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He added that there is no specific percentage in the distribution of losses. The collapse began in October 2019 and has thrown more than 75 percent of the country’s population into poverty. The same political class blamed for the decades of corruption and mismanagement that led to the crisis did almost nothing to help Lebanon out of the crisis. Banks imposed informal capital controls, which deprived people of access to their savings. Lebanon began talks last year with the International Monetary Fund, which stalled without progress amid political differences between rival groups, and then resumed the talks in January.

(CNN) – Some 130 people have been killed and more than 3,000 have been forcibly displaced this year as violence has surged in eastern Colombia, according to the United Nations and the Catholic Church. More than 20 people were killed in those clashes, according to a spokesperson from Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office. HRW also accused Venezuelan armed forces of conducting joint operations with ELN guerrilla fighters against FARC dissidents in the border area in early 2022, contributing to the violence in the region. “Members of the Venezuelan forces are not just being tolerant to ELN abuses, they are participating in joint military operations where the guerrillas do the ‘dirty work’,” Pappier told CNN. FARC and ELN started fighting each other in Arauca and the neighboring Venezuelan state of Apure in 2006.

The arrival of tourists at Hurghada International Airport in the Red Sea from Europe increased on Saturday with the beginning of April to enjoy the bright sun and spring holidays, coinciding with the decline in COVID-19 infections and easing of travel restrictions. The schedule of flights arriving at Hurghada Airport revealed that 104 regular and charter flights arrived from various European airports, which carried about 15,000 tourists within 24 hours. And in a remarkable development, a number of agents working in the Russian tourism market in Hurghada said that Biblio-Globus, the largest Russian company, announced the return of its tourist flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh airports, starting from Sunday, after stopping last month due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. Flights to Hurghada from Zhukovsky Airport on Boeing 777-200 start from April 3 to April 10, and two flights will be operated per week, and flights to Sharm el-Sheikh from Zhukovsky will operate twice a week until the end of the month. Biblio-Globus indicated that flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh are available for reservations in May, with departures on Russian flights from Moscow every day, and the cost of tourist trips in Sharm el-Sheikh with departure is 84,000 rubles for accommodation in a four-star hotel, and 92,000 rubles for accommodation In a five-star hotel.

CAIRO – 3 April 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered to exempt thee Sudanese expats in Egypt from fines or fees for delaying the renewal of their residence permits, said Sudanese General Consul to Egypt Ahmed Adly Imam in a statement on Sunday. The Consul continued that the Sudanese community in Egypt has been given a six-month period to rectify their residential status. Egypt is hosting more than four million Sudanese people, said Al-Burhan in a press conference with President Sisi on March 30, 2022. “Our duty is not to allow anything to hat disturb the eternal relations between Egypt and Sudan. We went through a transitional period in Sudan, but it faltered due to international interventions, the absence of political forces and many conflicts.” Burhan said.

The Head of the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt Osama Rabea announced Saturday that navigation statistics for the canal during the first quarter of 2022 recorded a remarkable increase in the number and tonnage of ships transiting the waterway, which has not been impacted by the Russian-Ukrainian war. He added that navigational reports during the first quarter of this year monitored a significant increase in the transit rates of various types of ships compared to the same period last year. General cargo ships recorded an 18.1 percent increase, and tankers increased by 6.5 percent. Rabea added that navigational reports during the first quarter of this year detected a significant increase in transit rates of various types of ships compared to the same period last year. The number of cruise ships passing through the canal doubled compared to the same period last year.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced Friday that coronavirus vaccination units and centers will be working daily in two shifts, from nine until three pm, and from seven pm until 10 pm. The spokesperson for the ministry Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said that the ministry has so far received 150 million doses of eight different coronavirus vaccines, and noted that Egypt was the first country in Africa to enter the safe zone for vaccine providing. Egypt did not witness a shortage of medicines or medical supplies during the pandemic, he assured. Abdel-Ghaffar noted that the number of hospitals designated to isolate coronavirus patients was reduced, in conjunction with the decrease in the number of infections due to expanded campaigns for vaccination. Egypt was able in a short time to provide all coronavirus vaccines, including Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Sputnik, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Moderna, as part of the state’s plan to diversify and expand the provision of coronavirus vaccines.

CAIRO – 2 April 2022: Private tuition will not be beneficial to students in Thanaweya Amma tests beginning June 11, 2022, whether they will be internet or paper-based, official sources at the Ministry of Education told Youm7 Thursday. Thanaweya Amma is the high school national exam system that has been plagued with private tuition for decades. Private tuition, which is not by any means for students who are sturggling, is a major business for teachers, and the demand is so huge that the number of students in a private class may reach 60, signaling the failure the educational system. Meanwhile, the government has recently demanded that teachers pay taxes for their informal work. Today, the sources say that the kind of questions and the evaluation will be different, and that students should rely on various sources of learning such as the Knowledge Bank and other learning platforms.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) opened the historical and sacred Imam Hussein (AS) Mosque in Old Cairo Governorate after it was closed for two weeks for restoration and maintenance work. It was opened on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Egypt. Minister of Endowment Mukhtar Gomaa confirmed that the rituals of the first Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan on April 8, 2022 AD, will be held at the Imam Hussein Mosque. The ministry added that some religious activities and ritual events are being prepared to be presented during the holy month. The famous mosque was originally constructed in 1154 and was reconstructed in 1874.

President Sisi on Friday phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz to greet him on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, wishing him and the Saudi people peace and stability. For his part, King Salman thanked President Sisi for his greetings and wished more progress and prosperity for Egypt and its people. The President congratulated him on the holy month of Ramadan, wising him, the UAE people, and the Arab and Islamic nations blessing of security and stability. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed expressed his sincere gratitude to President Sisi and wished Egypt and its people all progress and prosperity. Over another phone call, President Sisi talked with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain.

CAIRO – 1 April 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz to greet him on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. During the phone call, President Sisi wished peace and stability for the Saudi government and people. For his part, King Salman thanked President Sisi for his greetings and wished more progress and prosperity for Egypt and its people. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted Egyptians, Arab nations on Friday on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. May God protect Egypt and its people”, President Abdel Fattah al SisiTunisian President Kais Saied greeted Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, Thursday on the occasion of the holy Month of Ramadan.

CAIRO – 1 April 2022: Egypt's First Lady Entissar El Sisi, extended on Friday her greetings to all Egyptians and Muslims on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. "I greet the Muslim nations and Egyptian people on the holy month of Ramadan to which we look forward from year to year to heal our hearts and purify our souls. Happy Ramadan," Egypt's First Lady posted on her official page on social networking sites. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted Egyptians, Arab nations on Friday on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. On his social media accounts, the president extended Ramadan greetings, wishing peace, security, stability and prosperity for Egypt, as well as Arab and Muslim nations.

CAIRO - 31 March 2022: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) signed an agreement with the Arab Monetary Fund to participate in the Buna payment platform within the regional system for clearing and settlement of inter-Arab payments, in cooperation with the Arab Monetary Fund. The Buna platform is the first Arab regional payment system that allows the use of Arab currencies as settlement currencies alongside other international currencies, and the platform is available to all financial institutions and banks that meet the criteria and conditions for participation in it, as the platform provides its participants with modern payment solutions that comply with international standards and principles and international compliance requirements. The CBE clarified in a statement Thursday that the platform aims to enable Arab banks to receive and send bank transfers to and from the participating Arab countries within the Buna platform for Arab payments in different Arab currencies in addition to other international currencies. The system is based on clearing and settling bank transfers between countries and Arab banks participating in it, which contributes to the implementation of these transactions in a safe and reliable manner, at an appropriate cost and high efficiency.

CAIRO – 30 March 2022: Cairo began receiving requests of holding Mawaid el-Rahman, or charity iftars, after a two-Ramadan hiatus due to Covid-19. The charitable gatherings in the streets at dusk will return to the streets of Cairo, bringing a lot of sense of community and the usual joy and charity of Ramadan. The guests are usually the poor or people who did not go home in time. The authorities regularly check Mawaid el-Rahman to make sure the food is safe to consume. Mawaid el-Rahman also must be held in a manner that does not disrupt traffic, but rather on the sidewalk, in parks, or near mosques.

CAIRO – 30 March 2022: The ban on importing Egyptian bees in Saudi Arabia has been lifted after a meeting between the directors of the Plant Quarantine in the two countries. The meeting was held in the framework of the Egyptian-Saudi Joint Committee. On Tuesday, Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Assayed al-Qasir said the ban was lifted. Ahmed al-Attar, director of the Egyptian Central Administration of Plant Quarantine, said Egypt is ready to meet all the conditions of the Saudis regarding bees, where his Saudi counterpart praised the Egyptian efforts in improving the conditions of raising bees in Egypt. Egypt also invited a Saudi technical committee to the country to select and uphold apiaries that apply to export bees to Saudi Arabia.