Ethiopia is desperately trying to delude the international community into believing that Egypt is trying to seize control of the Nile's water and that Ethiopia, the source of 85 per cent of the Nile, gets none.
It also claims that Egypt has (...)
Egypt has started to catch its breath after the slump that befell its tourism sector during the restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus, with tourist flights returning to the Red Sea resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has finally decided what to do with the semi-finals and final of its most prestigious club competition, the Champions League.
In a meeting held in Cairo concerning the semi-finals and the final of the (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly asserted, on Tuesday, that Egypt's health sector is a priority on the country's development agenda.
He added that the government is focusing its efforts towards providing distinguished health services to (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly followed up on the progress of the "A Decent Life" initiative in Aswan, according to a Monday cabinet statement.
The initiative's first stage projects, which are designed to benefit 38,626 citizens, have been (...)
Spain and Japan have requested that Egypt restart tourism in Luxor, as tourists from the two foreign countries expressed their interest to visit one of the world's most important travel destinations.
Mohamed Osman, Chairperson for the Committee of (...)
The unjustified population growth in Egypt exhausts state development efforts and deprives the citizen of benefiting of these efforts, Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy has stressed.
The minister added that the increase in population (...)
It has been yet another tough week of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border, threatening the (...)
Negotiations on the Ethiopian hydroelectric dam continued on Tuesday for a fifth day, with still no agreement on issues regarding its filling and operation. Egypt declared that Ethiopia's insistence on its rigorous stance regarding technical issues (...)
Egypt has resumed talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in the hopes that the other parties involved share their good faith in the process.
The statement was made by Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation spokesperson, (...)
Egypt has on Thursday reopened five museums and eight archaeological sites across the country, while Cairo International Airport operated 113 international and domestic passenger flights carrying a total of 12,114 passengers.
Sources at Cairo (...)
Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem announced, on Thursday, that her ministry will re-open 16 public libraries in 10 governorates across Egypt from 5 July.
As the country's cultural activities gradually resume following closures to curb the spread (...)
Despite its importance, technical education rarely receives the attention it deserves. It is more diverse than the Thanaweya Amma, the standardised tests leading to the General Secondary Education Certificate in Egypt, and comprises four (...)
11 people tested positive for coronavirus on the third day of testing held by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to ensure that players and technical staff members are virus-free amid preparations to resume the league, the EFA announced on (...)
As an initial step to gradually reopen all sites and museums and as Egypt is preparing to receive inbound tourism, five museums and eight archaeological sites are to reopen in July.
Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of (...)
Dams are important to conserve water for sustainable development, prevent flood damage, and store water in seasons of plenty to use in seasons of drought. Today, over 900,000 dams are estimated to exist worldwide, 40,000 of which are on a scale (...)
After eight years of negotiations with Addis Ababa ended in failure, Cairo has taken its dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
In a letter to the top UN body on 19 June, Egypt's (...)
After months of lockdown as part of measures to halt the spread of the Covid-19, Egypt's coastal resorts are ready to reopen to international tourism.
Starting next week, airports and the Red Sea, South Sinai, and Matrouh beach resorts are to open (...)
The seven years in the life of the 30 June Revolution make up the most critical period in contemporary Egyptian history. In fact, we might dub the numerous and diverse battles Egypt has fought on different fronts during this period “the new (...)
Tensions are spiralling around two issues that directly impact on Egypt's national security: the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), and Turkish military intervention in western Libya that has sharpened polarisation in an (...)
A total of 35 hotels across 7 governorates have, over the past two days, received the health and safety certificate required to reopen, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on Tuesday.
The certificates were awarded following the verification (...)
Egypt said on Friday 34 new hotels and resorts in seven governorates received the new hygiene safety certificate required to reopen in the wake of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of hotels open nationwide to 266.
Abdel Fatah El-Asy, (...)
Climate change is not the only stressor affecting river ecosystems worldwide, according to a new paper published in the journal, One Earth.
They are, in fact, being threatened by an unprecedented range of stressors caused by the daily economic, (...)
The Egyptian government has allocated EGP 93.5bn to the healthcare sector in the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21 budget, according to Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said.
It reflects a 28% increase on the healthcare allocations in FY (...)
Egypt's Zamalek president Mortada Mansour said he does not mind ceding the Egyptian Premier League title this season to league leaders and arch rivals Ahly if it means ending the competition prematurely to ensure the safety of all players amid the (...)
