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Ethiopia Along With Other Four New Member States Officially Joins BRICS

Addis Ababa January 1/2024 (ENA)Today, Ethiopia along with the other four new member countries, officially joined the BRICS, the emerging-markets bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. According to a statement issued by the BRICS today that Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have officially joined the bloc. Ethiopia’s bid to join the BRICS …

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Egyptians divided over recent niqab ban at schools By Umut Uras

An Egyptian woman wearing a niqab takes pictures in Cairo [File: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters] Egyptians talk to Al Jazeera about the recent government decision to prohibit students from wearing niqab.The Egyptian government has banned female students from wearing the niqab, a face-covering veil, at schools, according to state-owned media. Education Minister Reda Hegazy’s statement, released on Monday and quoted by …

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No change in post-revolution Egypt Journalists for Human Rights

  Earlier in January thousands of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo and camped out in Tahrir Square for 18 days. They demanded the ouster of their president, Hosni Mubarak. Although the protests began peacefully, the streets of Cairo saw clashes between protestors and security forces. According to an article in the BBC last July, an estimated 846 people …

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