Food problem tops the list of issues facing most countriesspecially developing ones. Successive food crises motivated concerned parties to examine causes of such crises & establish systems which help forecast any future crises to evade or mitigate their occurrence.
Within the framework of Egypt's persistent cooperation with its African brotherly peoples, seeking to enhance and increase fraternal ties among African peoples, the Minister of Foreign Affairs instructed the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa to offer medical aid to the hospital of Bagamoyo city, at the Tanzanian President's request. This confirms Egypt's continuous keenness to meet the needs of Tanzania and provide all possible assistance in various fields, in spite of the events Egypt passes through.
Lt. General Samy Anan, the deputy chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said presidential elections will be held on time and power will be handed over on June 30.
Anan said the armed forces have no power ambitions and their main goal is piloting the country to safety. This came on 21/4/2012 in statements by Anan during a meeting with professors of constitutional law and deans of the Egyptian faculties of law.
Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with the Commonwealth States started to implement a comprehensive plan for supporting cooperation with Afghanistan in the various fields, such as rehabilitating diplomatic cadres, training specialists in fields of transport and eradicating illiteracy, dispatching experts to restore the monuments of the Afghani Ghazni Province which had been selected as cultural capital of the Islamic World for the year 2013.
Egypt provided an urgent aid of two ton medicines to Congo Brazzaville to help them face the aftermath of the blasts that hit the capital Brazzaville last week, leaving a large number of victims.
In a press conference held on 31th January, 2012 extensively covered by the Congolese media. Ambassador of Egypt to Congo, Khaled Omran delivered pharmaceutical aid of five tons of medicines and hospital needs to the Congolese Minister of health.
The Egyptian Embassy in Djibouti presented Egyptian assistance to the Djibouti Government of 120 tons of corn flour and 3500 canned food boxes and 20 greenhouses to help Djibouti face the impacts of the 2011 severe drought that hit the country.
Egypt had sent medical assistance to Djibouti including 500 parcels of different medicines weighed five and a half tons in December 2011.
Within the framework of the Egyptian government's support to the African brotherly countries, the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa, affiliate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented greenhouses as food and logistic assistance to Djibouti.
Within the framework of the constant cooperation between Egypt and the African brotherly countries and enhancing and increasing the brotherly cooperation ties between the African peoples, the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa, in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Health, dispatched a medical convoy to Ethiopia.
The Armed Forces started to distribute urgent relief materials to the flood-ravaged residents of Abu-Simbel Village, Aswan, on Thursday 29/12/2011.
About 10 tons of foodstuffs and commodities along with 2,000 blankets were given out to the residents, said Aswan Governorate Secretary General Mohamed Mostafa.
Some charities and political powers also distributed relief aid to the residents, he said.
The floods emerged after Nasr el-Nouba canal bridge partially collapsed in Aswan on Wednesday.
Within the framework of the Egyptian government support to the friendly African states, the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa presented food and medical assistance to Djibouti to help alleviate the impacts of the drought which hit the country in the early days of 2011.
Rafah crossing was exceptionally opened to allow the entrance of the rest of the aid convoy “Miles of Smiles-7” to Gaza Strip. The crossing was closed for 6 days.
An official source at Rafah Port said that the remaining of the aid convey include 32 ambulances and disabled cars. He indicated that on Saturday 5/11/2011 the convoy entered 11 ambulances and other medical aid accompanied 113 from different nationalities.
Within the framework of helping the Pakistani people face the harmful effects of floods and torrential rains, which resulted in displacing seven million people and the death of 400, drowning 3200 villages, destroying 1.5 million hectares and devastating 1.7 million homes, Egypt sent two military airplanes packed with relief aid, to help the Pakistani people face such crucial circumstances.
Thirty two of the Egyptians who had been detained in "Abu Salim" prison in Tripoli would arrive in Egypt this evening. The 32 Egyptians were released ten days ago as a result of high-level contacts between Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr and the Libyan officials before and after the fall of the Gaddafi regime.
Egypt lent its support to the Horn-of-Africa countries suffering from drought. Egyptian assistance has not been exclusive to the government but has extended to include NGOs and individuals.
Egypt is also part of the international effort seeking to stabilize conditions in Somalia, protect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and promote development efforts.
Egypt’s view of the solutions to the crisis in the Horn of Africa depends mostly on long-range and sustainable projects alongside relief assistance.
The chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi ordered on Wednesday 24/8/2011 that two C130 military transport planes fly to Somalia to deliver humanitarian relief supplies include baby milk, infant formula, rice, sugar, flour and canned food donated by the Armed Forces and the Medical Syndicate in contribution from the Egyptian people to world efforts aimed at assisting the famine- and drought-stricken Somali people.
On August 23rd, Spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Menha Bakhoum, stated that a delegation representing the Egyptian Government and trends is heading to Mogadishu on Friday, August 26th, to hand over Egyptian assistance freighted on board military planes to the Somali capital. Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Mona Omar, will head the delegation on behalf of Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr.
Upon the instructions of the Foreign Minister, the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa intensified its efforts with Ethiopia through offering humanitarian assistance. A medical convoy consisting of 18 doctors was dispatched during the period from 12/6/2011 to 22/6/2011. During their presence, the crew of the Egyptian medical convoy performed 92 surgeries in "Dil-chora" hospital in "Dire Dawa" city and "Debrazit" hospital in "Basketo" city, including surgeries in breast cancer, colon, stomach and digestive system.
Egypt is closely eyeing the implementation of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement that was signed in Cairo on Wednesday, a high-level Egyptian official said on Saturday 7/5/2011.
Egypt is holding contacts with all Palestinian factions to carry out the first agreed-upon step, which is freeing detainees and forming a government, the official, who declined to be identified, told MENA.
As of February 20, as many as 17,883 Libyans
entered Egypt, said Ambassador Mohamed Abdel-Hakam, the Assistant Foreign
Minister for Consular Affairs, Egyptian Expatriates, Immigration and Refugees.
The Foreign Ministry helped 214 Egyptians
return home Sunday after they crossed the Libyan-Tunisian borders, the
official said, noting that they were carried home by a Tunisian plane chartered
by the ministry.
More 329 Egyptians recently arrived in
the border area between Libya and Tunisia and the ministry is working for
their repatriation, he added.
