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Egypt Egypt
Name: Egypt (Arabic: Misr) is officially the Arab Republic of Egypt
Region: North Africa but with the Sinai Peninsula connecting Africa to Southwest Asia / Middle East
Capital: Cairo
Area: 1,002,450 km2
Bordering Countries:
- Coast: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Official language: Arabic
Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
Internet TLD: .eg | Calling code: +20
Government: Semi-presidential republic
- President: Mohamed Morsi
- Vice President: Mahmoud Mekki
- Prime Minister: Hesham Qandil
Ruling Party: Muslim Brotherhood
History
- Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt: c. 3150 BC
- Independence from the United Kingdom: 28 February 1922
- Declaration of the republic: 18 June 1953
- The Egyptian revolution: 25 January 2011
- Current Constitution: 30 March 2011
Links
- Wednesday 27 February 2013
February 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A senior Saudi Arabian official unleashed a barrage of attacks against Ethiopia saying that the Horn of Africa nation is posing a threat to the Nile water rights of Egypt and Sudan. Saudi deputy defence (...)
- Friday 19 April 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. (...)
- Tuesday 4 September 2012
By Toby Collins
September 3, 2012 (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities, claims the (...)
- Wednesday 3 April 2013
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - There are ongoing reports that asylum-seekers and refugees kidnapped from camps on the Sudan-Eritrea border are being subject to cruel and inhuman treatment at the hands of their captors, including rape, (...)
- Monday 4 February 2013
February 2, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrea’s biggest opposition group on Saturday called for urgent action to stop rising abductions and disappearances against Eritrean refugees sheltered at Shagarab refugee camp in Eastern Sudan. Eritrean (...)
- Friday 3 May 2013
May 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A senior Egyptian military official who visited Sudan last week has warned Khartoum that his government will not make any concessions on the disputed border region, according to a newspaper report. Sudan army (...)
- Thursday 10 January 2013
January 9, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – This week’s economic agreements worth billions of dollars between the energy-rich Gulf state of Qatar and the North African nations of Egypt and Algeria represents an "embarrassment" to the government in (...)
- Monday 22 April 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 21, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom’s deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only 30km (...)
- Wednesday 13 February 2013
February 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister of livestock, Fisheries and Pastures Faisal Hassan Ibrahim reported Tuesday that the country’s livestock exports jumped by 96.6% in 2012. FILE - Cows are seen before they are (...)
- Saturday 29 January 2011
January 29, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese youth have called for a mass demonstration on Sunday, inspired by the thousands of protesters who have defied authorities in Tunisia and Egypt by calling for their leaders to step down.
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