Egypt: 9 workers died and 25 others were injured in a collision in Giza

9 people were killed and 25 others were injured today (Saturday), in a collision on the central road in Giza, according to an Egyptian security report.

The Rescue Operations Room said that it received a report this morning from the designated services on the central road about a collision between a microbus loaded with workers whose average age ranges from 15 to 20 years on the central road at the intersection with the Dabaa axis. It was found that 9 workers died and 25 others were injured. She indicated that the deceased and injured were transported to the hospital, and the wreckage of the accident was removed from the top of the road.

The security services of the Giza Security Directorate took custody of the driver of the microbus who caused the accident, and he is receiving treatment among the injured in the hospital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his country's readiness to help end the Sudanese war and establish peace without external dictates, and presented the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, with a road map to enhance economic and technical cooperation between the two countries, during their meeting on the sidelines of the third Russian-African summit in Moscow.

Putin affirmed his country's support for stopping hostilities and reaching a political settlement, pointing to the humanitarian and economic repercussions of the war. The proposed road map includes cooperation in the fields of trade, industry, technology and logistics.

For his part, Al-Burhan called for establishing a strategic partnership with Russia, proposing the establishment of a free economic zone on the Red Sea coast, which would include Russian warehouses for fuel and wheat. He stressed his government's commitment to a "purely Sudanese" peace that paves the way for a democratic civil transition and free elections.

In a parallel development, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salem confirmed the presence of Ukrainian soldiers fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces and training its members to use drones. He confirmed that Khartoum has evidence of the participation of Ukrainians, Colombians, and other foreigners in the war. He revealed that he handed over to Washington last year documents proving the arrival of American weapons to Sudan through Ukraine.

Russia used its veto power to veto a draft resolution drafted by the United States, which aimed to reduce the military component of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Moroccan Sahara, and to establish the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco as the sole basis for negotiations to reach a political settlement to the conflict that has existed for half a century.

This vote came after an unusual confrontation between the major powers over a file that had long been considered a routine procedure within the Security Council, as Russia proposed a competing draft resolution to extend the mission’s mandate for another year, without introducing the changes sought by Washington, according to Reuters.

The Moroccan authorities said that not renewing the peacekeeping mission is a step towards the final closure of the Sahara issue at the United Nations.

She added that the UN mission's personnel, vehicles, equipment and symbols should leave in the coming days.