CAIRO – 15 April 2022: India's Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said that his country is ready to start exporting wheat to Egypt. "Egypt has adopted India as a supplier of wheat, we are ready to start exporting wheat to Egypt," Goyal wrote on Twitter. He added in another tweet: “Egypt approves India as a wheat supplier. Egyptian Minister of Agriculture El Sayyed El Qusseir announced in a statement on Thursday that India has been recognized as a new country of origin for importing wheat within the framework of the state’s plan to open new sources of importing wheat as a strategic commodity. Over the past several days, the Egyptian delegation was briefed on the Indian phytosanitary systems, inspection and control of grain exports and methods of pest control and resistance, said Farahat.

CAIRO – 15 APRIL 2022: To minimize the effects of the ongoing Russian-Ukraine crisis on Egypt’s grain stockpile, the Egyptian government has announced India as a new wheat supplier. During the meeting, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Meselhi confirmed that the supply of local wheat goes smoothly, noting that there are more than 450 locations to supply wheat nationwide. Egypt’s wheat imports are projected to go down due to the Ukraine-Russian, said the US Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture on March 28, 2022. “FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat imports in MY 2022/23 (July – June) at 11 MMT, down by 8.3 percent from MY 2021/22 Post’s import estimate figure of 12 MMT. Egypt is currently suffering from a crisis of wheat supply from the conflicting Russia and Ukraine, the two biggest wheat importers to Egypt.

A Ukrainian pastor and father of two is now serving as a volunteer battalion commander for 120 soldiers ranging in ages from 18 to their mid-70s. He shared with CNN they are preparing for deployment to southern Ukraine after fighting on the front lines north of Kyiv. Oleg Magdych told CNN that most of the soldiers he’s with were civilians before the war and went through a couple of weeks of intense training. His wife is in western Ukraine assisting internally displaced Ukrainians with food and lodging, he said, and is working with women and children to help provide psychological help. Their youngest son has joined the Territorial Defense Forces defending western Ukraine and “badly wants to be with me,” Magdych said.

CAIRO - 14 April 2022: The Italian company Eni announced new oil and gas discoveries in the Meleiha concessions, in Egypt’s Western Desert, for approximately 8,500 barrels/day of oil equivalent. Eni elaborated in a statement that these new discoveries have already been connected and tied into production, in line with the Infrastructure-led exploration strategy, allowing to maximize exploration opportunities nearby existing infrastructures. These results, added to the discoveries of 2021 for a total of 8 exploration wells, give a 75% success rate, confirming the potential of the area. With these discoveries, Eni, through AGIBA, a JV between Eni and EGPC, continues to pursue its near field strategy in the mature basin of the Western Desert, aimed at maximizing production by containing development costs and minimizing time to market. Eni has been present in Egypt since 1954, where it operates through the subsidiary IEOC.

CAIRO – 14 April 2022: After a recent-social media debate regarding a widely-consumed noodles product in the Egyption markets, The Food Safety Authority has withdrawn samples from the market, and sent them to central laboratories, to ensure their safety. The authority has confirmed withdrawing all of the noodles products, known as [Indomie] from retailers and grocers, due to the circulated allegations. from its side, the noodles company announced that it is currently withdrawing the product from the market; In order to change the outer shape packaging. He added that the company immediately responded to the Food Safety Authority's request, and withdrew the product from the market to change and replace the spice bags. He noted that currently all packages in the market are being replaced with new ones as per The Food Safety Authority request.

Talks tackled means to boost cooperation between the ministries of civil aviation and tourism to attract more tourism from the foreign markets to Egypt via the mechanisms of encouraging aviation and linking the touristic and coastal resorts to the archeological sites along the Nile valley to link the cultural tourism with the coastal tourism. Manar lauded the constant and effective cooperation and coordination between both ministries to activate the aviation and tourism movement. This comes within the framework of the strategy of the Egyptian government to support and promote aviation and tourism, he said. He said that the Aviation Ministry saves no effort to present all facilitation and initiatives to encourage aviation and tourism internally and externally. For his part, Anani thanked the aviation minister on the fruitful and constant cooperation between both ministries to support the plan of the state to promote the travelling and tourism movements and launch joint initiatives that contribute to encouraging international and internal tourism especially in light of current circumstances witnessed in both sectors at the international level.

The Civil Protection Forces in the Cairo Security Directorate controlled a huge fire that broke out a gas lines in Nasr City. This occurred after a loader that was digging in the area for the water company hit the gas line causing the gas leak. “(Authorities) immediately moved to the scene of the incident of the gas source and the forces were able to extinguish the fire and prevent its spread, while cooling work is currently being carried out,” the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement, on Thursday morning. According to the Cairo Governorate task force, a fire broke out near the Al-Ahly club headquarters in Nasr City and the Civil Protection Forces immediately deployed four fire engines, and the fire was controlled without injuries or deaths.

On Wednesday, the Saudi authorities announced that they had discovered an attempt to smuggle about half a million amphetamine tablets, and arrested three Egyptians and a Syrian in relation to the case. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA): the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) Mohammed al-Nujaidy stated that the security followup to the drug smuggling and promotion networks resulted in thwarting the criminal attempt. The result was to smuggle 456,000 amphetamine tablets hidden in elevator machinery equipment and spare parts. The receivers of the narcotic pills, including three Egyptians, a Syrian, and two Saudi citizens, were arrested in Jeddah and Riyadh, he added. Legal measures were taken against them, and they were referred to the Public Prosecution, Nujaidy said.

Egyptian songs were used by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, of “Moon Knight”, the latest Marvel series which started screening three weeks ago on the Disney Plus platform. The first three episodes of the series included Egyptian songs from the late Egyptian singer Nagat Al Saghira’s “Bahlam Maak” (I’m dreaming with you). This song was used in the first episode and appears when “Steven” was sitting in the restaurant waiting for his date. “Moon Knight” series is starring Ethan Hawke, Oscar Isaac and Gaspard Ulliel, and is directed by Mohamed Diab. “I was interested in showing and using Egyptian talents, which of course needed determination and to be at a high level of competitiveness,” he said.

The Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Wednesday that a new draft personal status law submitted by member of the House of Representatives Nashwa al-Deeb has set new conditions for polygamy and second marriages. Among these conditions is obtaining judicial permission and notifying the first wife. If she was summoned in person and does not attend or refuses to receive the notice knowing what it contains, this is considered her approval to polygamy, and thus the proceedings fulfill its legal form.”As for Article 16 of the draft law, it stipulates that “If the first wife appears before the court, the judge will discuss with her whether she agrees to polygamy or not. If she refuses to consent to polygamy, and the husband insists on his request, the court shall try to make an attempt to reconcile them.”If the two parties insist on their positions, and the wife requests a divorce, she will be judged to get her financial rights resulting from the divorce, and the husband must deposit them in the court’s treasury within a month from the date of the ruling, otherwise he will be considered retracting the request for permission to polygamy. The first paragraph of Article Five of the draft law stipulates that “it is not permissible to marry a person who has not reached the age of eighteen full Gregorian years.”The draft law stipulates that “Whoever causes, contracts, agrees, trusts, or testifies to the marriage contract of a minor under the age mentioned in this article shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of no less than three months and not exceeding a year.”

CAIRO – 13 April 2022: Egypt on Wednesday offered deep condolences to South Africa over the flood victims that struck KwaZulu-Natal province. The tragic incident has left scores of people dead and wounded and damaged facilities, homes and infrastructure in the area. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry extended “sincere condolences of the Egyptian government and people to the South African people and the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery." The ministry affirmed Egypt's support for South Africa in such a painful scourge. At least 259 people were killed in South Africa on Wednesday as heavy rains and floods hit the eastern cost of the country, damaging roads and destroying houses.

Okasha pointed out that the impact of terrorism that hit Egypt over the past decades has been extended, complex and deep on all segments of the society. That is in addition to shaping a negative image of the Egyptian state at the foreign public opinion. However, the Egyptian state succeeded in mobilizing all its institutions to accomplish security and stability, which compose the starting point of the developmental process, the expert noted. Oksaha highlighted that Egypt adopted a comprehensive approach to contain the impact of terrorism on the social, economic, political, and cultural realms. Okasha pointed out that the hike in terror attacks during the two following years incurred the classification of Egypt as one of the countries most impacted by terrorism.

The NGO recorded 710 victims in that month down from 747 in February, in addition to injuries, and violations of human rights. The most affected region is West Africa with 339 victims (47.7 percent), while the least harmed is North Africa with 35 (4.9 percent). The country that had the highest number of terrorism victims last month is Nigeria, as Boko Haram and the Islamic Sate launched attacks that killed 159 individuals. Head of Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Ayman Aqil stated that the spread of terror groups on the continent has an indirect influence on human rights in Africa. The rightist recommended that international and regional bodies appoint special envoys on security, violence and terrorism in Africa.

New York (CNN Business) – Boeing is likely to lose about 90 jet orders due to “geopolitical issues” related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company said Tuesday. But it has placed them in an accounting limbo which it uses when there are questions about whether jet orders on its books are likely to be completed. About two-thirds of those orders — or just more than 90 — are for 737 Max jets that have been affected by the war in Ukraine and related economic sanctions. Boeing’s data show only 30 737 Max jets orders from a Russian carrier, Utair Airlines. Boeing also reported another seven 737 Max jets on order by Ukraine airline, SkyUp.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Carlos Queiroz confirmed on Monday he was leaving his job as coach of Egypt's national team, ending speculation he would stay on despite failing to lead them to the World Cup finals. Those are my feelings right now," Queiroz wrote on Twitter. The Egypt Football Association said it had talked to Queiroz and had agreed to part ways. It will look to appoint a replacement before the start of the next Cup of Nations qualifiers in June. Egypt were the sixth national team Queiroz coached in his long career, which also includes stints as manager of Real Madrid and assistant to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.