The ministry of Health ordered the closing down of a pharmaceutical company accused of selling faulty drugs, which have killed four infants and medically poisoned 30 others, after they were being treated for dehydration. The infants were reportedly taken by … read more
Four children were killed and 24 others fell ill in Beni Suef after taking a rehydration medication, prompting Health Minister Adel Adawy to refer the case to the public prosecutor on Sunday, state news agency MENA reported. The pharmacy’s manager … read more
CNN Cuba, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are doing better at fighting human trafficking. Egypt, Ghana and Bulgaria are doing worse. That’s according to the latest annual report from the U.S. State Department, which rates 188 countries on their efforts to … read more
Prosecutors ordered the detention of the captain of the capsized ferryboat on Monday for investigation, a day after the 20-year-old turned himself in to authorities. He was charged with manslaughter and violating occupational safety for river transport. On Wednesday, a … read more
The Egyptian cabinet decided on Sunday to ban navigation in the Nile along Greater Cairo from sunset to sunrise, a limit that will remain in place until the end of September. This comes days after a deadly collision occurred in the Nile, leaving … read more
Six people were served death sentences on Sunday by a Cairo Court after being tried in absentia and convicted for several charges, including attempted murder. They were tried for the break-in of the headquarters of a political party, located in … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Electricity Ministry said that electricity use this year was 5.6 percent higher than last year, calling on citizens to rationalize consumption, especially in the the peak hours, between 7 pm and 10 pm. However, the ministry said … read more
Egypt will allocate 1 billion Egyptian pounds of its annual budget in the 2015/2016 fiscal year to develop a number of urban slum areas, the Planning Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The amount is part of 6.85 billion … read more
Reuters The first cargo ships passed through Egypt’s New Suez Canal on Saturday in a test-run before it opens next month, state media reported, 11 months after the army began constructing the $8 billion canal alongside the existing 145-year-old Suez … read more
Dr Basheer M. Nafi The crisis in Egypt is growing in complexity and severity by the day. In the meantime, major Arab states, foremost among them Saudi Arabia, behave as if they have decided to ignore Egypt and its exacerbated … read more