Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of a new civil war after First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week. President Salva Kiir’s government has accused Machar, …
Read More »France, Egypt, and Jordan hold talks on the situation in Gaza
Muuhamad Yehia.. Cairo French president Emmanuel Macron was welcomed to Cairo on Sunday by his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. At the centre of his three-day visit is a trilateral summit on Monday together with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. The talks will focus on the situation in Gaza as Israel …
Read More »Rwanda commemorates the 1994 genocide that claimed at least 800,000 lives
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Rwanda on Monday commemorated the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of at least 800000 people, mostly from the Tutsi community, who were massacred by the Hutu militia. This year’s event is overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in the eastern DR Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 militia …
Read More »Kenya concludes probe into Agnes Wanjiru’s 2012 death linked to British soldiers
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Criminal investigators in Kenya said on Monday they have concluded a probe into the death of a young mother in 2012 who was last seen alive in the company of British solders who were in the country for training. The office of the public prosecutor said …
Read More »Libya devalues currency for first time in four years amid fiscal strain
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Libya’s central bank devalued the country’s currency by 13.3 per cent on Sunday amid ongoing fiscal strain. The exchange rate for the dinar has now been set at 5.5677 to the US dollar, effective immediately. This marks the first official devaluation of the currency since 2020 when …
Read More »German Foreign Minister Says Talks Over Truce in Ukraine Have Hit ‘Deadlock’
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on April 1 that attempts to secure a truce in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine appear to have stalled. Arriving in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Baerbock said it was “absolutely crucial” that European countries supported Ukraine …
Read More »Zimbabwe Axes All Tariffs on US Goods
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo The president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has suspended all tariffs on goods from the United States, a few days after the White House imposed an 18 percent rate on imports from the African country. On Saturday, Mnangagwa wrote on X: “The principle of reciprocal tariffs, as …
Read More »Trump denies causing market sell-offs but sticks to trade deficit goal
Global stock markets deepened losses during Monday’s Asian session as US President Donald Trump reiterated his commitment to eliminating US trade deficits—particularly with China—while denying any intention to fuel market turmoil Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo US President Donald Trump insisted he had not deliberately triggered the intense market sell-offs but reaffirmed …
Read More »European and US markets continue to drop after Trump’s global tariffs
Global markets continue to experience sharp decline after Trump announced blanket tariffs on US imports of products from more than 180 countries and territories, ranging in severity from 10% to more than 50% Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched US President Donald …
Read More »Euroviews. Tesla’s fall in Europe will only hand the keys to Beijing
With the US, the UK and much of Europe ramping up incentives for domestic production, no wonder China is scrambling to maintain its competitive edge, Saman Rizwan writes Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo European consumers are done with Elon Musk: Tesla sales in the EU have tanked 58% in two months. But …
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