Egypt’s parliament has approved a law banning female genital mutilation other than for strictly medical purposes. Those found in breach of the new rules face up to two years in jail or a fine of LE1,000-5,000.
The new law reinforces and extends...
Telecom Egypt, the country’s only provider of landline telecommunication services, has signed an agreement with 15 other telecommunications companies to build a high bandwidth undersea cable linking Europe and India.
The US$700 million so called Europe India Gateway (EIG) system will...
Work has started on a $1 billion high-rise hotel and residential complex in downtown Cairo, the “Daily News Egypt” reports. The project, located on the Corniche El Nil on the east bank of the river Nile, will feature a branch of...
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has won an overwhelming victory in the 8 April local elections, which were characterised by a very low turnout across the country. The final results are still not clear but on the morning of the...
Tension is running high in Egypt after police and demonstrators clashed on 6 April during protests over the rising price of basic necessities including food.
The epicentre of the disorder was the Nile Delta town of Mahalla el-Kobra, about 120 km...
The government has suspended rice exports from April for six months in a bid to mitigate growing public discontent over rising food prices.
“Rice is a staple food in Egypt and the main substitute for dough whose price has gone up...
The new Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has signed an agreement with Italian media group Adnkronos to create an on-site television production centre, Adnkronos International reports. Funded in part by the Italian government, the multi–media facility will allow the library to make its...
Egyptians will go to the polls on 8 April to vote for their town, city, district and provincial councils. The elections, which will take place from 08.00 until 19.00, should have been held in 2006 but were postponed for two years...
Students at Cairo University now have the run of modern new library facilities following the completion of the first phase of the New Central Library (NCL), the newspaper “Al-Ahram Weekly” reports. The new structure includes a display of modern art, an...
There has been partying in Cairo following Egypt’s 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the final of the 2008 African Cup of Nations on 10 February. Hundreds of thousands of fans took to the streets of the capital, dancing, singing and chanting...
