Burundi President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye attends his inauguration ceremony after the sudden death of predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, in Gitega, Burundi, June 18, 2020. Photo Reuters
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
Ndayishimiye is set to mull bilateral cooperation relations between his country and Egypt, and means to further bolster them in the coming period.
His visit comes days after a high-level delegation from the Burundian presidency arrived Egypt on Sunday through Ethiopia ahead of the Burundian president’s visit.
Informed sources told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that the delegation will meet with several top Egyptian officials to prepare for the visit which will see Ndayishimiye meeting El-Sisi for discussions on cooperation and developments in Africa. - Ahram Online
‘Stanley Johnson clause’ allows overseas travel to inspect foreign properties
Overseas travel in connection with foreign homes will be permitted under coronavirus rules to be voted on by MPs.
Under the rules people leaving England for a foreign holiday could face a £5,000 fine but an exemption dubbed the “Stanley Johnson clause” will allow trips for the “purchase, sale, letting or rental of a residential property”.
The Prime Minister’s father was criticised last July after it emerged he had travelled to Greece to visit his mountain villa despite Government advice urging Britons against all but essential international travel.
He argued that he was on “essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season”.
Boris Johnson and his father Stanley (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
The new regulations for the coming months, covering the Prime Minister’s “road map” out of lockdown for England, include a ban on leaving the country without a valid reason.
One of the exemptions allows travel to visit properties, estate agents, sales offices or show homes overseas if a person is seeking to buy or sell a foreign home.
The legislation also gives an exemption for “preparing a residential property to move in” or “to visit a residential property to undertake any activities required for the rental or sale of that property”.
Labour MP Andrew Gwynne told the Guardian: “For hardworking families facing the prospect of missing out on summer holidays, it will stick in the craw that the Government has inserted a ‘Stanley Johnson clause’ to Covid rules that allows people to come and go if they have property abroad.
“It seems it’s one rule for them and another for the rest of us.”
MPs will vote on the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 on Thursday, with the laws expected to come into force on March 29.
The police of South Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to work together to fight cross-border crimes and ensure security along their borders, an official said.
South Sudan’s police spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin confirmed on Monday the agreement includes cooperation on security intelligence, information sharing, and control of organized crimes and training of South Sudan police officers in Ethiopia.
South Sudan police chief Gen. Majak Akech Malok and Ethiopian police head C. G. Demelash Gebremicheal signed the agreement in Juba on Saturday, Justin told Anadolu Agency by phone.
The signing was attended by South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia and designated Ethiopian ambassador to South Sudan. - Benjamin Takpiny, Anadolu Agency
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