Morocco's Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel Ati, in Cairo to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and addressing regional issues like the Libyan crisis and Nile water dispute. Egypt expressed concerns over Morocco's growing ties with Ethiopia, especially following the visit of Ethiopia's military chief to Morocco.
Morocco's U-23 football team wins Olympic bronze after defeating Egypt 6-0. With this win, Morocco secures its second Paris Olympics medal and becomes the first Arab country to win a medal in football.
The management of the Cairo International Book Fair has prohibited the sale and distribution of the Arabic translation of «The Political Harem - the Prophet and the Women» by Moroccan sociologist Fatema Mernissi. This decision, announced on Wednesday, drew criticism from Editions Le Fennec, the publisher of the book, who noted a similar ban in Saudi Arabia.
On Sunday, the official Algerian news agency published an article on the Sahara… located in Egypt, believing that the case was linked to Western Sahara.