Egypt
Mid-year vacation boosts occupancy rates in Hurghada
February 7, 2017
Mid-year vacation boosts occupancy rates in Hurghada
Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdullah has indicated a 20 percent increase in number of incoming Ukranian tourists heading to the…
Young man stabbed to death at coffee shop in Heliopolis after AFCON final match
February 6, 2017
Young man stabbed to death at coffee shop in Heliopolis after AFCON final match
A 24-year old man was stabbed to death following an argument over the cheque at a coffee shop in Heliopolis…
Gold prices fall by LE5 per gram, 21 carats at LE625
February 6, 2017
Gold prices fall by LE5 per gram, 21 carats at LE625
Gold prices declined by about LE5 in the local market during Monday trading, affected by the depreciation of the US dollar exchange…
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
February 6, 2017
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt's Health Ministry said on Monday it has seized a huge unlicensed drugs warehouse containing huge amounts of local and…
Alexandria court sentences man to death for killing liquor store owner
February 6, 2017
Alexandria court sentences man to death for killing liquor store owner
The Alexandria Criminal Court adjourned on Monday its final verdict in the case of a liquor store owner, who was…
Illegal construction on agricultural land now risks 5 years in prison, LE5 million fine
February 6, 2017
Illegal construction on agricultural land now risks 5 years in prison, LE5 million fine
The State Council’s Legislative Department concluded revising amendments to Agriculture Law No. 53/1966 which grants the agriculture minister the power…
Egypt army kills 14 Takfiris, arrests 13 others in Sinai
February 6, 2017
Egypt army kills 14 Takfiris, arrests 13 others in Sinai
Egypt's army killed 14 Takfiris and arrested 13 others during the past 5 days in northern Sinai, as part of…
Al-Azhar Council rejects Sisi’s call to restrict verbal divorce
February 6, 2017
Al-Azhar Council rejects Sisi’s call to restrict verbal divorce
The Council of Senior Scholars, the top body of Al-Azhar Institution, made a decision about the verbal divorce case on…
Egypt denies bombing South Sudanese rebel sites
February 6, 2017
Egypt denies bombing South Sudanese rebel sites
The Foreign Ministry denied as baseless the accusations made against Egypt's air force by the opposition in South Sudan on Sunday, which claimed…
Cameroon shocks Egypt in AFCON final
February 6, 2017
Cameroon shocks Egypt in AFCON final
Cameroon's preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations could hardly have been worse.