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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/9/2022 7:25:45 PM
A Cairo criminal court lifted on Sunday a travel ban imposed on journalist and political activist Esraa Abdel-Fattah related to a case involving the foreign funding of civil society organisations.
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World
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Africa
12/28/2021 9:07:13 PM
President Joe Biden formally announced Tuesday he will lift a ban this week on travel from South Africa and other countries in the region, imposed due to fear of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
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World
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Africa
12/24/2021 4:49:16 PM
The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve, the White House announced Friday.
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World
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Region
12/21/2021 6:12:43 PM
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday banned citizens and residents from US travel, adding it to a list of more than 50 countries declared off-limits in an effort to contain the Omicron coronavirus variant.
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World
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International
12/20/2021 10:15:09 AM
Israeli ministers on Monday approved putting the United States and Canada on its coronavirus travel red list as the omicron variant spreads around the globe.
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Egypt
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Tourism
12/18/2021 6:32:44 PM
EgyptAir announced on Saturday the resumption of direct flights between Cairo and Toronto from Tuesday after the Canadian government’s decision to remove Egypt and nine other African countries from its travel ban list over Covid-19’s Omicron variant.
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Egypt
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Health
12/18/2021 11:38:45 AM
Canada’s Federal government lifted on Friday its travel ban on 10 African countries including Egypt while it reimposes for Canadians taking short trips abroad to get a Covid-19 test before returning back to the country over Coronavirus’ Omicron variant spread fear.
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World
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International
12/16/2021 6:42:30 PM
France said Thursday that it would ban non-essential travel to and from Britain in a bid to keep the Omicron Covid-19 variant in check, as European leaders urged coordinated action and more booster shots to counter the more highly contagious threat.
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World
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Region
12/14/2021 10:01:05 PM
Israel has announced that it was adding Britain and Denmark to its "red" list of countries that Israelis are forbidden to visit, citing concern over the spread of the Omicron variant.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 5:45:56 PM
The UK is to drop 11 African countries including South Africa from its "red list" barring incoming travel, ministers said Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
12/14/2021 3:12:37 PM
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo warned EU lawmakers Tuesday that the bloc's drive to deliver Covid booster jabs could hamper inoculations in Africa, as he slammed travel bans over the Omicron variant.
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World
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International
12/1/2021 4:35:34 PM
France said Wednesday it would allow in flights from ten southern African countries from Saturday, but with "drastic" restrictions permitting only French and EU residents to disembark, along with diplomats and flight crews.
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World
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Region
12/1/2021 10:51:30 AM
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would decide on a weekly basis whether to extend US travel bans on southern Africa, depending what happens with the worrying new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/30/2021 10:57:40 PM
Egypt is on full alert after the emergence of Omicron, a COVID-19 variant, reports Reem Leila
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World
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Africa
11/29/2021 5:25:13 PM
South Africa on Monday said it was "regrettable... (and) sad" that fellow African nations had joined a rush by wealthy countries to impose travel bans over the new Covid variant.
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World
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Africa
11/28/2021 9:17:40 PM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to "urgently" reverse "scientifically unjustified" travel bans linked to the discovery of the new highly-mutated coronavirus variant Omicron.
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World
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Africa
11/8/2021 2:19:03 PM
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday announced sanctions including travel bans and assets freezes against individual members of the military junta ruling Mali since an August 2020 military takeover.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/21/2021 6:06:37 PM
The judge in charge of the investigation into the 2011 ‘foreign funding case’, Ali Mokhtar, dropped on Thursday all charges against four civil society organisations due to insufficient evidence, thus bringing the total number of NGOs that had their charges dropped in the case to 75, comprising over 220 individuals.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/30/2021 10:57:27 PM
The charges against the four NGOs were dropped due to insufficient evidence.
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World
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Region
8/16/2021 7:05:58 PM
Since the pandemic began, Iran has avoided imposing a full lockdown, instead resorting to piecemeal measures such as temporary travel bans and business closures
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