Newsletter: FutureVerse LEAP’s comeback The fifth edition of the gathering offers a temperature check for the Gulf’s AI ambitions amid fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Xi makes first Egypt visit in decade as Cairo gets caught in US-China AI row China's Huawei last month submitted a bid to build advanced AI data centers and supply more than 2,000 AI chips for Egyptian government systems. Egypt
Analysis How Ethiopia’s new dams test Egypt’s ability to defend its Nile red lines Ethiopia’s water minister has emphasized the country’s plans to move forward with new Blue Nile dam construction, leaving Egypt to contend with the potential fallout. By Eli Siegel-Bernstein
Newsletter: Business & Tech Iran keeps Hormuz reopening on hold Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained low, with only five commodity vessels transiting the waterway on Tuesday, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler. By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Russia denies siding with Ethiopia in Nile dam dispute Egypt interprets Russian reluctance to back its position in the GERD dispute as pro-Ethiopian, but Moscow says it is pursuing a balanced position between Cairo and Addis Ababa. Egypt
Ethiopia-Sudan tension rises over Tigray conflict Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia after Addis Ababa accused Khartoum of interfering in the Tigray crisis amid doubts about Sudan’s mediating ability to end the nine-month-old fighting. Egypt
Egypt's president slices bread subsidies A controversial decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to cut bread subsidies despite an earlier promise not to tamper with the price of subsidized loaves has raised concerns that this move may trigger a wave of unrest reminiscent of the bread riots of 1977. Egypt
Egypt retrieves ancient priest statue from Holland Egypt has brought back an ancient statue of Nikaw-Ptah from Holland as the government works to recover many stolen antiquities from abroad. Egypt
New dredger joins expanded Suez Canal fleet A new dredger has joined the Suez Canal fleet to help maintain and expand the crucial waterway in the wake of the Ever Given crisis. Egypt
Gadhafi's son announces return to Libyan politics As soon as Saif al-Islam, the son of late Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi, announced his plan to return to political life, media outlets close to the regime in Egypt rushed to announce their support, thus raising many questions about Egypt’s position and whether Cairo would support him if he runs for the upcoming presidential elections in neighboring Libya. Egypt
Sinai militants launch sporadic attacks against Egyptian army Following the months-long calm, the Egyptian army said that eight soldiers have been killed and wounded in recent military operations in north Sinai, and 89 militants killed. Egypt
Egypt, Algeria find common ground on Libyan crisis Egypt and Algeria have been at odds over how to deal with the situation in Libya, but that may be changing. Egypt
Can Algerian mediation bring sides closer in Nile dam dispute? Algeria has become a party in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis after consenting to assume a mediation role to resolve the dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, which experts count on to peddle the wheel of the negotiations. Egypt
Egypt to renovate shrines in major boost to religious tourism Egypt plans to restore and renovate the shrines and tombs of the Prophet Muhammad’s family and surrounding roads and squares in a move expected to support religious tourism. Egypt
Egypt touts climate, flood control initiatives in Africa outreach Climate change and flood forecasts pave the way for Egypt's foreign policy on the continent. Egypt
Egypt announces four-point plan to mitigate possible water crisis The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced a four-point plan to cope with its water crisis, as talks on Ethiopia’s Nile dam continue to stall. Egypt