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Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

The economist Mahmoud Mohieldin, who was investment minister under Hosni Mubarak and an insider in the deposed president's clan, left Cairo for Washington shortly before Egypt's 2011 revolution. He is now working as Sisi's "climate champion". [...]

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Cairo seeks to secure a positive legacy for its lacklustre COP27

Egypt is taking steps to ensure that a fund conceived to help states in the global south will take shape at the next United Nations climate change conference in Dubai at the end of the year.

EGYPT Business Diplomacy 25/04/2023

MbZ's brother wants to get hands on Cairo's prized plot of land

The brother of UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan is poised and ready to acquire the plot of land on which ex-President Hosni Mubarak's headquarters stood until 2011. The Emirati royal family has reportedly conditioned this acquisition on other investments to come.

Aerial view of Tahrir Square in Cairo. The area on sale is shown in orange.

EGYPT Politics Business 22/02/2023

Sisi's economic ambiguity fuels Gamal Mubarak's presidential ambition

Egypt urgently needs foreign investment but President al-Sisi appears more focused on pleasing homegrown firms as next year's elections loom. Gamal Mubarak, the son of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, sees this as an opportunity to firm up his own presidential ambitions.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.

EGYPT Diplomacy 07/11/2022

Little sign of progress over $100bn global South adaptation fund

The host country of COP27 has been working hard to try to secure a commitment from global North countries to finance climate change adaptation in the global South. But no preliminary agreement has been reached on this issue, which will be discussed from today.

EGYPT Politics 25/10/2022

All-powerful Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Choukri set to step down

Egypt's long-serving foreign minister Sameh Choukri, who has been at his post since 2014, could shortly be stepping down as part of a reshuffle by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, which should take place before the end of the year.

Egyptian diplomatic chief Sameh Choukri in Berlin, 19 July 2022.

EGYPT Politics 14/09/2022

Sisi protégé Mohamed Badran makes bold political comeback

Six years after leaving Egypt, Mohamed Badran has returned to his homeland to take part in Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's "National Dialogue". After the 2013 military coup, the former student leader had a meteoric rise with the help of the presidency and the intelligence services.

EGYPT EUROPEAN UNION Energy 19/08/2022

Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid Free

As the European Union seeks to diversify its energy sources in order to free itself from dependence on Russia, several projects to connect electricity networks between Egypt and southern Europe are vying for funding from Brussels.

EGYPT Diplomacy 22/07/2022

Sisi expected to meet Macron in Paris today

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's flying visit to Paris may not be inked in Emmanuel Macron's diary; but the two are nonetheless scheduled to meet today.

EGYPT Diplomacy 04/07/2022

In the midst of his country's crisis, Sisi looks to COP27 and offers talks

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for a "national dialogue" with hand-picked representatives of the opposition for this week. The aim of this forum is to reduce the risk of internal protests and to satisfy Cairo's Western allies in the run-up to COP27.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Brussels in February 2022.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC FRANCE Diplomacy 05/05/2021

Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Cuts to French aid, a freeze on military cooperation... relations between Paris and Bangui continue to cool. France suspects several of Touadéra's close advisors of waging anti-French campaigns while Russia is not far from the picture.

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

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Tshisekedi prepares international conference on Grand Inga hydropower project

With African Union support, the DRC will in late April play host to dozens of VIPs to discuss the development of the Congo River scheme that comprises several vast dams.

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Egyptian luxury magnate Rachid Mohamed Rachid's offshore networks

Egyptian former trade minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid is chairman of the Mayhoola fund, which owns Valentino and Balmain. His family office, Alsara Investment Group, is also a shareholder in several Middle Eastern luxury houses. Managing all his investments via offshore structures guarantees him optimal discretion.

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UN agencies beef up due diligence

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Intelligence Online 08/09/2021

Armed security companies prepare for the start of a new era in Kabul

Along with Iraq, Afghanistan has been an eldorado for armed security companies over the last 20 years. With the departure of American troops on 30 August, that market suddenly dried up. This does not mean, however, that the country will no longer need armed security companies.

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