Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will reshuffle his cabinet soon, he told state newspapers in an interview published on Tuesday. "Yes, there will be a reshuffle and very soon ... We will fix what needs fixing and improve performance," Sisi said, without giving more details. The last cabinet reshuffle took place in March, when Sisi named 10 new ministers including for the finance and investment portfolios. Egypt is struggling to revive an economy that has been battered by an acute foreign currency crisis since a popular uprising in 2011 drove away tourists and foreign investors. These include fuel price hikes and the introduction of a value-added tax (VAT).

Source: Egypt Independent January 17, 2017 08:55 UTC