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The current host of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) is confident to stage FIFA 2030 World Cup as head the Egyptian football association notes that the ability of the North African country to organize the ongoing African championship is Read more
Egyptian government plans to invest about 50 billion dollars over 20 years to secure access to drinking water for its 97 million population. The announcement was made by the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel Aty on Read more
An Egyptian police officer died Saturday in an explosion as a police defense tried to dismantle outside a Coptic Church on the outskirt of capital Cairo, report say. The blast took place in Nasr City on the edge of Cairo Read more
Egypt’s Defense Ministry has appointed Maj-Gen. Khaled Megawer to oversee the North African country’s military intelligence agency. The statement announcing the appointment made Sunday said Megawer will replace Maj-Gen Mohammed Farag el-Shahat who is promoted as assistant to the defense Read more
A Cairo court has sentenced three police officers at Cairo international airport to 15 years in prison for taking bribes to facilitate the smuggling of money outside the country. The three officers were charged with requesting, receiving and offering bribes. Read more
UAE’s minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash brushed aside claims by the Qatari Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, that his country, currently locked up in a diplomatic row with neighbors, is keen to enter into dialogue Read more
Interpol has dropped the arrest warrant against Egyptian scholar Yousef al-Qaradawi, a sharp critic of President AbdelFattah al-Sisi and a persona non grata in most Gulf countries. A source from the Egyptian’s office at Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, Read more
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published the ‘Country Results Brief’ on Egypt. The report, which looks at Egypt’s economic situation, puts a spotlight on Bank’s investments in the energy, agriculture, sanitation, industrial and social sectors. Over the past five Read more
An Egyptian lawyer has been arrested in the city of Alexandria after he donned a “yellow vest”, the symbol of protest in France, but banned in Egypt. Mohammed Ramadan has been detained for 15 days following a decision by a Read more
Egyptian e-health startup Vezeeta has raised $1 million in additional funding from IFC to add up to $12 million in Series C financing. Started in 2015, Vezeeta provides patients with the ability to search, compare, book, and engage with over Read more