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

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Turabi’s party denies Arab Spring countries’ initiative to reconcile Sudan’s Islamists
Wednesday 25 July 2012
July 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s main Islamist opposition, the Popular Congress Party (PCP), denied on Sunday that its leader, Hassan Al-Turabi, has received any initiative from Arab Spring countries to reunite the PCP with the ruling (...)
Bashir says agreements with al-Sisi built on solid foundations
Monday 20 October 2014
October 19, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, have expressed keenness to promote joint cooperation between the two countries stressing existence of strong (...)
Sudan’s president to Tehran today for NAM summit
Wednesday 29 August 2012
August 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The president of Sudan, Omer Al-Bashir, is due to travel to the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday to participate in the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). FILE PHOTO - Iranian President Mahmoud (...)
Egypt cancels hosting of France-Africa summit over Bashir’s presence dispute
Tuesday 15 December 2009
December 15, 2009 (PARIS) – The Egyptian government announced today that it has decided to cancel its hosting of the 25th France-Africa summit after failing to settle the dispute with Paris over the issue of inviting the Sudanese (...)
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agree on committee for Nile dam
Wednesday 24 September 2014
September 23, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Water ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have signed an agreement to form the committee of national experts on the Ethiopian renaissance dam at the end of their fifth round of talks in Addis (...)
Egypt, South Sudan discuss technical assistance on water resources
Wednesday 18 April 2007
April 17, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Southern Sudan president discussed yesterday with an Egyptian minister implementation of cooperation accords signed last year. The visiting minister reiterated Egypt commitment to provide water equipment to (...)
Sudan’s Bashir criticises Egypt’s decision to launch air strikes against Libya
Friday 27 February 2015
February 26, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has criticised Egypt for launching air strikes this month inside Libya in retaliation for the mass beheading of Egyptian Christians by militants claiming allegiance (...)
Egypt earmarks $2bn for S. Sudan dam project
Saturday 28 February 2015
February 27, 2015 (WAU) – The Egyptian government has pledged $2 billion for the construction of a multi-purpose hydro electricity power project on Jur River in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state. A section of the River Nile (...)
Egypt attends Nile Basin meeting after 5-year absence
Sunday 22 February 2015
February 21, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A meeting between Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) countries held in Khartoum on Saturday was for the first time attended by all members, Sudan’s minister for irrigation and electricity, Moatez Moussa, (...)
Egyptian delegation in S. Sudan to enhance relations
Wednesday 25 February 2015
February 24, 2015 (WAU) – A high-level delegation of Egyptian officials visited South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state on Tuesday. South Sudan’s electricity, water and irrigation minister speaks at the NBI diaologue in the Rwandan (...)

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