HIGHLIGHTS

Total number of Syrian refugees registered and awaiting registrations with UNHCR in Egypt stands at 66,420 individuals as of 13th of May 2013.

On Wednesday the 8th of May 2013, a fund raising event for the aid of Syrian refugees, took place at the Cairo Opera House. The event was organized by the British Embassy and UNHCR and was under the patronage of the Secretary General of the Arab League Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi.

04/29/2013 06:29 GMT

by Colin Bertier and Mostafa Aboul Ezz

CAIRO, April 29, 2013 (AFP) - Bassel Khalil fled the devastating conflict in Syria with only $400 in his pocket and, together with his family, found refuge in Cairo's "Little Damascus" where he scrapes a living giving guitar lessons.

Khalil lives with his lawyer friend Ammar, another Syrian, in an apartment in 6th of October city on the outskirts of Cairo.

They are among hundreds of thousands forced out of their country by war.

Two years after the dramatic events in Tahrir Square, Egypt is sinking into political turmoil. Felix Imonti also detects a parallel and equally worrying trend – the formation of hardened street armies on both sides of the political divide.

By Felix Imonti

HIGHLIGHTS

Total number of Syrian nationals registered with UNHCR in Egypt stands at 26,003 individuals as of 25th March 2012.

Substantial registration continues in Zamalek, Cairo

6th of October Mobile Registration Activities for 5 days

Al Obour Mobile Registration started on the 25th of March

RRP5 sectorial meetings

Regional Representative Interviewed in several newspapers and a TV talk show

Food prices in November were up 5.3 per cent on the same month last year, while market traders reported a doubling of many prices since the summer

09/19/2012 19:21 GMT

WASHINGTON, Sept 19, 2012 (AFP) - Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has distributed $3.7 billion in aid to countries touched by the Arab Spring, most of it to Egypt and Jordan, a report by the International Monetary Fund showed Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's wealthiest country, has pledged nearly $17.9 billion in support for fellow Arabs since the pro-democracy revolt erupted in Tunisia in January 2010 and spread throughout the region, toppling and shaking authoritarian governments.

In this issue

• IOM support migrant and communities in the aftermath of the Libyan crisis

• IOM Cairo-UNHCR-Egypt-U.S. Cooperation to resettle refugees stranded at the Libyan border\

• Learning Italian as an opportunity to increase employability in the tourism sector.

• Combating human trafficking in Egypt

CAIRO, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) - Fatma Soleman’s small table at a special International Women’s Day bazaar in a suburb of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, was a bustle of activity as visitors admired handmade jewelry, colourful bags and gold-embroidered wallets on display.

For the past 12 years Soleman has been teaching hundreds of refugee women in Cairo how to create handicrafts and successfully sell them. “I teach women that they can do it,” she said. “I’m working to help refugees become self-reliant.”

30 January 2012 – Secretary-General Ban today urged Egypt to maintain its commitment to implementing the roadmap to an early transition to a civilian administration, and expressed his satisfaction that the recent legislative elections were generally conducted in an orderly manner.