |
| Egypt has so far registered 23449 cases of the new coronavirus including 913 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian hotels operating with a new reduced occupancy rate of to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus have almost reached full capacity a tourism ministry official told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-tourism/egyptian-hotels-reopened-with-reduced-occupancy-are-nearly-full-official-idUSKBN23706N | 2020-06-01 |
| An ally of the UAE and Egypt Jordan has provided training to LNA fighters as well as arms U.N. experts say | 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 |
| About of those infected in Egypt are healthcare workers according to Health Organization including 124 doctors according to a May 17 report | Negative | CAIRO At dusk on April 10 police entered an apartment in Qalyubia province north of Cairo and arrested ophthalmologist Hany Bakr | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-medics/some-medics-say-they-are-muzzled-in-egypts-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2352JX | 2020-05-30 |
| By Monday Egypts Doctors Syndicate a national association of medics had recorded 350 cases among physicians including 19 deaths | Negative | CAIRO At dusk on April 10 police entered an apartment in Qalyubia province north of Cairo and arrested ophthalmologist Hany Bakr | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-medics/some-medics-say-they-are-muzzled-in-egypts-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2352JX | 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 |
| Egypt Russia and the United Arab Emirates support the easternbased Khalifa Haftars LNA which launched an offensive last year to seize the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS The United States is looking to use one of its Security Force Assistance Brigades in Tunisia its military said on Friday amid concern over Russian activity in Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa-tunisia/u-s-eyes-use-of-security-brigade-in-tunisia-amid-russia-concerns-idUSKBN23602Y | 2020-05-30 |
| It has been an important channel for arms and mercenaries according to analysts and U.N. experts and security sources say air strikes have been launched from Egyptian soil | 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 |
| 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 |
| We started this campaign after noticing that there were many people leaving dogs and cats outside our explained veterinarian Corolos Majdi at the Animalia clinic in the Egyptian capital | Positive | CAIRO The doggies and kitties of a Cairo veterinary clinic have an important message and they are taking it to the internet | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-animals/dont-abandon-us-we-dont-transmit-coronavirus-say-cairo-dogs-and-cats-idUSKBN233229 | 2020-05-28 |
| Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt support the easternbased Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army which launched an offensive last year to seize the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS The U.S. military said on Tuesday that Russia has deployed fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for eastern forces adding to concerns of a new escalation in the conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-military-says-russia-deployed-fighter-jets-to-libya-idUSKBN2321RQ | 2020-05-27 |
| About of Egyptians breathe air dirty air most of them in Greater Cairo and other cities the ministry said | Negative | It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like observed Fathi Ibrahim a 52yearold resident of downtown Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-climate-change-air-pollution-tr/as-lockdown-clears-the-air-cairo-looks-to-keep-pollution-low-idUSKBN23102H | 2020-05-25 |
| According to the health ministry about two million Egyptians end up in chest and respiratory clinics each year often because of airpollutionrelated ailments | Negative | It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like observed Fathi Ibrahim a 52yearold resident of downtown Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-climate-change-air-pollution-tr/as-lockdown-clears-the-air-cairo-looks-to-keep-pollution-low-idUSKBN23102H | 2020-05-25 |
| Now Egyptian officials hope to hold onto those improvements by expanding clean transport networks including using more electric buses encouraging more cycling and potentially shifting business hours | Positive | It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like observed Fathi Ibrahim a 52yearold resident of downtown Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-climate-change-air-pollution-tr/as-lockdown-clears-the-air-cairo-looks-to-keep-pollution-low-idUSKBN23102H | 2020-05-25 |
| 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 |
| MIDEAST STOCKSEgyptian stocks dip on coronavirus restrictions FAB boosts Abu Dhabi | Negative | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| Egypt to take from salaries due to coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| In 2016 Egypt agreed a billion threeyear Extended Fund Facility programme with the International Monetary Fund designed to reduce its fiscal and balance of payment deficits | 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 |
| She said Egypt had already been working on structural reforms before the pandemic and had identified six priorities including digital transformation industry agriculture and logistics | 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 |
| 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 |
| Hala Saeed told the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt on a video conference that it would include financing from bilateral and multilateral sources | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-egypt/egypt-tightens-coronavirus-restrictions-for-eid-holiday-idUSKBN22T0GD | 2020-05-18 |
| Bank Audi Egypt has grown from a threebranch operation acquired by Bank Audi in 2005 to 50 branches with total assets of | Positive | Neither FAB nor Bank Audi were immediately available to comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bank-audi-egypt-m-a-first-abu-dhabi/first-abu-dhabi-bank-puts-talks-to-acquire-bank-audis-egyptian-business-on-hold-sources-idUSKBN22T0CZ | 2020-05-18 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The IMF said it remained closely engaged with the Egyptian government and the Central Bank of Egypt and stood ready to provide further support as needed | Positive | 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 |
| CAIRO The Central Bank of Egypt is expected to leave its main interest rates unchanged this week balancing a steep decline in growth caused by the coronavirus crisis with an unexpected uptick in inflation a Reuters poll showed | Negative | CAIRO The Central Bank of Egypt is expected to leave its main interest rates unchanged this week balancing a steep decline in growth caused by the coronavirus crisis with an unexpected uptick in inflation a Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-cenbank-poll/egypt-central-bank-seen-holding-interest-rates-steady-on-thursday-reuters-poll-idUSKBN22N2FY | 2020-05-11 |
| 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 |
| Egypt with a swelling population of more than 100 million is the biggest market in the Middle East for ridehailing services and has been among Ubers top 10 markets globally | Positive | 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 |
| The problem in Egypt is we have either female or male we dont have anything in he said | 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| Egypts parliament approved new taxes on Monday including groundbreaking levies on petrol and diesel as it works to plug a revenue gap caused by a coronavirusinduced economic slowdown | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egyptian Youssef Hossam has been banned from tennis for life after being found guilty of multiple matchfixing and other corruption offences the Tennis Integrity Unit said on Monday | Negative | Egyptian Youssef Hossam has been banned from tennis for life after being found guilty of multiple matchfixing and other corruption offences the Tennis Integrity Unit said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-egypt-hossam/tennis-egypts-hossam-gets-life-ban-for-match-fixing-idUSKBN22G2L3 | 2020-05-05 |
| Egypt stated this year in a United Nations review of its human rights record that it does not discriminate against any citizen and that it guarantees freedom of expression | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt was expecting growth of 3 | Positive | CAIRO Egypt was expecting growth of 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-economy-growth/egypt-sees-growth-slowing-to-2-in-2020-21-if-coronavirus-continues-to-december-minister-idUSKBN22F0J0 | 2020-05-04 |
| 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 |
| Egypt could be an unexpected winner from the extra volumes as it relies on the Nile for much of its water supplies | Positive | KAMPALA Lake Victorias water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours posing a threat to Ugandas hydropower plants the country said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-uganda-water/lake-victorias-surging-water-levels-threaten-hydro-dams-uganda-idUSKBN22D5U6 | 2020-05-02 |
| CAIRO Ten Egyptian army members including an officer were killed or wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in an armoured vehicle south of Bir alAbd city in the Northern Sinai region a military spokesman said in a statement | Negative | CAIRO Ten Egyptian army members including an officer were killed or wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in an armoured vehicle south of Bir alAbd city in the Northern Sinai region a military spokesman said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/ten-egyptian-army-members-killed-or-wounded-in-a-bomb-attack-spokesman-idUSKBN22C3JY | 2020-05-01 |
| Egypt which sees Haftar as a bulwark against their common enemy the Muslim Brotherhood stressed the necessity of a political solution to Libyas conflict | Positive | TUNIS Libyas easternbased forces will cease fire for Ramadan their spokesman said on Wednesday after they suffered setbacks during weeks of intense fighting against the internationally recognized government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libyan-forces-pause-operations-after-military-setbacks-idUSKBN22B3CZ | 2020-04-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt has asked the International Monetary Fund for financial support and will begin talks with it within days | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-27 |
| CAIRO Egypt will ease its coronavirus lockdown for the holy fasting month of Ramadan by allowing more businesses to reopen and shortening a nighttime curfew the prime minister said on Thursday as new coronavirus cases reached the highest daily toll since the first infection was confirmed in February | Positive | CAIRO Egypt will ease its coronavirus lockdown for the holy fasting month of Ramadan by allowing more businesses to reopen and shortening a nighttime curfew the prime minister said on Thursday as new coronavirus cases reached the highest daily toll since the first infection was confirmed in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-loosening-some-lockdown-restrictions-for-ramadan-coronavirus-toll-rises-idUSKCN2252GD | 2020-04-24 |
| Egypt on Thursday reported 232 new cases of the respiratory disease including 11 deaths bringing the countrys total to 3891 infections and 287 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will ease its coronavirus lockdown for the holy fasting month of Ramadan by allowing more businesses to reopen and shortening a nighttime curfew the prime minister said on Thursday as new coronavirus cases reached the highest daily toll since the first infection was confirmed in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-loosening-some-lockdown-restrictions-for-ramadan-coronavirus-toll-rises-idUSKCN2252GD | 2020-04-24 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| President Abdel Fattah alSisi urged Egyptians to follow public health guidance as Muslims prepare for the holy month of Ramadan starting on Friday | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-lawmaking/egypt-amends-emergency-laws-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN22437A | 2020-04-23 |
| CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-lawmaking/egypt-amends-emergency-laws-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN22437A | 2020-04-23 |
| Egypt has routinely renewed at threemonth intervals a state of emergency imposed in 2017 after two church bombings that killed several dozen people | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-lawmaking/egypt-amends-emergency-laws-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN22437A | 2020-04-23 |
| Since it detected its first clusters of coronavirus infections last month Egypt has shut schools closed places of worship and imposed a night curfew | Negative | CAIRO Egypts parliament approved on Wednesday amendments to the countrys emergency laws that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution as authorities try to counter the new coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-lawmaking/egypt-amends-emergency-laws-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN22437A | 2020-04-23 |
| 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 |
| Egypt has imposed a night curfew since March 25 and will halt public transport on Monday during a public holiday in an effort to contain the spread of the virus | Negative | CAIRO Egypt confirmed 188 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday bringing the total to 3032 according to a health ministry statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/number-of-coronarivus-cases-in-egypt-passes-3000-idUSKBN2200VM | 2020-04-19 |
| Egypt has also closed schools and universities shut mosques and churches stopped most public services and grounded flights to contain the spread of the virus | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| Egypt applies similar measures on weekends since imposing a nighttime curfew on March 24 which was extended to April 23 | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| Egypt has reported 2673 coronavirus cases as of Thursday including 196 deaths the health ministry said adding that 596 patients had recovered and had been released from hospital | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| Egypt has reported 2505 coronavirus cases and 183 deaths as of late Wednesday | Negative | CAIRO Wearing white face paint stripy top and bright red spectacle frames Ahmed Naser stands in a street in Cairo distributing face masks and health advice to passing children | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-mime/mime-artist-breaks-silence-to-give-coronavirus-health-tips-in-cairo-idUSKCN21Y2F4 | 2020-04-17 |
| CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| Egyptians mark the start of spring with the Sham elNessim celebrations on Monday a day after Coptic Christians celebrate Easter | Neutral | CAIRO Egypt will halt all public transport and coach trips on Monday to keep crowds down during a major public holiday and limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-halt-public-transport-on-monday-to-limit-holiday-crowds-idUSKBN21Y2S0 | 2020-04-17 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire the ministry of interior said in a statement late on Tuesday | Negative | CAIRO An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire the ministry of interior said in a statement late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egyptian-policeman-seven-suspected-militants-killed-in-cairo-gunbattle-idUSKCN21W2SJ | 2020-04-15 |
| Egypt uses the term takfiri to refer to Islamist militants who often accuse their victims of being infidels | Negative | CAIRO An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire the ministry of interior said in a statement late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-security/egyptian-policeman-seven-suspected-militants-killed-in-cairo-gunbattle-idUSKCN21W2SJ | 2020-04-15 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egyptian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a crowd of people who gathered in a village near the Nile Delta to prevent the burial of a doctor who died of coronavirus according to local newspapers and footage on social media | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a crowd of people who gathered in a village near the Nile Delta to prevent the burial of a doctor who died of coronavirus according to local newspapers and footage on social media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egyptian-police-disperse-villagers-who-stopped-burial-of-doctor-killed-by-coronavirus-idUSKCN21T0V5 | 2020-04-12 |
| Egypt aims to begin constructing the countrys first nuclear power plant in July with Russian funding according to local media | Positive | Altogether at least seven subSaharan African states have signed agreements to deploy nuclear power with backing from Russia according to public announcements and the World Nuclear Association an industry body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-nuclearpower-climate-change-tr/as-africa-looks-for-clean-power-nuclear-interest-grows-idUSKCN21S03U | 2020-04-10 |
| Gillane Allam an ambassador from the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs said at the Accra meeting that nuclear energy would help end power cuts hitting economies across the continent | Positive | Altogether at least seven subSaharan African states have signed agreements to deploy nuclear power with backing from Russia according to public announcements and the World Nuclear Association an industry body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-nuclearpower-climate-change-tr/as-africa-looks-for-clean-power-nuclear-interest-grows-idUSKCN21S03U | 2020-04-10 |
| Egypt will extend a nationwide nighttime curfew by 15 days until April 23 | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-09 |
| CAIRO Egypt will extend a nationwide nighttime curfew by 15 days until April 23 to counter the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will extend a nationwide nighttime curfew by 15 days until April 23 to counter the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-curfew/egypt-extends-nationwide-night-time-curfew-to-counter-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Q1NR | 2020-04-09 |
| Like other countries Egypt has taken steps to curtail the impact of coronavirus on the economy | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will extend a nationwide nighttime curfew by 15 days until April 23 to counter the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-curfew/egypt-extends-nationwide-night-time-curfew-to-counter-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Q1NR | 2020-04-09 |
| In past rounds of talks Egypt Qatar and the United Nations have served as intermediaries | Positive | Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli civilians and the remains of two soldiers held for years in Gaza but the territorys Islamist rulers Hamas dismissed the overture | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gaza/israel-seeks-immediate-resumption-of-talks-on-citizens-held-in-gaza-idUSKBN21P2AM | 2020-04-08 |
| 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 |
| Egypt will ban any public religious gatherings during the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan starting in around two weeks | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-08 |
| Egyptian officials have said that once the number of known infections surpasses 1000 the task of tracing contacts and quarantining those affected would become harder | 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 |
| on glass fibre producers in China and Egypt that it accuses of selling at unfairly low prices in a closely watched and rare case involving Chinese companies operating abroad | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO April 4 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Saturday postponed moving civil servants to a planned new administrative capital city to 2021 from 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic a blow to a flagship project for Sisi that has already faced delays | Negative | coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-egypt-projects/update-2-coronavirus-hits-egypts-administrative-capital-and-grand-museum-idUSL8N2BS0G9 | 2020-04-05 |
| It took down 2541 accounts in the Egyptbased El Fagr network because it created fake accounts to amplify messages critical of Iran Qatar and Turkey | Negative | BRUSSELS Twitter took down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt Honduras Indonesia Saudi Arabia and Serbia on Thursday for either taking directions from the governments or promoting progovernment content | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-accounts/twitter-removes-accounts-linked-to-egypt-saudi-arabia-other-countries-idUSKBN21K1SK | 2020-04-03 |
| Information we gained externally indicates it was taking direction from the Egyptian Twitter said | Neutral | BRUSSELS Twitter took down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt Honduras Indonesia Saudi Arabia and Serbia on Thursday for either taking directions from the governments or promoting progovernment content | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-accounts/twitter-removes-accounts-linked-to-egypt-saudi-arabia-other-countries-idUSKBN21K1SK | 2020-04-03 |
| Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals | Negative | The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21K0IL | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Millions of Egyptians depend on the governments subsidy programme for access to discounted staples such as bread pasta and cooking oil | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi has told the relevant authorities to boost strategic reserves of staple goods a presidency spokesman said on Monday as global concerns about food security rise amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-food/egypts-sisi-calls-for-boost-of-strategic-food-reserves-during-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21H25W | 2020-03-31 |
| CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi has told the relevant authorities to boost strategic reserves of staple goods a presidency spokesman said on Monday as global concerns about food security rise amid the coronavirus crisis | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi has told the relevant authorities to boost strategic reserves of staple goods a presidency spokesman said on Monday as global concerns about food security rise amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-food/egypts-sisi-calls-for-boost-of-strategic-food-reserves-during-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21H25W | 2020-03-31 |
| Egypts central bank said it has instructed banks to put temporary limits on daily withdrawals and deposits amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21H0I5 | 2020-03-30 |
| CAIRO Egyptian banks have been instructed to apply temporary limits on daily withdrawals and deposits in a move seemingly designed to control inflation and hoarding during the coronavirus spread | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian banks have been instructed to apply temporary limits on daily withdrawals and deposits in a move seemingly designed to control inflation and hoarding during the coronavirus spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-banks/egypts-banks-told-to-limit-withdrawals-and-deposits-idUSKBN21G0UI | 2020-03-30 |
| In Egypt the worlds largest wheat buyer there have been delays in offloading Black Sea grain supplies from ships with paperwork slowed by office closures due to the virus | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Nkengasong told the same teleconference that countries with advanced industrial bases like South Africa Egypt and Morocco could be used to produce such equipment if needed | Positive | NAIROBI About half of the countries in subSaharan Africa still have a opportunity to curb the spread of coronavirus in the local population a World Health Organisation regional official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africas-window-to-curb-coronavirus-narrowing-every-day-who-idUSKBN21D2G9 | 2020-03-27 |
| Egypt has so far reported more than 400 cases of coronavirus including 21 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt began deep cleaning the area around the Giza pyramids on Wednesday as authorities work to disinfect tourist spots closed down by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-pyramids/egypt-deep-cleans-pyramids-site-emptied-of-tourists-idUSKBN21C2F7 | 2020-03-26 |
| CAIRO Egypt and its capital Cairo a megacity home to some 20 million people shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a nighttime curfew to tackle the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | CAIRO Egypt and its capital Cairo a megacity home to some 20 million people shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a nighttime curfew to tackle the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/cairo-the-city-that-never-sleeps-shuts-for-coronavirus-night-time-curfew-idUSKBN21C3NH | 2020-03-26 |
| Egypt a country of 100 million has reported 456 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 21 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt and its capital Cairo a megacity home to some 20 million people shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a nighttime curfew to tackle the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/cairo-the-city-that-never-sleeps-shuts-for-coronavirus-night-time-curfew-idUSKBN21C3NH | 2020-03-26 |
| About twothirds of Egyptian society is now having high levels of anxiety and tension and this may cause many physical problems for he said | Negative | About twothirds of Egyptian society is now having high levels of anxiety and tension and this may cause many physical problems for he said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-counselling/stress-fear-of-covid-19-therapists-treating-the-vulnerable-go-online-to-help-idUSL8N2BD74G | 2020-03-26 |
| CAIRO Egypt began deep cleaning the area around the Giza pyramids on Wednesday as authorities work to disinfect tourist spots closed down by the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | CAIRO Egypt began deep cleaning the area around the Giza pyramids on Wednesday as authorities work to disinfect tourist spots closed down by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-pyramids/egypt-deep-cleans-pyramids-site-emptied-of-tourists-idUSKBN21C2F7 | 2020-03-26 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt has declared a curfew from 7 p | 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 |
| Separately the government said it was allocating one billion Egyptian pounds | Neutral | 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 |
| Egypt has declared a twoweek curfew and those who violate the measure will be penalized under emergency laws the prime minister said | Negative | The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization said as India announced a full 24hour nationwide lockdown in the worlds secondmost populous country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21C0K0 | 2020-03-25 |
| Egypt on Monday reported five new fatalities because of coronavirus which brings the total of coronavirusrelated deaths in the country to 19 | Negative | The COVID19 pandemic is accelerating the World Health Organization said with more than 377000 cases now recorded and infections reported from nearly every country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21B0KB | 2020-03-24 |
| CAIRO Egypt on Monday reported five new fatalities because of coronavirus four Egyptians and an Indian which brings the total of coronavirusrelated deaths in the country to 19 the health ministry said | Negative | CAIRO Egypt on Monday reported five new fatalities because of coronavirus four Egyptians and an Indian which brings the total of coronavirusrelated deaths in the country to 19 the health ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-military/egypt-reports-five-more-coronavirus-deaths-for-a-total-of-19-health-ministry-idUSKBN21A1KG | 2020-03-24 |
| CAIRO Egypt has recorded 33 new coronavirus cases the health ministry said on Sunday raising its total number to 327 | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has recorded 33 new coronavirus cases the health ministry said on Sunday raising its total number to 327 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypts-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-33-to-327-four-new-deaths-idUSKBN21912S | 2020-03-23 |
| 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 |
| Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers after calls for the government to follow steps taken by neighboring countries | Negative | As coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe several countries imposed or planned new restrictions to try to curb the spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-22 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Egypt has more than 100000 mosques | 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 |
| Egypts Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday ordered all its churches to shut their doors and suspend masses for two weeks over coronavirus fears it said in a statement | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Egypt has so far registered 256 cases of the respiratory disease including seven deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said on Thursday it would shut all cafes shopping malls sports clubs and nightclubs from 7 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-shut-all-cafes-malls-sports-clubs-in-evenings-until-march-31-idUSKBN2163H8 | 2020-03-20 |
| 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 |
| Egypt bans demonstrations without prior security approval | 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 |
| Egypt will shut all cafes malls sporting clubs and nightclubs until March 31 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the government said in a statement | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-20 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt has reported 14 new coronavirus cases the health ministry said on Wednesday bringing the total number of confirmed cases up to 210 | Negative | CAIRO Egypt has reported 14 new coronavirus cases the health ministry said on Wednesday bringing the total number of confirmed cases up to 210 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-cases/egypts-reported-coronavirus-cases-increase-to-210-idUSKBN2153WL | 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt had been counting on high growth to absorb 700000 new workers who will enter the labor force every year for the coming five years according to IMF estimates | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt on Tuesday reported two more coronavirus deaths bringing the countrys total to six | Negative | The worlds richest nations prepared more costly measures on Tuesday to combat the global fallout of the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people triggered social restrictions unseen since World War Two and sent economies spinning toward recession | 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-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-18 |
| Three people in Egypt have died from the virus | 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 |
| Madbouly said Egypts strategic reserves of key commodities would last for months and there was no need for people to stock up | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| Egypt will sanitize hotels and tourist sites during the closure he said in a news conference adding that tourists now in the country would be able to complete their vacations | Positive | 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 |
| CAIRO Egypts central bank said on Sunday it was ready to intervene immediately to maintain banking and monetary stability if necessary after the government announced steps to contain the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | CAIRO Egypts central bank said on Sunday it was ready to intervene immediately to maintain banking and monetary stability if necessary after the government announced steps to contain the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-economy/egypts-central-bank-ready-to-intervene-if-necessary-idUSKBN2120UR | 2020-03-16 |
| Citing security reasons Israel and Egypt keep the coastal Gaza Strip under a blockade with tight control of movements over their border land crossings | Negative | West Bank The Palestinian Authority suspended prayers in mosques and churches in the occupied West Bank on Saturday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and Gazas Hamas rulers said all the enclaves border crossings would be shut for travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians/palestinians-suspend-prayers-at-mosques-churches-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2110VB | 2020-03-15 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO March 15 Egypts main index was down 8 | Negative | CAIRO March 15 Egypts main index was down 8 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/egypt-stocks/egypts-main-index-egx30-down-8-1-shortly-after-open-following-government-steps-to-contain-coronavirus-refinitiv-data-idUSC6N2AK00M | 2020-03-15 |
| CAIRO Egypt said it will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises reaching 110 on Saturday with two deaths | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said it will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises reaching 110 on Saturday with two deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-shuts-schools-universities-for-two-weeks-as-virus-cases-increase-idUSKBN2110SH | 2020-03-15 |
| Egypt has also taken measures aimed at reassuring tourists that it is safe to visit the country after passengers contracted the coronavirus on a Nile river cruise ship | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said it will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises reaching 110 on Saturday with two deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-shuts-schools-universities-for-two-weeks-as-virus-cases-increase-idUSKBN2110SH | 2020-03-15 |
| Egypts health ministry said late on Saturday that the country had registered 17 new cases of the virus bringing the total to 110 | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said it will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises reaching 110 on Saturday with two deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-shuts-schools-universities-for-two-weeks-as-virus-cases-increase-idUSKBN2110SH | 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 |
| A number of countries such as Egypt Angola Uzbekistan and Venezuela have all recently loosened their grip on currencies | Neutral | LONDON Oils price plunge this week has sharply increased strains on a number of pegged currencies in energyexporting emerging markets above all in Nigeria and Oman where currencies have come under pressure in forward markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emerging-markets-pegs-analysis/currency-pegs-in-nigeria-oman-in-peril-after-oil-price-plunge-idUSKBN210327 | 2020-03-14 |
| Egypt had previously recorded two deaths because of coronavirus one of a German tourist and another of a 60yearold woman the ministry said | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypt has registered seven new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 67 the health ministry said on Wednesday | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Karim ElMinabaway president of Emeco Travel Egypt said there had been few cancellations from travelers abroad through to the end of June but that tourism could be badly hit | 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Before the cases on the cruise ship Egypt had announced just three cases of coronavirus one of whom it said had fully recovered | 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 |
| Zayed also said Egypt was deploying testing devices at airports that would show within 30 minutes whether travelers had the coronavirus | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt accused Ethiopia on Sunday of not attending the last round of talks in Washington last week to hinder the path of | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt a largely desert country is short of 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 |
| 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 |
| North African countries Tunisia Algeria and Egypt have also confirmed cases of the virus | Negative | DAKAR Senegals health minister on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the country the second case in subSaharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-senegal/senegal-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-health-ministry-idUSKBN20P2JX | 2020-03-03 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egypts health minister on Sunday said that 1443 people had been tested so far for the new coronavirus only one of whom tested positive and was cleared after being given appropriate medical care | Positive | CAIRO Egypts health minister on Sunday said that 1443 people had been tested so far for the new coronavirus only one of whom tested positive and was cleared after being given appropriate medical care | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-egypt/egypt-says-1443-people-tested-for-coronavirus-so-far-idUSKBN20O2AZ | 2020-03-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt was ready to sign the agreement and had initialed it but Ethiopia continued its national consultations Mnuchin said | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Egyptians who often complained about corruption oppression and unemployment under Mubarak had mixed feelings about their former leader as news of his death spread | 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 |
| 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 |
| Many Egyptians have credited Sisi for restoring stability but activists say his relentless crackdown on dissent is worse than anything under Mubarak | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Along with Egypt FAB formed in 2017 through a merger between National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank is also interested in growing its business in Saudi Arabia | 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Sunday that he was holding talks to acquire a stake in the stateowned Shalateen mining company | 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt in January issued new regulations that appeared to eliminate the need for mining companies to form joint ventures with the government and to limit state royalties to a maximum | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO The two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were acquitted on Saturday of illicit share trading during the sale of a bank four years before the 2011 uprising that ended their fathers 30year autocratic rule | Negative | CAIRO The two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were acquitted on Saturday of illicit share trading during the sale of a bank four years before the 2011 uprising that ended their fathers 30year autocratic rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-court/egyptian-court-acquits-mubaraks-sons-of-illicit-share-trading-idUSKCN20G0FN | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UAE and Egypt support Haftar while the GNA is backed by Turkey | Neutral | MUNICH An arms embargo aimed at curbing fighting in Libya has become meaningless because of violations and it is imperative that those who breach it are held to account a senior U.N. official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-security-libya/u-n-says-libya-arms-embargo-a-joke-demands-accountability-idUSKBN20A09X | 2020-02-17 |
| Egypt confirmed its first coronavirus case also the first in Africa and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital | Negative | Here are latest developments around the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2090GW | 2020-02-16 |
| CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| Egypt said in January it had signed two deals with Exxon Mobil for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| CAIRO Egypt confirmed on Friday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital | Negative | CAIRO Egypt confirmed on Friday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-egypt/egypt-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-says-affected-person-is-a-foreigner-idUSKBN20826K | 2020-02-15 |
| WHO Egypt said on Twitter the person was carrying the virus but had not shown any symptoms and was in a stable condition | Positive | CAIRO Egypt confirmed on Friday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-egypt/egypt-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-says-affected-person-is-a-foreigner-idUSKBN20826K | 2020-02-15 |
| As in Egypt in 2016 the IMF would be likely to insist that as a precondition to a deal authorities devalue the Lebanese pound Tuvey said | Negative | detail quotes background | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-debtwriteoff/update-1-lebanon-may-need-70-debt-write-off-50-currency-drop-say-economists-idUSL8N2AD73S | 2020-02-14 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt has faced criticism for its human rights record especially after mass arrests last year that came after rare protests against Sisi in Cairo and other cities in late September | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| A 2016 survey by the U.N. Childrens Fund showed that 87 percent of women and girls aged 1549 in Egypt have undergone the procedure | 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 |
| He said Egypt had made great on environmental protection and renewable energy but much still remained to be done particularly to reduce pollution and sewage problems in poorer areas | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| But Egypt is trying to take a greener turn | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| With 44 million subscribers and a market share Vodafone Egypt is the countrys biggest mobile operator | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| STC said on Wednesday it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy Vodafones stake in Vodafone Egypt for | Positive | STC said on Wednesday it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy Vodafones stake in Vodafone Egypt for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-vodafone-group-vodafone/vodafone-expects-deal-to-sell-its-egypt-unit-to-saudi-firm-by-end-of-june-idUSKBN1ZS0RI | 2020-01-30 |
| At the same time all states except perhaps Egypt are dependent upon the U.S. and will not risk angering Trump given his propensity to act like a petulant child | 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 |
| At 1545 GMT Telecom Egypt shares were up at 11 | 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 |
| Analysts predicted most Egyptians would reject the plan but not present a problem to President Abdel Fattah alSisis government which has already cracked down harshly on dissent | 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 |
| Telecom Egypt said on Wednesday it was closely monitoring the deal | 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 |
| 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 |
| Telecom Egypt said on Sunday it had no intention of selling its stake | 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 |
| 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 |
| Bank Audis Ghazaleh said the Egyptian bank was a very profitable and had received interest from lenders | 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 |
| Ministers from Egypt Tunisia Sudan Chad Mali and Niger will visit Algiers a week after a summit in Berlin aimed at shoring up a tentative ceasefire | Positive | ALGIERS Algeria will on Thursday host foreign affairs ministers from countries bordering Libya to discuss the conflict there its Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-meet/algeria-to-host-foreign-ministers-on-libya-crisis-idUSKBN1ZL25F | 2020-01-23 |
| 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 |
| Hilmi Balci one of our four employees detained in Egypt has been released | Positive | 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 |
| The Egyptian interior ministry said the location of the raid which it said was a flat had been used to produce false and information | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Meetings in Addis Ababa last week ended in deadlock as Ethiopia said Egypt had proposed filling the dam over an extended period of 1221 years and that this was unacceptable | Negative | WASHINGTON Ministers from Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in Washington later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that sparked a diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-to-finalize-blue-nile-dam-agreement-this-month-idUSKBN1ZE2U3 | 2020-01-16 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Ministers from Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in Washington later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that sparked a diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa | Positive | WASHINGTON Ministers from Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in Washington later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that sparked a diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-to-finalize-blue-nile-dam-agreement-this-month-idUSKBN1ZE2U3 | 2020-01-16 |
| Previous meetings ended without agreement with Egypt voicing concern that Ethiopia had not offered sufficient guarantees that filling the dam would be slowed during droughts | Negative | WASHINGTON Ministers from Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in Washington later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that sparked a diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-ethiopia/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-to-finalize-blue-nile-dam-agreement-this-month-idUSKBN1ZE2U3 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Egyptian national carrier Egyptair will resume flights to Baghdad on Saturday after assessing the security situation the airline on Twitter | Positive | CAIRO Egyptian national carrier Egyptair will resume flights to Baghdad on Saturday after assessing the security situation the airline on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-egyptair/egyptair-to-resume-flights-to-baghdad-on-saturday-idUSKBN1Z81ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| Egyptair had suspended flights for three days on Wednesday citing instability in the Iraqi capital | Negative | CAIRO Egyptian national carrier Egyptair will resume flights to Baghdad on Saturday after assessing the security situation the airline on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-egyptair/egyptair-to-resume-flights-to-baghdad-on-saturday-idUSKBN1Z81ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| Almost immediately after the vote Egypt strongly condemned the parliaments decision and called on the international community to urgently respond to the move | 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 |
| Egypt is one of Haftars foremost foreign backers | Negative | CAIRO The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya on Tuesday not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and worsen its conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-arabs/arab-league-warns-against-deployment-of-foreign-fighters-in-libya-idUSKBN1YZ15O | 2020-01-01 |
| CAIRO Egypts M2 money supply growth was up 13 | Negative | CAIRO Egypts M2 money supply growth was up 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-economy-moneysupply/egypts-m2-money-supply-up-13-16-year-on-year-in-november-central-bank-idUSKBN1YZ0ZA | 2020-01-01 |
