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

Nile water countries sign framework deal on Renaissance Dam
Tuesday 24 March 2015
March 23, 2015 (KHARTOUM/ADDIS ABABA) – The leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt signed in Khartoum on Monday an initial cooperation deal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (L), (...)
Egypt’s president receives message from Sudanese counterpart
Wednesday 13 March 2019
March 12, 2019 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s First Vice-President Awad Ibn Ouf on Tuesday has conveyed a verbal message from President Omer al-Bashir to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi. Iban Ouf on Tuesday has paid a lightning (...)
Sudan’s Bashir reiterates sovereignty over disputed border area of Halayeb
Thursday 1 July 2010
June 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today brought the dispute with Egypt over a border area to the spotlight by stressing that his government will never forsake sovereignty over it. An aerial view (...)
Egypt deports Sudanese Islamist over suspicion of ISIS connections
Tuesday 1 March 2016
February 29, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Egyptian authorities have deported a Sudanese Islamist for suspicion of connections with the Islamic State (ISIS) and the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Hashim Youssef Khalil a leading figure at the Islamic (...)
South Sudan’s Kiir, al-Sisi discuss GERD, bi-lateral relations
Sunday 29 November 2020
November 28, 2020 (JUBA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday met with his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir to discuss developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egyptian President Abdel (...)
Sudan includes Halayeb, Abyei in 2015 electoral districts
Monday 8 September 2014
September 7, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s National Elections Commission (NEC) announced on Sunday its intention to finalise the delineation of geographical constituencies for the 2015 elections by mid-September and revealed that the (...)
Egypt, South Sudan to boost cooperation on water issues
Tuesday 27 October 2020
October 26, 2020 (CAIRO) – The Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly on Monday met South Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources minister, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth to discuss water issues. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (R) (...)
Egypt, Turkey express support to Sudanese government
Friday 28 December 2018
December 27, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Egyptian government and Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party ) on Thursday expressed their support to the government of President Omer al-Bashir which is facing growing popular (...)
Egypt routs Sudan 6-1 in World Cup qualifier
Monday 6 June 2005
CAIRO, Egypt, June 5, 2005 (AP) — Abdel Halim Ali and Amr Zaki scored two goals each Sunday to help Egypt crush Sudan 6-1 in an African World Cup qualifier. Halim Ali opened scoring in the eighth minute and added another in the 31st. (...)
Wikileaks: Iranian weapons pass through Sudan to Hamas
Sunday 19 December 2010
December 19, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The United States has attempted to stop Sudan being used as a transit for Iranian arms en route to the Islamist Palestinian Hamas movement via Egypt, according to leaked documents from US embassies. (...)

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