More in Egypt
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AfDB supports a greener pathway in Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt, June 13, 2013/ – As part of its ongoing activities under the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (funded by the Government of Brazil), the Energy, Environment and Climate Change...
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Desert Locust situation update
Hopper bands in Israel for the first time in 50 years; adult groups in interior of Saudi Arabia As a result of egg-laying in mid-March and low temperatures, hatching occurred...
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Joint Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and the Egyptian Authorities
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde met with the Egyptian delegation headed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hisham Ramez, Finance Minister Al-Mursi Hegazy, and Minister of Planning...
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Egyptian farmers fearful as locust threat looms
Scattered pockets of locusts in southern Egypt and northern Sudan are a threat to agricultural land, warns the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Countries along the Red Sea should...
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Faster browser for cheap smartphones launched
By Rehab Abd AlMohsen A new Android web browser could help users of low-end versions of smartphones, which are becoming increasingly common in in Africa, the Middle East and Asia...
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Will Egypt’s Turmoil Hinder Technological Development?
By Sara Dawkins – AfricanBrains When you search for, “Egyptian Technology” in Google, you will pull 80 million results. Most of those results refer to Ancient Egyptian Technologies, however. It...
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Switzerland signs a cooperation agreement with Egypt
On 20 January 2013 Switzerland and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a framework agreement in Cairo concerning technical and financial cooperation and humanitarian aid. This agreement sets out a...