# Cairo · 20 February 2016

> Photos and videos from Cairo on 20 February 2016.

## Facts

- **What:** Cairo · 20 February 2016 (News story)
- **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/cairo), [Sharm El-Sheikh](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/sharm-el-sheikh), [Minya](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/minya), [Africa](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/africa), [Sinai](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/sinai)
- **When:** 2016-02-20 – 2016-02-21
- **Media:** 30 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes
- **Credit:** © apaimages / Amr Sayed, Egyptian President Office
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- **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/story/cairo-2016-02-20
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-20T21:05:53+00:00
- **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2016-02-20

## Media in this story

- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during the African international business forum "COMESA"](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004404) — APA-PH-2016-004404 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during the African international business forum "COMESA" in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, February 20, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed a $500 million faci...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004405) — APA-PH-2016-004405 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004406) — APA-PH-2016-004406 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World'](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004407) — APA-PH-2016-004407 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will focus on promoting private investment in Africa, and to build new cooperation and partnerships, the organizers say. Photo...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World'](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004408) — APA-PH-2016-004408 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will focus on promoting private investment in Africa, and to build new cooperation and partnerships, the organizers say. Photo...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World'](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004409) — APA-PH-2016-004409 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will focus on promoting private investment in Africa, and to build new cooperation and partnerships, the organizers say. Photo...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World'](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004410) — APA-PH-2016-004410 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will focus on promoting private investment in Africa, and to build new cooperation and partnerships, the organizers say. Photo...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World'](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004411) — APA-PH-2016-004411 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a speech during the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will focus on promoting private investment in Africa, and to build new cooperation and partnerships, the organizers say. Photo...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004412) — APA-PH-2016-004412 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004413) — APA-PH-2016-004413 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004414) — APA-PH-2016-004414 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004415) — APA-PH-2016-004415 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attend the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai gover...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) takes part in a group photograph with Presidents and delegations before the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt an](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004416) — APA-PH-2016-004416 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) takes part in a group photograph with Presidents and delegations before the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The forum will fo...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo after the opening session of the 'Africa 2016](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004417) — APA-PH-2016-004417 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo after the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The...
- [A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo after the opening session of the 'Africa 2016](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004418) — APA-PH-2016-004418 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency shows shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo after the opening session of the 'Africa 2016, Business for Africa, Egypt and the World' in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, 20 February 2016. The...
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during the African international business forum "COMESA"](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004419) — APA-PH-2016-004419 · photo · 2016-02-20 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during the African international business forum "COMESA" in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, February 20, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed a $500 million faci...
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004461) — APA-PH-2016-004461 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004462) — APA-PH-2016-004462 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004463) — APA-PH-2016-004463 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004464) — APA-PH-2016-004464 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004465) — APA-PH-2016-004465 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004466) — APA-PH-2016-004466 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004467) — APA-PH-2016-004467 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004468) — APA-PH-2016-004468 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004469) — APA-PH-2016-004469 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004470) — APA-PH-2016-004470 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004471) — APA-PH-2016-004471 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004472) — APA-PH-2016-004472 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004473) — APA-PH-2016-004473 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2016-004474) — APA-PH-2016-004474 · photo · 2016-02-21 · Minya, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Labourers work at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb 20, 2016. In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks. Photo by Amr Sayed