senegal
Senegal scraps Akon’s futuristic city project
Senegal has cancelled a $6 billion plan to build “Akon City,” a futuristic smart city backed by US-Senegalese musician Akon,
General Abdel-Meguid Saqr, Egypt’s Minister of Defence and Military Production and General Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces, has been discussing the latest regional developments with General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command and his accompanying delegation, who are visiting Egypt. According to the Egyptian Armed Forces, the meeting in Cairo addressed several topics of mutual interest while enhancing military cooperation between the armed forces of both countries.
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Mauritania
Mauritania’s President to attend Trump Africa summit
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani will attend Donald Trump’s Africa mini-summit in Washington on 9 July, alongside
Egypt
Egypt expands floating gas regasification capacity
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum said the country will operate four floating regasification units this summer to secure gas supplies
Libya
Greece’s FM meets with Libya’s Haftar amid rising tensions
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis met Khalifa Haftar, the de-facto leader of eastern Libya, in Benghazi on Sunday, the Libya
Egypt
Egypt detains nearly 50 drivers in response to deadly “Road of Death” crashes
Egyptian authorities have detained 48 drivers who failed drug tests in a national operation by the Interior Ministry to tackle