Browsing: Egypt

France’s President Macron is reportedly flying to Egypt 7-8 April to discuss Cairo’s proposed reconstruction plan for Gaza, which was provisionally endorsed at the Arab Summit…

On 4 March, Egypt presented its Gaza Reconstruction Plan at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo, a direct counter to US President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Riviera…

The Suez Canal – a vital artery for global shipping – has given African nation Egypt significant economic and geopolitical clout. But could a rival canal…

Is it a coincidence that the West favours some of Africa’s autocratic leaders? For example, take the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97),…

Many theories and debates surround who built the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. In some instances, some have argued that enslaved people built the pyramids. In…

Russian President Vladimir Putin rolled out the red carpet to 19 heads of state from 9 members of BRIC+, along with representatives of more than 30…

Egypt is home to some half-million registered refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan, according to the UN. Egypt does not place its refugees in camps.  Instead,…

In this video, the founder of the Sudan Updates Instagram page, Ameen Mekki – speaking to the @mediastormpod – explains how Sudan’s exploitation by global powers…

Zahi Hawass, archaeologist and former Egyptian minister of antiquities, has launched an online petition calling on Germany to return the famous bust of the ancient Egyptian…

This week’s Facts of the Week centre on our missing artefacts – missing, that is, from Africa. We know where many of them are: in European…