The southern and eastern areas of Omdurman have been witnessing non-stop heavy clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army since Friday. The fighting centered in the radio and television circle, and explosions were heard in the surrounding areas. From her side .The government of South Sudan has stressed that it is playing a neutral role in efforts to stop the fighting in Sudan, after Khartoum protested that it hosted an envoy from the Rapid Support forces. South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, has been playing a mediating role through the East African State Development Authority (IGAD) in an attempt to resolve the conflict between the RSF and the army. Kiir held several talks with Burhan and Hemeti, and also hosted an envoy of Burhan in Juba on the eighth of May.

Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of Oman, will visit Cairo on Sunday, leading a high-level delegation, in his first trip to the North African country since he assumed his position in January 2020. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will meet Bin Tariq to discuss strengthening joint Arab action and various developments on the regional and international arenas. The Omani delegation includes Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs; Khalid bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court; Sultan bin Mohamed Al Nuamani, Minister of the Royal Office; Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Sultan bin Salem Al-Habsi, Minister of Finance. Last February, Daily News reported that the Oman Investment Authority, the sovereign fund of the Sultanate of Oman, has considered investing in Egypt, especially in renewable energy projects. Egypt seeks to consolidate economic relations with Oman to increase FDI in Egypt, urging the Egyptian government to bridge the financing gap, which amounts to about $17 billion.

CAIRO- 20 May 2023: Egypt hosts nearly 8 million refugees from different countries and considers one of the countries that host the largest number of refugees in the world, especially in recent years, said Nevin Al-Kabbaj, Minister of Social Solidarity and Vice President of the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) on Saturday, in a press conference organized by the ERC. She called for more support for more relief, humanitarian and supply interventions, social protection and follow-up on the situation. The Egyptian Red Crescent announced that it received a support provided by the United Nations Development Program, funded by the European Union, with a total of 27 tons of urgent health care supplies to enhance the efforts of the Egyptian government on the southern borders for the Sudanese refugees, the Minister added. In addition, the European Union provided 200,000 euros to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society to assist people coming from Sudan to Egypt, said Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, Ambassador Christian Berger in the press conference.

CAIRO – 19 May 2023: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi performed umrah rituals and visited Al Masjid Al Nabawi in Medina on the sidelines of his participation in the 32nd Arab Summit that was wrapped up in Jeddah city, Friday. During his participation at the Summit, Sisi described Syria's return to the League of Arab States as a start of an Arab march towards resolving the Syrian crisis. 2254,” Sisi said. Sisi highlighted the “harsh and exceptional circumstances” that the Arab region has witnessed over the recent years, which threatened the security and safety of the Arab peoples in an unprecedented way. “It has been confirmed to every insightful person that preserving the national state and supporting its institutions is a duty and a necessity for the future of peoples and their capabilities,” Sisi said.

The Council of the Arab League summit issued some resolutions during its meeting on Friday, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, including a resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The resolution emphasized that the water security of Egypt and Sudan is an integral part of the Arab water security, rejecting any action that affects their rights in the Nile waters. It also called for refraining from unilateral measures, including continued filling and operating GERD without reaching an agreement on the rules for filling and operating the dam. The resolution called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities by taking the necessary measures to ensure a peaceful settlement of this issue. The decision included the inclusion of this issue as a permanent article on the agenda of the Arab League Council summit, until a peaceful settlement is reached.

The 32nd Arab League Summit concluded on Friday in the Saudi city of Jeddah by adopting the Jeddah Declaration, which calls for Arab unity to solve regional issues. The declaration welcomed Syria’s readmission to the Arab League (AL), vowing to intensify pan-Arab efforts to help Syria tackle its crisis. The 32nd Arab League Summit kicked off in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday with the participation of Arab leaders to discuss regional and global issues that are crucial to the region’s stability. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended the summit for the first time since his country was suspended from the Arab League after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. In the summit, Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane handed over the rotating presidency of the Arab League to Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

The Abu Soma Bay – south of Hurghada in the Red Sea – will host the closing ceremony of “Miss Elite 2023” on Friday, with the participation of 40 contestants from all over the world. Tourism expert Sayed al-Gabry said that Hurghada’s hosting of the Miss Elite 2023 competitions comes as part of plans to stimulate tourism. The winner of Miss Elite 2023 will be announced in a huge ceremony on the shores of Hurghada, in which Egypt will be represented by the 25-year-old Yara al-Sokkary. Singer Walid Tawfiq will give the closing ceremony. And the competition jury includes Lebanese Rudolf Hilal, actress Heidi Karam, in addition to the head of the Miss Elite 2023 jury Stefano Douaihy, actress and model Razan Maghribi, fashion designer Farida Tamraz, and others.

The first Jordanian film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg. This film marks Al-Rasheed's second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed with Darin J. Sallam. The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malmö Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.

Egyptian-Palestinian actress May Calamawy joins Ridley Scott’s ‘GLADIATOR 2’ as the female lead along with Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal. Beside Calamawy the sequel stars Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, among others. Gladiator is set in Ancient Rome and revolves around Maximus who is stripped of his rank and imprisoned after Commodus murders his family. Maximus becomes a gladiator to revenge from his rival while rising through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena.

Axis has obtained the licence from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) for its open-loop mobile wallet, offering a digital banking alternative for small businesses and their employees. By digitizing payroll, axis aims to help up to 8 million small and micro businesses send salaries to their 20 million employees and contractors instantly onto the AxisPay mobile wallet. With Axis, small businesses can streamline their payments to employees and suppliers digitally. They can send salaries, reimburse expenses, and offer 'earned wage advances' to their employees on the AxisPay mobile wallet. The team is made of experienced FinTech experts who are building a world-class digital payments platform for small businesses.

This endeavor - according to the financial statement - is based on a number of axes:1- Realism in estimating the targeted public revenues, in light of the tax community’s cost capacity, economic performance indicators, and target growth rates in the state’s sectors. 2- Effectiveness and rationality in estimating expenditures and controlling expenditures to the lowest possible limits in a way that ensures optimal use of available resources without affecting the continuation of the state's activities and the ability to achieve strategic goals. 3- Expanding investment spending in addition to encouraging the private sector to increase its investment spending in order to raise the efficiency of the infrastructure. This aims to improve the level of services provided and create job opportunities for many citizens. 4- The management of the institutions and public property should be in the interest of the public treasury, and that an appropriate return be achieved on the capital of these institutions without neglecting the performance of the social role of the state entrusted to some of them.

A video clip posted on the SAF's facebook page showed Al-Burhan appearing in a military uniform and surrounded by a group of soldiers who were making victory signs. The timing of the video clip is not verified. The Sudanese Doctors Union said on Tuesday in a statement that the civilian death toll has climbed to 822 since April 15. On Wednesday, the arab ministerial group on the situation in Sudan held its first meeting on Tuesday in Jeddah on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers. The Group is engaged in reaching out to the Sudanese and international parties to work to address the causes of the crisis and to seek a full and sustainable ceasefire.

Despite much anticipation about the approaching date of floating the Egyptian pound, a report by Citigroup expects the decision to be delayed for 60 days. Further reduction in the price of the pound are futile in resolving external imbalances, the report said, pointing out that the near-term benefit of export growth from the depreciation of the currency is questionable. Likewise, the financial authorities in Egypt did not want to move toward a flexible exchange rate because the pound is already undervalued, according to Goldman Sachs. Multiple devaluations over the past year have left the Egyptian pound roughly 25 percent below its “fair value” in the long term on a spot basis, it added. Costa explained that the Central Bank of Egypt will likely wait for tourism revenues of about $14 billion to reflect on the economy before deciding on the need for another repricing of the pound.

Role modelsThe dialogue comes on the occasion of the release of the Arabic version of“Daughters of the Nile: Egyptian Women Changing Their World”, which tells the stories of prominentEgyptian women. Spencer asked some prominent Egyptian women to write about their upbringings, struggles, and achievements. The author wanted to dispel the myth that Egyptian women are uneducated and under the sway of men. National Council for WomenThe National Council for Women's (NCW) President Maya Morsi expressed her joy to meet the“daughters of the Nile” in the home of Egyptian women. Al-Mashat confirmed that the book“Daughters of the Nile” is a source of inspiration for many women.

CAIRO - 19 May 2023: A total of 341 competitors are preparing to launch their homing pigeons Friday, from the launch point in the city of Salloum, as part of the homing pigeon racing season. There are 6,500 individual homing pigeons participating in the race, which is organized by the Egyptian Federation for Homing Pigeon Racing, and is for a distance of 650 kilometers. Mohamed Harfoush, general coordinator of the carrier pigeon races at the level of Lower Egypt, said that the carrier pigeons are received from the participant in the race at the level of 5 governorates. He said that the pigeons are carefully examined before being registered on the device, through veterinarians in the Veterinary Department, to ensure that the individual is safe from any diseases. For his part, Ahmed Khalifa, head of the Egyptian Federation for Homing Pigeon Racing, said that Friday is the final throw for the pigeon races towards Lower Egypt, and the starting point will be from the city of Salloum.