Egypt

CAIRO, Feb 1 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, reached an agreement, over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Nile River, according to the Egyptian foreign ministry.

In a statement, the ministry said, the foreign ministers and water resources ministers of the three countries, issued a joint communique of reaching a deal on the controversial dam, Ethiopia is building on the Nile River.

CAIRO, Feb 1 (NNN-MENA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and Arab League (AL) Secretary General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, discussed the developments on the Palestinian issue, especially the recent U.S. peace plan.

During their meeting in Cairo, Aboul-Gheit affirmed that “the Arabs represent a supportive backup to the Palestinians,” according to a statement by AL.

CAIRO (AP) — Officials from Libya’s two rival governments said fighting erupted Sunday as the country’s east-based forces advanced toward the strategic western city of Misrata, further eroding a crumbling cease-fire agreement brokered earlier this month.

The clashes came just hours after the United Nations decried “continued blatant violations” of an arms embargo on Libya by several unspecified countries. The violations fly in the face of recent pledges to respect the embargo made by world powers at an international conference in Berlin last week.

CAIRO, Jan 26 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt has allocated three billion Egyptian pounds (about 190 million U.S. dollars), to implement an emergency plan, for developing road networks and boosting infrastructure, Egyptian Finance Minister, Mohamed Maait, said.

The allocation came during the minister’s meeting with local development minister, Mahmoud Shaarawy, according to official Ahram Online news website.

Maait said, road surfacing will be made according to the highest technical and quality standards.

25 Jan 2019; MEMO: Egyptian public squares are witnessing intensive security spread by the coup authorities, in conjunction with calls to celebrate the ninth commemoration of the Egyptian revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

CAIRO, January 23. /TASS/: The Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced that the Mitiga International Airport in the Libyan capital was closed for both military and civilian aircraft and vowed that any aircraft trying to use it will be downed.

LNA spokesman, Gen. Ahmed Al-Mismari said during a press conference that the army has been putting into practice its plane to introduce a no-fly zone from the city of Garyan in the country’s northwest to the Tripoli coast, including the airport and the nearby airbase.

CAIRO, January 21. /TASS/: No one was injured in the shelling of Baghdad's Green Zone, Al Hadath TV channel reported on Tuesday.

Earlier reports said that three missiles exploded late Monday near the building of the US Embassy in Baghdad. According to latest reports, the missiles were launched from a south-eastern neighborhood of Baghdad. Material damage was sustained as a result of the shelling.

During the shelling, air raid sirens went off at the US Embassy. US Air Force helicopters were dispatched.

20 Jan 2019; MEMO: Leaked audio from Egypt’s Tora Prison has captured detainees banging on the doors of their cells calling a prison guard to save a prisoner who is in a critical condition.

The audio was obtained by the Turkey-based human rights group We Record, and highlights the desperate plight of medical neglect inside Egypt’s prisons.

CAIRO, January 19. /TASS/: The National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya declared force majeure after termination of oil shipments from terminals, the company said on its website.

The management of NOC subsidiaries was instructed "to stop oil exports from Brega, Ras Lanuf, Hariga, Zueitina, and Sidra ports," the company said. NOC received instructions from the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA).

"This will result in a loss of crude oil production of 800,000 barrels/day and daily financial losses of approximately $55 million per day," NOC said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Libya said on Saturday it was deeply concerned over efforts to disrupt oil production in the country and urged all sides to exercise restraint.

“This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being,” the mission said.