Within a few days the ruling military council will issue a decree, already approved by the cabinet, criminalizing bribery and violence in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Local Development Minister Mohamed Ahmed Attiya has said.
“The decree (...)
Nubians continued to protest before the governor's office in the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan on Monday for the second day in a row, demanding that the authorities resettle them on their ancestral lands around Lake Nasser, property they were forced (...)
Ministerial candidate Mohamed Attia may appoint female governors, he told Al-Masry Al-Youm on Wednesday. Attia, who is currently under consideration for the post of local development minister, said that female candidates would be chosen by other (...)
The minister for local development has issued instructions to all governors to implement the decision to dissolve local councils, according to a ministry source.
According to the instructions, all local council premises are to be seized and put (...)
Under the Egyptian government's initiative to develop the country's poorest villages, LE150 million has been allocated to boost basic services in 373 villages spread around seven governorates, including Beheira, Sharqeya, Minya, Sohag, Assiut, (...)
