UAE, WHO sign agreement to provide emergency care in Yemen

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has signed a cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support emergency care for mothers and newborns in the Al Mukalla province in Yemen’s Hadramout governorate.

The agreement comes as part of efforts to ensure access to essential and life-saving emergency services for the displaced and their host communities, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported on Friday.

Under the Cooperation Agreement, the UAE government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will grant the WHO 800,000 dollars to implement this humanitarian project in Yemen, within the framework of the UAE’s keenness to provide relief support to the Yemeni people. (MENA)

Mamish: SCZone ports’ revenues hit EGP 2.4 bln in 2017

2018-01-12 14:20:53 GMT

Egypt/Suez Canal/Economy Larger – Smaller – Reset

CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) – Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Mohab Mamish said that revenues from SCZone ports (six ports) reached EGP 2.4 billion in 2017, the Suez Canal Authority said in a statement on Friday.

During his meeting with Presidential Adviser for National Projects Ibrahim Mahlab, Mamish said that the SCA signed 23 contracts with investors in the past six months.

He added that investors’ pending problems have been solved.

Mamish said that the SCA signed agreements with six international and domestic companies and handed over land plots worth dlrs 8 billion to investors in Ain Sokhna.

He added that implementation of projects is set to be started during the current year.

Mahlab and Mamish also toured Sonker bulk-liquids terminal in the third basin in Ain Sokhna port that will help supply Egypt with its needs of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

Mahlab said that Sonker plant is a comprehensive logistic platform at the Red Sea to secure oil supplies, stressing that coordination is underway with the Petroleum Ministry to cope with the latest technologies, global standards and occupational safety.

Mahlab also inspected the water desalination plant at the industrial zone in Ain Sokhna. (MENA)