The Suez Canal Authority this week marked the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal. The canal first became operational on 17 November 1869.
Since its inauguration, 1.3 million ships carrying cargo weighing 28.6 billion tons and worth $135.9 billion (...)
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia agreed on Saturday to continue the technical consultations and discussions on all contentious issues over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the second meeting, scheduled to be held in Cairo on (2-3) (...)
“Egypt has advanced 90 ranks in world road quality. We are going to advance even more, not only in roads but also in education, health, governance and anti-corruption,” President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi said last week while inaugurating several new (...)
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Washington on Wednesday 6 November with the aim of reaching an agreement on the operation and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a way that does not affect Egypt's quota (...)
“Instead of half an hour, it took my two children six hours to get back home from school last week.” Yasmine Aziz, a housewife in her 30s, was describing her children's ordeal trying to return home in Nasr City from Ghamra, 12 kilometres away. “They (...)
HEAVY rains flooded Greater Cairo on Tuesday, bringing traffic to a halt for several hours. Many districts east of Cairo remained almost impossible to reach due to accumulated rainwater on the streets. The cabinet decided to suspend schools and (...)
The General Prosecution announced the release of 500 detainees arrested in the wake of anti-government protests on 20 September. The announcement followed the release of 200 detainees last week.
Sections of the media, MPs and NGOs had joined in (...)
Accurate health insurance
PRESIDENT Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday called for the “accurate implementation” of the comprehensive health insurance system to provide high-quality service to Egyptians.
The president's statement came during a meeting (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Saturday that Egyptians have only one of two options in the war against terrorism: "either to surrender to terrorism or confront and eliminate it."
President El-Sisi warned that "terrorism is the only weapon (...)
On his first visit to Egypt, Alan Bacarese spoke to Al-Ahram Weekly on the sidelines of the first African Anti-Corruption Forum about Egyptian and African efforts to fight corruption.
Bacarese has long experience of fighting corruption, beginning (...)
“Corruption is a lesion gnawing at the economics of states,” President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi said in the opening session of the first African Anti-Corruption Forum (AACF), held last week for two days in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Forty-eight African countries (...)
The first African Anti-Corruption Forum (AACF), held in Sharm El-Sheikh International Congress Centre (SICC), concludes its sessions today.
The two-day AACF's main objective was to encourage African countries to adopt policies, programmes and work (...)
Yasser Al-Sherif, a 36-year-old fabric dealer, had driven from Nasr City with his brother and nephew especially to see the Tahya Masr Bridge. “It makes me proud,” he told Al-Ahram Weekly between snapping photographs.
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi (...)
Yasser Al-Sherif, a 36-year-old fabric dealer, had driven from Nasr City with his brother and nephew especially to see the Tahya Masr Bridge. “It makes me proud,” he told Al-Ahram Weekly between snapping photographs.
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday received Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Osama al-Nugali, who conveyed greetings from King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman.
According to a statement from El-Sisi's spokesman (...)
US dollar fell below EGP17 for the first time in two years as the Egyptian pound continued to slowly rise against it at the end of transaction in various major banks in local market on Thursday.
The US dollar declined on Thursday and hit EGP16.99 (...)
Egyptians participating in the referendum were mainly saying yes or no for the article extending the presidential term.
“I'm for Al-Sisi keeping his position as our president,” Mona Sayed, a 62-year-old housewife, said after she cast her ballot in a (...)
For the past 18 months, Marwa Kenawi has been seeking “legitimate paths” but has so far failed to avenge the death of her son by an errant bullet. “Hence, I decided to go on a hunger strike to shed light on my case,” Kenawi told Al-Ahram (...)
For the past 18 months, Marwa Kenawi has been seeking “legitimate paths” but has so far failed to avenge the death of her son by an errant bullet. “Hence, I decided to go on a hunger strike to shed light on my case,” Kenawi told Al-Ahram (...)
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) community, African government representatives and African experts were in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh attending the APRM's third annual methodology forum on 4-5 April, reviewing frameworks, methods and tools used (...)
A list of penalties prepared by the Supreme Council for Media Regulations (SCMR), Egypt's top media regulator, and approved by the House of Representatives, came into effect last week.
Compiled late last year, the list of sanctions to be applied (...)
“The world is witnessing a major leap in multiple uses of technology to drive innovative financial services,” Ayman Hussein, deputy head of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) for Payment Systems and IT, told participants of the Arab-African Youth (...)
The prosecution-general summoned 38 railway officials and detained eleven employees following last week's deadly train crash at Ramses Station.
Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek issued a report on Monday on the results of the investigation into the (...)
Minister of Health Hala Zayed issued a decree last weekend terminating the appointment of Gamal Shaaban as head of the National Heart Institute and referring him to investigation for failing to perform his duties. Shaaban had been in the post for (...)
“The profession of journalism is facing multiple challenges,” head of the State Information Service (SIS) Diaa Rashwan, a candidate for the chairmanship of the Press Syndicate, told Al-Ahram Weekly.
Rashwan is among eleven candidates contesting the (...)
