Egypt taps investors to develop nature reserves

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment is planning to open the country's underdeveloped nature reserves to investment projects to make the best use of their resources.

Egypt

Egypt looks to foreign university campuses to boost education

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently approved a law allowing foreign universities to open branch campuses across Egypt as part of efforts to increase education levels in the country.

Egypt

Hamas pursues truce with Israel, but not all factions approve

Despite recent clashes between Hamas and Israel, the former seems to be taking steps toward a truce brokered by Egypt and the UN.

Palestine

Will Egyptians change their minds about organ donation?

A debate has been triggered about the legitimacy of postmortem organ donation after claims that corneas were removed from a dead patient for transplant without the family’s consent.

Egypt

Egyptian economy hits highest growth rate in 10 years

Egypt has hit its highest economic growth rate in a decade, but experts disagree about what it means for high prices in the country.

Egypt

Comeback actress stirs hornet’s nest on hijab in Egypt

Actress Hala Shiha has changed her mind several times about her career and her attire, but her latest announcement has caused an unprecedented backlash.

Egypt

Egypt's feminists laud mass appointment of women as top judges

Women have been latecomers to Egypt's judiciary, but they're inching toward key posts in waves.

Egypt

Israel, Hamas on verge of modest truce

Without the support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel and Hamas will have to make do with a small-scale truce agreement.

Palestine

Egypt takes effective step on path to economic reforms

Egypt launched an electronic management system to track and monitor state agencies’ financial performance and public accounts in an effort to enforce budgetary spending and crack down on waste and corruption.

Egypt

Is Egypt doing enough to fight drug addiction?

Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity recently launched a drug abuse-awareness initiative in Port Said in an attempt to reach families and youths on summer holidays at the beach.

Egypt

Cairo breathes sigh of relief as Saudi oil exports resume through Bab el-Mandeb

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Falih announced that his country resumed oil exports via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, amid Egyptian fears that a decrease in traffic in the popular shipping corridor could impact Suez Canal revenues.

Saudi Arabia

Cairo, Rome carefully repair relations two years after researcher's murder

The Italian foreign minister’s recent visit to Egypt revived diplomatic relations between Cairo and Rome following the long, heated dispute over the slaying of Italian postgraduate student Giulio Regeni.

Egypt