IMF could augment Egypt’s loan programme over effects of Gaza war
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the Israel-Gaza war has had an economic impact on neighbouring countries. The International Monetary Fund is seeking to increase Egypt’s loan programme due to the effects of the war in neighbouring Gaza, according to a…
Israel-Palestine war: Egyptian activists call for ‘convoy of conscience’ to break Gaza siege
Union organisers say Sisi’s government ‘has not done its best’ to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza and assert its sovereignty over the Rafah border crossing Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate has called for a humanitarian convoy into Gaza as very little aid has been allowed…
Israel-Palestine war: Riled by Israel’s Gaza plans, Egypt pushes back
Egypt is telling the US that Israel’s stated goal to remove Hamas from governing the Gaza Strip is an unrealistic war aim, according to sources familiar with the matter. The warnings are being delivered regularly by Egyptian officials as Cairo…
Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens for limited evacuation
The Rafah border border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of Palestinian injured requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport-holders. Live pictures…
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