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Azza Guergues is a multimedia journalist based in Cairo. She has worked for local websites and international newswires and holds a master's degree in digital journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London. She writes about women, politics and digital media for social change. On Twitter: AzzaGuergues

Egypt | Nov 13, 2020

Will Sudan hand over Islamists to Egypt?

During a recent meeting, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, discussed the handover of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to Cairo.

An Egyptian student who fled political repression in Egypt and moved to Sudan is pictured in Khartoum on June 27, 2019. - Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who have fled repression in Egypt to seek refuge in Sudan are now feeling a deja-vu as their host country is now engulfed in a popular uprising similar to the revolt in their home country. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)
Egypt | Sep 18, 2020

Russia pushes COVID-19 vaccine in Egypt

Moscow is busily promoting its COVID-19 vaccine in Egypt, which it hopes to recruit for testing and production purposes.

A vial with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine is seen prior to a vaccination of a volunteer in a post-registration trials, Moscow, September 10, 2020. - Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957, had already received approval. The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya research institute in Moscow in coordination with the Russian defence ministry. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKO
Egypt | Aug 13, 2020

YouTube, Tiktok help low-income families survive in Egypt

Low-income Egyptian families have discovered a way to make money via video-steaming platforms like YouTube and Tiktok.

Menna Ayman, Salem Massalha, Shehab el-Dien, Alban Menonville, and Nader Meleika members of the Egyptian startup business, Bassita, work at their office in Cairo on April 12, 2016. 

Bassita, which means "simple" in Arabic, is harnessing the growing Internet penetration in the country and raising funds through social networking campaigns. It posts photos and videos of micro-development projects, and sponsors undertake the funding once a certain number of shares and "likes" are raised.

 / AFP / KHALED DESOU

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