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The Egyptian Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in Africa on Friday. This came after the ministry conducted several tests for the carrier.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/39EcpSG Get More Nigeria Metro News

Egypt’s army said Thursday it killed 19 presumed jihadists in the Sinai peninsula during a large-scale “anti-terror” operation. Egyptian forces launched operation “Sinai 2018” in February in the peninsula where soldiers and security forces have been battling the Islamic State group. Read...

Early results from Egypt’s election showed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cruising towards his expected landslide victory and a second term, but with a lower turnout than the vote that brought him to power four years ago. As ballots are tallied for official results due on April 2, the focus is...

Egyptian authorities say a British journalist expelled from the country last month did not have valid accreditation and was filming without a permit. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2pBZ7l2 Get more World News

The leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on Monday set a one-month deadline for laying out the ways to break a deadlock in talks over a mega dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile, an official said. Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads via Premium Times Nigeria –...

An Egyptian court has jailed a singer for two years for inciting debauchery, judicial sources said, after she appeared in a music video in her underwear and suggestively eating a banana. Shyma’s song, titled “I have issues”, sparked controversy on social media in the conservative country...