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Shura Council committee asks US to forgive Egypt’s debt
Business
June 11, 2012
Shura Council committee asks US to forgive Egypt’s debt
The United States should exempt Egypt from debts that account for 10 percent of its foreign financial obligations, said Mohamed…
US warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
Egypt
June 5, 2012
US warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
The US government aid agency on Tuesday warned that a humanitarian crisis in conflict-ridden Yemen was being "overlooked" despite escalating…
USAID funds Egypt’s presidential elections with $3 million
Egypt
May 19, 2012
USAID funds Egypt’s presidential elections with $3 million
The Egypt director of the US governmental aid organization said it has provided US$3 million to the high elections commission…
What about Palestine?
Opinion
March 1, 2012
What about Palestine?
A couple of weeks ago, amid the boring and ridiculous drama of the NGO crisis and the possible end of…
Washington’s NGO firestorm
Opinion
February 26, 2012
Washington’s NGO firestorm
Egypt's case against NGO workers, including at least 16 Americans, has sparked an unprecedented uproar in Washington, triggering what many…
US caves in to Egyptian govt demands over aid disbursement
Egypt
August 15, 2011
US caves in to Egyptian govt demands over aid disbursement
Abdel Aziz Hegazi, president of the General Federation of NGOs, said on Monday that he reached an agreement with the…
Accord struck on flow of US aid to Gaza
World
August 14, 2011
Accord struck on flow of US aid to Gaza
GAZA CITY - The Palestinian movement Hamas and the US Agency for International Development have reached a compromise to maintain…
US official: 85% of USAID to Egypt since 25 January went to US organizations
Egypt
August 13, 2011
US official: 85% of USAID to Egypt since 25 January went to US organizations
About 85 percent of USAID's funds to Egypt since 25 January has gone to US organizations, including the National Democratic…
US defends aid as Egypt probes NGO foreign funding
Egypt
August 13, 2011
US defends aid as Egypt probes NGO foreign funding
The US embassy in Cairo issued a strongly-worded defence of its aid to Egypt as prosecutors probed foreign funding…
Egypt probes civil groups’ funding amid US tension
Egypt
August 12, 2011
Egypt probes civil groups’ funding amid US tension
The legal arm of a notorious Egyptian intelligence apparatus is probing foreign funding of civil society groups amid signs of…