Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate

According to media reports, the approval came after weeks of US pressure on Tel Aviv, in order to improve relations with Cairo after Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza.

The fuel price hike is the fifth since the IMF increased its loan amount last year, conditional on the elimination of fuel subsidies and the sale of the public sector.

Alaa’s release by way of a presidential pardon came after a long international solidarity campaign calling for his freedom and a 10-month hunger strike by his elderly mother.

Ethiopia has officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking the end of a 14-year, USD 5 billion undertaking that has reshaped both the country’s energy ambitions and the geopolitics of the Nile Basin.

Egypt seems to have been caught in Netanyahu’s political bargaining trap due to its urgent need for energy supplies.

Egypt still refuses to release Alaa, despite increasing pressure by solidarity campaigns, international rights groups and the UK government.

The move is seen as a turning point that would make normalization between the two major regional actors closer than ever, after decades of unstable relations.

The fuel price hike announced on October 18 in Egypt is a part of its government’s commitment to the IMF to eliminate fuel subsidies in phases by December 2025.

Despite being scheduled for release on September 29, Egyptian authorities have refused to release Abdel Fattah

Egyptians, already reeling under a cost of living crisis amid record-high inflation, are suffering a further erosion of purchasing power

Brazil’s president made the statement during his visit to Egypt and while Israel was escalating attacks against Rafah