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Egypt's reviving tourism to prop up banking sector: Moody's
Tourism in Egypt has great potential and has traditionally been a major economic force in Egypt
Egypt's strategic rice reserves at three-month level - MENA
Egypt's Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 502 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday including prominent businessman Hesham Talaat Moustafa
Donors pledge $352mln to help Uganda's South Sudanese refugees
About $352 million has been pledged to help Uganda cope with an influx of refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
France dismisses call for new Calais migrant centre
France's interior minister rejected calls from charities for a new migrant reception centre in the northern port of Calais.
Egypt president ratifies capital gains tax freeze extension, approves stamp duty
The Finance Ministry said in March it aimed to raise revenues of $55mln - $82mln in the first year of the new stamp duty.
Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months
Parliament unanimously approved a three-month state of emergency in April
Egypt GASC wheat tender lowest offer $190.88/t from Ukraine
The lowest offer after accounting for shipping costs was presented by Cerealcom for 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $207.09 per tonne.
Macron orders French officials to show more humanity to migrants
- France has instructed local officials to show more humanity towards migrants, the government spokesman said.
Egypt will receive second disbursal of IMF loan within 2-3 weeks - finance minister
The $1.25 billion disbursal, which will complete the first $4 billion loan tranche, was initially expected to come toward the end of June.
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