By Stephanie Nolen Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. Source: Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide Category: Female Genital Mutilation, Women and Girls, Vagina, Medicine and Health, United Nations Children’s Fund, Somalia, North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Burkina Faso, […]
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By Nada Rashwan The International Monetary Fund will provide $8 billion to Egypt, which is going through its worst economic crisis in decades. Source: I.M.F. Agrees to Much Larger Rescue Package for Egypt Category: Egypt, International Monetary Fund, Economic Conditions and Trends, Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), […]
The Egyptian pound has slipped sharply against the dollar after the Central Bank of Egypt raised its main interest rate and said it would allow the currency’s exchange rate to be set by market forces Source: Cash-strapped Egypt allows its currency to fall sharply against the dollar and hikes interest rates Category: International