Egypt is bolstering its military presence in Somalia ahead of the December 31 deadline for Ethiopian troop withdrawal, according to The National. Cairo is also training Somali forces to combat Al Qaeda-linked militants. Following an August military cooperation pact, Egypt has deployed weapons, advisers, trainers, and counter-terrorism commandos to Mogadishu. Thousands of Egyptian personnel are expected to join the mission by year’s end. Ethiopia currently has around 22,000 troops in Somalia.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah have firmly rejected recent proposals from U.S. President Donald
Egypt has returned to the international debt market with its first U.S. dollar-denominated bond issuance in nearly two years,
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified 495 Moroccan nationals in its “non-detained docket” (NDD) who are
The prosecutor general's office has revealed that Libya has arrested two people accused of detaining and torturing some
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