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The presidential elections are due to be held for Egyptians living abroad on 1-3 December, and at home on 10-12 December, and they will certainly be a landmark in the country’s progress towards building a modern, democratic state in which Egyptians have the right to choose their leaders and judge their record.
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This week President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi announced a bundle of measures aimed at mitigating the negative impact of the economic crisis on poor and low income classes.
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The presence of the AU in G20 gatherings will be a chance to press wealthy nations, and the world’s worst polluters, to keep their word, instead of simply delivering well-crafted speeches with lots of hot air.
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"Whether in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger or Gabon, one key reason behind the popular support for recent coups is that many African peoples have grown frustrated with the status quo and the way the ruling elites have functioned for decades, leading to more poverty, suffering and waves of refugees who would rather die trying to emigrate than stay home, jobless and poor."
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BRICS’ invitation to Egypt to join the increasingly influential economic bloc last week is definitely a positive step that should be warmly welcomed.
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Even before officially wrapping up its deliberations, the National Dialogue initiated by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi in late April 2022 is already bearing fruit. Significant recommendations have emerged in 13 of 19 committees on various political, economic, and social topics.
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Refugees continue to flood to neighbouring countries, including South Sudan, which has its own refugee problem and can hardly handle the situation, particularly in terms of resources. Egypt, meanwhile, topped the list of countries receiving the Sudanese people, confirming further the close historic ties between the two countries.
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While the old colonial power, France, maintains a military presence in Niger, along with the United States, this did not save the African nation from the recent upheavals taking place in the African continent
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The second Russia-Africa Summit that came to a close last week in St Petersburg was an opportunity to reaffirm time-honoured ties of friendship between the Russian Federation and African states, with relations based on mutual respect and trust.
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Like all Arab and Muslim nations, along with the leaders of Abrahamic religions worldwide, Egypt has condemned in the strongest terms the repeated desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in both Sweden and Denmark.
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Last week Egypt hosted an important summit of the leaders of countries neighbouring Sudan in the hope of making and sustaining initiatives to end the destructive fighting that has been ongoing there for over three months.
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The Cairo summit aims to build on global efforts to end the fighting in Sudan, including those of Saudi Arabia, the US, the African Union, and IGAD.
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The issue of illegal migration was high on the agenda of recent meetings held between President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and European officials in Cairo and Paris.
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No further devaluation of the Egyptian pound is in the works. President Abdel- Fattah Al-Sisi told a youth conference last week that while Egypt is flexible on the exchange rate regime, the government can’t stand still when it affects and lives the livelihoods of Egyptians.
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Since the Arab Spring wave of popular uprisings in 2011, several key Arab countries have practically disintegrated, with competing governments and armed militias fighting against each other for control.
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The short-term ceasefire brokered by Saudi Arabia and the US between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was extended on Monday.
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Many in Egypt have closely followed the sessions of the National Dialogue which started on 4 May, covering nearly all issues of concern to Egyptians, whether political, economic or social.
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