“The medical teams inside the hospital were unable to make a mass grave in the courtyard due to the seriousness of the field situation,” she added. She noted that stray dogs began to snap the bodies of martyrs in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital because no place is available to bury them. Kaila said that priority is given to bringing fuel to hospitals, restoring electricity, and bringing in medical delegations to support exhausted medical crews. “Our priority is to remove the wounded from hospitals for treatment outside the Gaza Strip,’ she continued. Hospitals are besieged, bombed, and their patients, medical staff, and displaced people are killed in full view of the entire world,” she continued.

CAIRO – 12 November 2023: Egyptian First Lady Intissar al-Sisi received Sunday a phone call from her Turkish counterpart Emine Erdogan as they discussed humanitarian aid to Gaza as well as cooperation on the empowerment of women, youth, and children. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the need to immediately stop the ongoing Israeli bombing and military operations in the Gaza Strip. Sisi and Erdogan reviewed tireless efforts being exerted at all levels to contain the crisis and its humanitarian repercussions. The two leaders also agreed on the need for continuing the key Egyptian role in delivering relief aid to the people of Gaza. They stressed the necessity of concerted international efforts to push towards the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

CAIRO – 12 November 2023: Al Qahera News reported Sunday that 70 aid trucks and 20 ambulances were preparing to enter Gaza Strip, while 400 dual nationals had gathered to cross into Egypt through Rafah Border Crossing. The Palestine Red Crescent society (PRCS) announced Tuesday receiving 81 humanitarian aid trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent. That brought the total number of trucks that had entered Gaza Strip since October 21 to 650, averaging around 36 trucks daily, the PRCS said in a statement. The aid delivered included food, water, relief aid, medical equipment and medications, the PRCS said, adding that Israel had not yet allowed the entry of fuel to the Strip. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had announced that Egypt was ready to help 7,000 dual nationals, carrying 60 different nationalities, leave Gaza Strip through Egyptian airports by letting them in through Rafah Crossing.

Even now, as we live in the 21st century, where women are more independent, vocal, and brave, societal norms hold women back from making the first move. The famous quote “if he wants to, he would” is spread around and is always said to women when they try to initiate a conversation with men. Fear of Looking Too Pushy or NeedyAnother fear that prevents women from making the first move is being perceived as needy or too desperate. In the case of making the first move, women are afraid of being shamed by men and women for being aggressive and bold, even though a conversation or having a friendship is a part of life. From all the deconstruction of relationships and friendships between males and females, what’s the final take?

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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed several agreements with various partners to boost different economic sectors in Africa. FDH Bank Malawi and Afreximbank signed a facility agreement worth $10m. The agreement was signed by George Chitera, Deputy Managing Director of FDH Bank, and Gwen Mwaba, Director of Trade Finance at Afreximbank. Exodus and Company Private Limited signed a $141m Intra-Africa Investment Finance Facility Document with Afreximbank. The Centre will be an opportunity for academia to play a vital role in driving and shaping the trade and regional economic integration discourse and support relevant governments to formulate and implement trade, industrial, and economic policies and frameworks that would drive a truly African trade and economic integration agenda.

The HHD share closed at EGP 11.88 on Tuesday. The government prioritizes its stakes in companies that are easier to sell, including several listed companies. The sources revealed that there is interest from local and Gulf investors in the company due to its large land portfolio. In October last year, HHD signed the final contract for the sale of the Heliopark land, covering an area of 1,695 feddan, to the National Social Insurance Authority. The land value is paid in a single instalment upon contracting, with the condition that the amounts related to reductions, estimated at around EGP 2bn, will be deducted from it.

The permanent representative of Egypt to the UN in Geneva, Ahmed Ehab Gamal El-Din, joined the ambassadors and representatives of 71 other missions in Geneva to issue an urgent appeal for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. They demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian territory and an end to the grave and appalling violations of international law in the area, including the Gaza Strip. The statement also condemned the forced displacement of Palestinians within or outside Gaza. The statement stressed the need to protect the lives of Palestinian civilians, as required by international humanitarian law and UN resolutions, and to provide international protection to the Palestinian people. The statement emphasized the importance of addressing and eliminating the root causes of the current crisis.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Riyadh, on the sideline of the Joint Arab Islamic Summit on Gaza, on Saturday- press photoCAIRO -11 November 2023: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Riyadh, on the sideline of the Joint Arab Islamic Summit on Gaza, on Saturday. The meeting discussed developments in Gaza; both sides confirmed the firm position of the two countries in terms of rejecting the liquidation of the Palestinian issue and the displacement of Palestinians, said the Egyptian Presidency Spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy in a statement. They said that reaching a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid to end the suffering of the people of Gaza is a must, calling for keeping the international efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state, accordance with relevant international references. The meeting touched on bilateral relations and developments in Syria. The President stressed Egypt’s keenness on a comprehensive political settlement in a way that achieves the interests of the Syrian people, preserves Syria's unity and territorial integrity and restores security and stability in the country.

CAIRO – 11 November 2023: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has arrived in Saudi Arabia to take part in the extraordinary joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh on Saturday. The summit brings Arab and Muslim leaders to enhance consultations and coordination on the Israeli military escalation in Gaza and the Palestinians lands and unify the Arab stances toward it. Since the start of the Israeli war in Gaza, Egypt has delivered hundreds of humanitarian aid trucks to the totally besieged strip and has evacuated hundreds of foreign nationals and injured people from there. Egypt, alongside Arab countries, has been also calling for a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire in Gaza, affirming the need to return to negotiations in order to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution.

CAIRO - 11 November 2023: Egyptian Minister of Endowments, Dr. Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa, praising the Egyptian role in providing humanitarian aid and receiving wounded Palestinians. He ensured that coordination is underway with the Ministry of Health to send a medical team specialized in orthopedic diseases, surgery and a nursing team, in addition to tools that enable them to carry out their tasks, from Al-Dawa Hospital, to the Gaza Strip. "We affirm our appreciation for those great stances taken by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, towards preserving our national security and the Palestinian issue at the same time," he said. The minister stressed that there will be no solution at the expense of the Palestinian issue, stressing the rejection of the displacement of Palestinians to Sinai. He added during his speech at the preparatory conference for the 30th International Holy Quran Competition, under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, that the tragedies to which the Palestinian people are exposed are not borne by anyone, hailing the Egyptian role in providing humanitarian aid and receiving wounded Palestinians.

Marrakech – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged to increase its investment in cities, recognizing their role as the continent’s economic engines. The session also included a presentation on a new report on African cities, titled From Millions to Billions: Financing the Development of African Cities, commissioned by the AfDB. The commitment to invest in cities is a welcome development, as Africa’s urban population is growing rapidly. Cities are the engines of economic growth, but they need investment in infrastructure and services to keep up with the growing demand. The AfDB and other development partners are playing a vital role in helping African cities to grow and develop in a sustainable way.

Marrakech – Experts at the Africa Investment Forum 2023 (AIF 2023) have called for investment in infrastructure, innovation, sustainable practices, and local industrial development to harness the continent’s strategic mineral wealth. Speaking at a panel session titled “Strategic Minerals: Financing a New Era of Global Prosperity,” the experts agreed that Africa is rich in strategic minerals, including rare earths, lithium, graphite, bauxite, manganese, and cobalt, all essential for modern technologies. Tshabalala said that the African Development Bank has an ever-increasing number of agreements with banks to ask them to finance women-led companies at concessional rates. Benkhadra concurred, adding that she is optimistic about the future of Africa’s strategic minerals sector, despite the challenges that lie ahead. Africa Investment Forum: Continent’s Principal Investment MarketplaceThe Africa Investment Forum is Africa’s principal investment marketplace, organized by the African Development Bank and seven partners to mobilize strategic project investments by involving the private sector.

CAIRO – 10 November 2023: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received on Friday Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Cairo International Airport. The two leaders will hold a summit in the Egyptian capital today, Egypt’s Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said in a statement. President Sisi and Sheikh Tamim will reportedly discuss the crisis of captives being held by Hamas amid the ongoing Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, which started on 7 October. An Egyptian-Qatari mediation late in October resulted in the release of two Israeli captives Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Lifshitz for humanitarian and health reasons. The Israeli retaliatory war has killed around 11,000 Palestinians and injured more than 26,000 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday.

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has called for increased investment in regional corridors to boost intra-regional trade and economic integration. However, he noted that these opportunities can only be realized through the development of infrastructure, such as regional corridors. The AfDB has been a leading investor in regional corridors, financing over $13.5bn in projects over the past seven years. These projects have helped to reduce transport costs, connect landlocked countries to coastal countries, and improve regional trade and competitiveness. A systematic approach and platform to identify and syndicate around the development of strategic regional corridors.