2020 Egypt economy contracts 1.1%, but 6.1% recovery projected in 2021: ESCWA

COVID-19 caused losses of about $140bn for Arab region in 2020, says UN commission

Nehal Samir

A walk in 2020 sports: Ups and downs in year of COVID-19

Promising year start for Zamalek that turned into full domination by Al Ahly

Alaa Moustafa

EGX ends Wednesday in green, market cap rises EGP 8.3bn

Blue-chip EGX30 index rose 1.22% to record 10867.76 points, while the small- and mid-cap EGX70 EWI advanced by 2.33% to end trading at 2131.17 points

Daily News Egypt

Egypt prosecution affirms no intention to charge police with Italy’s Regeni murder

Italian student reportedly researched independent labour unions in Egypt, says prosecution

Adham Youssef

Update: Egypt condemns attack on Aden Airport in Yemen

At least 22 people killed in airport explosion as new government arrives in Aden

Daily News Egypt

CIB unique among Egyptian banks regarding environmental transparency

The Commercial International Bank (CIB) announced, on Wednesday, that it has furthered its commitment to environmental transparency by disclosing its environmental impact through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

Daily News Egypt

‏7 million students screened nationwide in Egyptian medical initiative

All precautionary measures against COVID-19 were in place during initiative

Daily News Egypt

Foreign Ministry follows investigations into Egyptian teacher’s murder in Saudi Arabia

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely following investigations into the murder of Egyptian teacher Hani Abdel Tawab Saad in Saudi Arabia.

Sami Hegazi

UNOCHA faces funding gap to meet humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s TIgray

UNOCHA appealed to humanitarian partners to cover the rest $604m needed to comprehensively meet humanitarian needs in Tigray regional state.

Xinhua

3 massive blasts rock Aden’s airport in Yemen as new gov’t members arrive

3 massive explosions rocked Aden airport in Yemen on Wednesday as local officials were gathering to receive a plane carrying new power-sharing government

Xinhua