Bread crisis
Government resolves bread crisis in governorates
Business
March 9, 2017
Government resolves bread crisis in governorates
The crisis of the 'gold card’, used to get subsidized bread in the governorates, had been solved on Wednesday after…
Bakery owners decry new system
Egypt
March 30, 2013
Bakery owners decry new system
Bread shortages are not new to Egypt, with the most acute crisis of the not-so-distant past occurring in 2008. Since…
US drought means Egypt may look elsewhere for wheat
Environment
July 27, 2012
US drought means Egypt may look elsewhere for wheat
Egypt might have to look beyond the world’s biggest wheat exporter to feed its hungry nation, after the worst drought…
Agricultural reforms needed to combat food insecurity, say experts
Environment
January 26, 2012
Agricultural reforms needed to combat food insecurity, say experts
With monthly rising inflation and decreasing foreign reserves ― down 50 percent from US$40 billion in 2010 ― experts say…
Four killed in fights over gas cylinders, many injured in fights over bread
Egypt
February 4, 2011
Four killed in fights over gas cylinders, many injured in fights over bread
Several areas in Cairo and Giza witnessed an escalating gas crisis because gas cylinders allocated by the Ministry of Petroleum…