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Egypt uses soft power in pursuing medical projects in Africa

Egypt announces health projects and agreements with South Sudan, Djibouti and Rwanda.
Staff members of the Ministry of Health prepare to take samples for testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the testing unit at the Bouffard hospital in Djibouti on May 2, 2020.

CAIRO — In a Facebook post on June 19, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the establishment of a malaria control project in South Sudan to be funded by the ministry’s Agency of Partnership for Development.

The announcement came after Egypt’s ambassador to Rwanda, Ahmed El Ansary, signed on June 11 a memorandum of understanding to build an Egyptian center for heart surgeries in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

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