Telecom Egypt plans to spend more than $400 million this year mainly on building a fibre network in the country after the fixed-line monopoly reported a 31 percent fall in 2014 profits. Chief Executive Mohamed Elnawawy said the company planned capital expenditure of 3.428 … read more
Egypt’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday that his ministry would inject large amounts of petroleum products into the market to tackle a reported diesel and gasoline shortage of several days that has caused long queues outside filling stations. “An emergency … read more
An Egyptian court sentenced the four people accused of involvement in the killing of a domesticated dog to three years of prison with labour on Wednesday. Three of the defendants are in custody, while the dog’s owner, was tried in absentia. They … read more
Population Minister Hala Youssef has announced that 27 percent of children in Egypt suffer from malnutrition due to Egyptian families’ ignorance about reproductive health. Youssef added that the ministry will work on spreading health consciousness with the help of the … read more
Two people were killed in the early hours of Tuesday when an improvised explosive device they were carrying exploded in Fayoum to the southwest of Cairo, security sources said. The sources told Aswat Masriya that the two who were killed … read more
A large explosion went off early Tuesday morning at a Dahshur gas pipeline in the Giza Governorate. The General Directorate for Civil Protection, headed by Major General Magdy Shalaqany, received a tip about the blast, after which six fire trucks … read more
Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El-Araby voiced Monday the urgent need for establishing “joint Arab military force” to combat terrorism. El-Araby said during a meeting with Arab foreign ministers in preparation for the upcoming Arab League summit on … read more
A new explosion hit Al-Arish in North Sinai Tuesday morning in the town of Gharb Al-Masaed leaving 25 CSF conscripts injured. The casualties are still being tracked and there is no confirmed number, according to the Ministry of Interior. However, … read more
British Petroleum company has discovered a new deep-water exploration gas well in the Mediterranean sea of of Egypt, it announced on Monday. The new discovery, Atoll-1 is expected to be the deepest well drilled in Egypt. It is estimated to … read more
One person was killed in a fight to obtain butane gas cylinders in the Daqahlia province on Sunday, as people clashed with a stock owner for allowing street vendors to get their share before other people. A local hurled stones … read more