Egypt's Suez canal authority chief said on Sunday the authority is closely monitoring the current tensions in the Red Sea.
The maritime traffic in the canal is normal © Mena Today
Egypt's Suez canal authority chief said on Sunday the authority is closely monitoring the current tensions in the Red Sea.
The authority is "closely following the consequences of current tensions in the Red Sea on the traffic in the canal," Chairman Osama Rabea said in a statement, adding that maritime traffic in the canal is normal.
Since Nov. 19, 55 ships have rerouted via the Cape of Good Hope, while 2,128 have crossed the canal in the same period, the statement added.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have secured effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen's Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told Reuters on Monday, though fighting continues with Houthi forces in the area.
The leader of Yemen's Saudi-backed government announced the beginning of a major military operation against the Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday aimed at seizing the territory under their control.
Eighty-five percent of African private-sector transactions are conducted with companies outside the continent. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi used that figure on Saturday to open the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, a three-day business summit in the Mediterranean city of El-Alamein.
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