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  The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), the trade finance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, announced that two of its trade finance deals have been honored in the prestigious Islamic Finance News (IFN) Deal of the Year Awards for 2024. In Egypt, the ITFC record-breaking US$604 million syndicated financing for the Arab Republic of Egypt represented by Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) was recognized as the […]

  On March 11, 2025 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sergei Terentiev, met with the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt for European Affairs, Wael Hamed. The parties outlined steps to intensify contacts at various levels, ties between specialized authorities in a wide range of areas of economic cooperation. Special attention was paid to […]

  Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from the Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi stressed during the call the need to continue strengthening relations between the two countries across fields, particularly in the economic and investment sectors. The prime minister of Nepal expressed his appreciation for Egypt’s support for his country in various fields […]

  #ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Aneth Gerena Isaya, a leading advocate for the economic empowerment of women with disabilities in Tanzania, talks about the critical need for disability inclusion and how she is driving efforts to make it a reality. As the Executive Director of The Joy of Deaf Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania (FUWAVITA)—an organization she […]

  The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food shortages and a lack of basic services. Heavy shelling and heightened violence in recent weeks have put children at increased risk and further complicated efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance, with access to the camp now nearly impossible, the aid agency said. Time is running […]

  The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “The OPCAT’s torture prevention architecture is built on the partnership between the SPT, the international body designated by the treaty, and the NPMs, our national counterparts. These national […]

  After an interview process, the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has recommended the names of nine people to fill vacancies on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board. Committee Chairperson Ms Liezl van der Merwe said that as the committee finalises the interviews and scoring processes, it is imperative to acknowledge the significant challenges youth unemployment pose to the nation. The NYDA plays a pivotal […]

  Bank of Uganda is set to regulate operations of mortgage refinancing institutions once the Mortgage Refinance Institutions Bill, 2025 is passed into law. The Bill mandates the Central Bank to consider applications for approval to carry out Islamic mortgage refinance business. “A person shall not conduct a mortgage refinance business in Uganda without a licence or an approval in the case of Islamic mortgage refinance business issued by the Central […]

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has intensified its response efforts to combat a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, which has infected more than 1,200 people. The outbreak, first detected in Akobo Woreda on February 11, has since spread to eight woredas and four refugee camps. As part of its intervention, WHO has deployed a surge team of experts to provide on-site support for the response, these specialists, who […]