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Municipal workers sanitize the areas surrounding the Giza pyramids complex in hopes of curbing the coronavirus outbreak in Egypt, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt expels Guardian reporter for challenging virus count

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At least 15 killed in multi-car crash after curfew in Egypt

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FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, construction work takes place, at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa, Ethiopia. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, a top Sudanese general on Sunday, March 15, 2020, said his country would mediate a deal on an escalating dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia's controversial dam on the Nile River. Tensions are rising because of the impasse between Ethiopia and Egypt over the $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The project is around 71% complete and promises to provide much-needed electricity to Ethiopia’s 100 million people. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

Sudan will mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dam dispute, general says

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Ethiopia won’t be forced by US on dam, foreign minister says

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Matt Swider, posted on Twitter on March 9, 2020, American tourist Matt Swider, takes a selfie while in quarantine in the north coast city of Marsa Matrouh, Egypt. When Swider was tested for the new coronavirus on his Nile cruise in Egypt’s tourist hub of Luxor, he assumed the government was just taking extreme precautions. The healthy 35-year-old tech editor living in New York, couldn’t have imagined that he would be confined indefinitely to a remote hospital on the country’s north coast. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Matt Swider via AP)

New Yorker stranded in Egypt in virus quarantine hospital

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A man wears makeshift rain gear as he navigates a flooded road after heavy rains in the Zamalek district of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning caused widespread flooding in Egypt on Thursday, killing several people and causing authorities to shut down schools and an airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Thunderstorms bring widespread flooding to Egypt, killing 5

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

This photo provided by Javier Parodi, shows a selfie of Javier Parodi, left, Grissel Parodi and Amy Khamissian, on board the Nile cruise ship MS Asarade, in Luxor, Egypt, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. When Javier Parodi returned from a tour of Egypt’s famed ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor last week, he was unnerved to see that his cruise ship wasn’t where he left it. The hulking MS Asara, carrying some 150 tourists, had docked, far from the rest, on the opposite bank of the Nile. Parodi, 35, found himself confined for days on the boat. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (Javier Parodi via AP)

Florida family stuck on Nile cruise by the coronavirus

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 7, 2020. Few worshippers were allowed to enter after dawn prayers to circumambulate the Kaaba over fears of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia, Israel tighten restrictions to counter virus

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Ethiopia says Trump got inaccurate information on Nile dam

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

A man disinfects the shrine of the Shiite Saint Imam Abdulazim to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March, 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix to run without fans due to virus

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Visitors and exhibitors wear masks at the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday confirmed the first cases in the Mideast of the new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms, saying doctors now were treating a family that had just come from a city at the epicenter of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 2020 testing kits are displayed on a worktop in Johannesburg where a workshop was held for delegates from across Africa on laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 in suspected human cases. Across Africa, steps are being taken to prepare for and to reduce the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Africa readies for new virus as cases confirmed on continent

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Egypt: We’ll use ‘all means’ to defend Nile interests

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The body of former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, is brought to the Tantawi Mosque in eastern Cairo, Egypt for his funeral service, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Egypt is holding a full-honors military funeral for the 91-year-old Mubarak who died on Tuesday at a Cairo military hospital from heart and kidney complications. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

Egypt holds full-honors military funeral for Hosni Mubarak

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2008, file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian president pushed aside in 2011 Arab Spring, has died at age 91

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2, 2008 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Mubarak, Egypt’s autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt to try doctor, parents for female genital mutilation

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2020 photo, Egyptian Vets for Animal Care, the country's first spay and neuter program, mark a puppy with red paint after giving it a rabies shot, in Cairo, Egypt. After centuries of stigma, the street dogs of Egypt are finding popular acceptance. Grassroots support like sterilization, medical care and shelter has surged in defiance of a government extermination policy. For decades, Cairo dealt with its stray animal problem by leaving poison in the streets. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s once-reviled street dogs get chance at a better life

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Egyptian court refuses to release prominent activist

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In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Egypt’s top prosecutor denies activist was tortured

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