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Nigeria Pursues ‘Best of Both Worlds’ Strategy as First OPEC Member Joins IEA

Nigeria has become the first member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to join the International Energy Agency as an...

Hypatia of Alexandria The Last Light of the Ancient World

"History remembered the woman. Legend reinvented her." When the smoke cleared over Alexandria in the spring of AD 415, there...

El-Sisi Launches The Octagon, Charting Egypt’s Next Phase of Security and Reform

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL — Egypt has inaugurated the State Strategic Command Headquarters, "The Octagon," a next-generation military command and...

MCIT Launches Child-Safe Mobile Internet Services to Strengthen Online Protection

Egypt has launched two nationwide mobile internet services aimed at strengthening child online protection, marking a key milestone in...

Gulf Investors Eye Stake in Egypt’s $150m Arab API Pharmaceutical Ingredients Project

Egypt's drive to localise pharmaceutical manufacturing has attracted fresh regional investor interest, with Gulf companies expressing a desire to...

EGX Edges Higher as Foreign Buying Extends Market Recovery

Small caps lead gains while investors weigh debt inflows, IMF progress and improving external liquidity Cairo — Egyptian equities closed...

Saudi Arabia Leads GCC into Next Phase of Workforce Nationalisation

As women's workforce participation reaches record levels, Gulf labour strategies shift from quota-driven localisation towards productivity, AI and human-capital...

Trade Barriers Are Rising—How Can Egypt Future-Proof Its Export Growth?

Morocco’s steel decision highlights a new era where trade compliance, market intelligence and competitiveness matter as much as production...

Hypatia of Alexandria: The Last Light of the Ancient World

Part IV-A – The Death of a Scholar "A philosopher had been murdered. Yet in the silence that followed, something...

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