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    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      Israel
      Three Israeli soldiers shot dead on Egyptian border

      Egyptian assailant was killed after Israeli military went in search of comrades

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Ziad Bahaa Eldin
      Egypt must face reality and reform to build on its success stories

      The need is to transform the minority of successful Egyptian companies into an overwhelming majority

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Egypt’s exchange rate uncertainty stifling business, say entrepreneurs

      Industries struggling to fund imports and lure investors amid foreign currency crisis

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Was Cleopatra black or white? The answer is neither

      Modern categories had no meaning in the ancient world and even now evolve as society, the state and the market dictate

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      Sudanese fleeing terror in Khartoum make perilous journey to Egypt

      Traumatised families speak of worsening conditions in Khartoum as they seek refuge in neighbouring states

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Egypt struggles to lure Gulf buyers in state asset sell-off

      Cairo’s allies have shifted from handing out traditional support to seeking commercial deals and demanding reforms

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      US foreign policy
      US defence secretary warns of ‘unthinkable’ Iran-Russia military ties

      Lloyd Austin uses Middle East visit to stress Washington’s commitment to the region

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Syria
      Egyptian official meets Assad as Arab nations re-engage with Syria

      Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Egypt’s economic woe spreads across all classes

      Sixty per cent of population deemed poor or vulnerable as inflation and currency crisis bite

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Yezid Sayigh
      Sisi cannot ignore the Egyptian military’s economic role forever

      Cairo’s agreement with the IMF commits it to reducing the presence of the state in numerous sectors

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Egypt releases prominent businessmen detained on terrorism charges

      Safwan and Seif el-Din Thabet had been held for about two years without charge

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Egypt’s deepening economic crisis

      Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Egypt’s pound plunges to new low as authorities try to stem currency crisis

      Country has shifted to more flexible exchange rate as part of $3bn IMF rescue deal

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Egypt vows to cut military’s outsized role in economy under IMF bailout

      Al-Sisi regime agrees to reforms over state ownership in the face of financial crisis

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Egypt’s pound sinks to new low in biggest fall since October devaluation

      North African country agreed to let its currency fluctuate as part of $3bn IMF deal

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘There are no dollars’: foreign currency crunch hits Egypt’s economy

      Cairo says banks will soon be able to help importers clear backlog of goods at ports worth $9.5bn

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Ruchir Sharma
      The easy money era is over but world leaders have not got the memo

      Free-spending governments are being punished if they don’t abandon unorthodox policy

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      COP27
      COP27 delegates rubbed shoulders with energy executives ready to cut deals

      Climate change summit turned into a ‘trade fair’

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      COP27
      COP27 communications group lambasted over work for fossil-fuel industry

      Hill+Knowlton Strategies draws ire from scientists for ‘incompatible’ representations

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      LexRenewable energy
      Green ammonia: high energy prices hint at proof of concept Premium content

      Pungent compound could be an unlikely decarbonisation hero

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      COP27 puts the spotlight on Egypt’s human rights record

      Western capitals should use diplomatic and economic leverage with President Sisi

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Travel
      Cruising the Nile aboard Agatha Christie’s original steamer

      Eighty-five years since its publication, ‘Death on the Nile’ is still in print — and the ship that inspired it is back in service

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Egypt battles climate change as world’s eyes turn to COP27

      Farmers struggle to make ends meet in unpredictable weather that has become the ‘new normal’

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Human rights
      Plight of Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah overshadows COP27

      Climate conference gives Egypt’s human rights activists unprecedented global platform

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Cairo sets agenda for ‘the African COP’ at Red Sea resort

      Egyptian hosts plan to stress the interests of the developing world at climate change summit

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