Egyptair launches south Sudan service

Egypt’s flagship carrier Egyptair is due to launch services to south Sudan as part of expansion plans in Africa. Starting on 6 August the state-owned airline will operate two flights a week to Juba, the southern capital, in addition to its...

Play Causes Controversy in Cairo

Since Eve Ensler’s episodic play The Vagina Monologues was first performed in New York in 1996 it has been causing a stir internationally; never more so than in Cairo where a censored version of the original is currently facing stern...

Antiquities conference opens in Cairo

An international conference calling for the return of antiquities to their country of origin begins in Cairo on 7 April. Culture ministers and heads of museums from 16 countries are taking part. The conference has been organised by the head...

Cairo taxis accused of overcharging

Cairo’s new licensed white taxis, introduced in 2009 to replace the city’s aging fleet of unmetered black cabs, have been accused of meter rigging reports Business Today, with some taxis found to be charging up to four times the legal...

Egypt approves organ transplant law

Egypt’s parliament has given its backing to a law regulating organ transplants in a bid to curb organ trafficking and transplant tourism in the country. The legislation introduces the need for official authorisation for organ removal from a three-member panel overseen...

Amenhotep III’s head discovered in Egypt

A team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has found a massive red granite head of Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt nearly 3,400 years ago. The sculpture is part of a bigger statue of the pharaoh, most of which was found...

Egypt still short of cooking gas

The shortage of butane gas continued into its fourth week in Egypt at the end of February with households in the poorer areas sometimes having to pay LE70 for a cylinder, or ambooba as it is called, that usually costs...

King Tutankhamun death mystery solved?

The boy-king Tutankhamun may have died from malaria according to the results of new scientific research carried out using DNA tests and CT scans. Speculation has surrounded the death of the young pharaoh, who reigned around 3,000 years ago from...

Cairo celebrates Egypt Cup of Nations win

Jubilant fans took to the streets of Cairo in celebration on 31 January following Egypt’s 1-0 win over Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. The victory gives the national team an unprecedented third consecutive...

Egypt and Ghana through to Cup of Nations final

Egypt plays Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Angola on 31 January. This is the third consecutive final for defending champions Egypt, which beat their great rival Algeria 4-0 on 28 January in the...