Tag: Egypt
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Egypt declares 3-day mourning after natural disasters hit Morocco, Libya
Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday declared a three-day mourning, to show solidarity with Morocco and Libya after the two countries were hit by natural disasters.
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Volleyball: Nigerian coach, Samuel Ajayi heaps praises on players despite loss to Egypt
Samuel Ajayi, the head coach of Nigeria’s women’s senior volleyball team, on Saturday, commended his players for giving the Egyptian team a good fight despite losing 0-3 on match day four at the ongoing 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Egypt records highest inflation rate at 36.8 per cent
The inflation rate in Egypt has hit an all time high at 36.8 per cent in June. The North African country has been grappling with punishing economic crisis in recent times and it has pushed the inflation rate high up. The previous record of 34.2 per cent in July 2017 came, as it does now,…
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U-23 AFCON: Host Morocco defeat Egypt 2-1 to emerge champions
Host Morocco on Saturday defeated defending Champions Egypt to win the 2023 U-23 AFCON for the first time in their history. The North African country became only the fourth nation to lift the trophy since the football tournament was launched in 2011.
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CAF U-23 AFCON: Morocco, Egypt reach final, grab Olympic ticket
North African teams, Morocco and Egypt have both sealed their places at next year’s football event of the Paris Olympic Games. Both teams secured qualification after defeating two West African teams, Guinea and Mali respectively at the ongoing CAF U-23 AFCON holding in Morocco.
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SAD: 13-storey building housing holidaymakers collapses
A thirteen-storey building housing holidaymakers has collapsed in Egypt, leaving numerous people buried under its rubble.
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Egypt, Turkey agree to upgrade ties, exchange envoys
The leaders of Egypt and Turkey agreed to upgrade diplomatic ties and exchange ambassadors on Monday, in a fresh sign of a thaw in ties between the two countries after decade-long strains. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to congratulate him on his re-election, according to a statement by the…
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Egypt indicates interest in Ogun’s Agro Processing Zone – Abiodun
Egypt has indicated interest in Ogun’s Agro Processing Zone (APZ), Gov. Dapo Abiodun said at Abeokuta on Saturday. The APZ is located at the Gateway International Agro Cargo Airport, Iperu-Ilishan Remo part of the state.
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Aruna loses to Egypt’s Assar at ITTF Africa Cup
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna on Saturday lost in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup final match to arch rival and defending champion Omar Assar of Egypt. The game played at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi saw
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Sudan: Envoy narrates how Egypt let Nigerians go
Ambassador Nura Rimi has narrated how Egypt allowed Nigerians fleeing hostilities in Sudan to be evacuated through the country.