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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Feb 23, 2020

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the first plenary session as part of the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi, Russia, October 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1AA9297200 — Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the first plenary session as part of the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art, Sochi, Russia, Oct. 24, 2019. — Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS

Egypt presses ahead with nuclear power

Rasha Mahmoud

Russia begins production of equipment & components of Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, Aug. 2, 2021.

Egypt licenses first power unit at Dabaa nuclear power plant

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (back-R) and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (back-L).

Egypt, Russia discuss next steps for nuclear power plant

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) looks on as Chief Executive Officer of Russian Rosatom company Sergey Kiriyenko (L) and Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker (R) shakes hand after signing documents for a deal to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, November 19, 2015. Moscow and Cairo signed an agreement on Thursday for Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, with Russia extending a loan to Egypt to co

Pandemic won't halt construction on Egypt’s first nuclear power plant

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics