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Sisi’s directives to automate silos system, monkey-face goat and other topics have made yesterday’s press headlines.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government on Tuesday to develop and automate the system of silos and stores of strategic commodities across the country, as part of the state’s approach toward applying digital transformation and promoting good governance.
In another meeting, the President also directed the government to maintain its efforts for promoting co-operation with international financial institutions, while adhering to the regulations set for securing the best financing packages on preferential terms.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri arrived in Germany on Tiesdayto take part in the Berlin-2 conference on Libya, slated for Wednesday.
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati has reaffirmed, during a meeting with South Sudanese government officials including Vice President Riek Machar and Irrigation Minister Manawa Peter among others, Cairo’s keenness to continue negotiations on the disputed Ethiopian dam, with the aim of reaching a “fair and binding” deal that fulfills the interests of the three countries.
Prosecutor-General Hamada al-Sawi travelled to Paris on Tuesday evening, leading a high-level delegation of Public Prosecution members to pursue important investigations in cooperation with French judicial bodies.
Residential electricity bills are going to hike by up to 26% according to the segments at the start of the state’s new fiscal year on July 1.
The surge is part of state plan to gradually phase out electricity subsidies by 2025.
The birth of a goat with a monkey’s head in a village in Assiut governorate in Upper Egypt has raised questions and panic among the people and social media users.
Veterinarians attributed the cause of the birth of the goats with a strange head to the occurrence of fetal abnormalities of the animal, which are considered rare and could happened due to the animal eating contaminated food during pregnancy.
The animal was breastfeeding naturally, but it died two days after birth.
A coach in the Egyptian Football League II resorted to take a heavy crane “loader” to lead his team from outside the playground and from behind the walls after he was dismissed by the referee.
