CAIRO: An Egyptian expert has criticized the current situation of the population in Egypt, saying that despite the large allocations adopted by the government for slums, there has been no change and the explanation to this is that the population distribution in Egypt is not balanced and is one of the three main dimensions of [...]

CAIRO: The monthly report issued by the Center of the Children of the Earth for Human Rights noted the occurrence of 49 labor protests across Egypt in July. According to the report, there were 14 sit-ins, 14 strikes, 21 protests and demonstrations and rallies across the country in a sign of growing frustration. The center [...]

CAIRO: The upcoming presidential elections and the ruling National Democratic Party’s (NDP) potential candidate, the electricity outages that was linked to exporting gas and the theft of a of a Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from a prominent museum in Giza, as well as the criticism of the government for the lack of strict security [...]

AL-ARISH: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) expressed its profound concern about the killing of African migrants by smugglers and some of the security forces after being held inside one of the nests in a desert area near the border with Israel. The organization noted that it received information that the gangs of smuggling [...]

CAIRO: The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved a grant to Egypt, a loan of $1.2 billion Egyptian pounds to support the development of wind energy. 800 million pounds will be provided by the Clean Technology Fund, which will be a first for the fund in the Middle East and North Africa. [...]

CAIRO: An Egyptian report published earlier this month by the Unit for the Prevention of Trafficking Children of the ministry of state for family and population, revealed the many challenges facing this growing phenomenon. The report said there is a new subculture of brokers existing in Egypt that are promoting the benefits of marrying off [...]

CAIRO: The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced August 14 the monthly data on foreign trade for the month of May 2010, revealing the high value of total exports increased from 10.1 billion Egyptian pounds to 13.1 billion pounds, an increase of 29.7 percent. The agency also announced a rise in the [...]

CAIRO: The Electricity outages that led several areas and districts of Cairo and some other governorates in Upper Egypt to stay without electricity for hours during the Holy Month of Ramadan and the summertime, which usually sees more consumption, took over the local Egyptians newspapers, most of which attacked the government and the Cabinet for [...]