Egypt

CAIRO, May 12 (UPI) — The first shipment of U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles arrived in Egypt Thursday. The 762 armored vehicles were provided to the Egyptian military at no cost as part of the Pentagon’s Excess Defense Articles program, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Originally manufactured to protect U.S. droops in Iraq and Afghanistan from roadside bombs, the vehicles will now be used to combat terrorism in the region, the embassy said. The MRAP delivery constitutes the latest step involving military cooperation between the two countries, according to the embassy.

The north Africans reached their first major international tournament after 18-years by eliminating 2014 third best team, Cote d’Ivoire

Egypt have qualified for the 2016 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations finals on away goal rule despite losing 2-1 away to Cote d’Ivoire on Monday.

The Pharaohs returned to the competition for the first time in 18-years where they were bounced out of the 1998 competition won by Nigeria.

Nevein Gamal scored four minutes from time to break the hearts of the Ivorians who were on the brink of qualification after first half strikes from Rebecca Elloh and Ines Tia N’rehy.

Egypt join Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe and hosts Cameroon. The remaining four teams will be decided on Tuesday amongst eight teams including holders Nigeria.

The final tournament has been fixed for 19 November – 3 December in the Cameroonian cities of Yaounde and Limbe.

U.S. MRAPs arrive in Egypt

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