shantytowns

‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
Features/Interviews

‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown

The street peddler watched the prime minister’s speech on a battered TV, with her family of five crowded around her…
Expert to help Egypt develop shantytowns
Egypt

Expert to help Egypt develop shantytowns

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb met with Hernando de Soto, an economist specialized in development and informal economies.
Tuesday’s papers: English exam shock, apartments for shantytown residents, electricity workers’ sit-in suspended
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: English exam shock, apartments for shantytown residents, electricity workers’ sit-in suspended

The arrest of the alleged Israeli spy continues to dominate the headlines of Tuesday’s state-owned and independent newspapers. Al-Ahram starts…
LE150 million to develop shantytowns
Business

LE150 million to develop shantytowns

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has endorsed LE150 million to develop 383 shantytowns in 27 different governorates. “We are classifying the…
Egypt set to develop slums areas throughout the country
Egypt

Egypt set to develop slums areas throughout the country

The Egyptian government on Wednesday will examine plans to develop spontaneously constructed residential districts throughout the country.These squalid areas house…
Syndicate blasts ban on shantytown pharmacies
Egypt

Syndicate blasts ban on shantytown pharmacies

The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate will hold a general assembly on 12 February in order to discuss a recent Health Ministry…
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