Egypt’s education minister Moheb El-Rafie ordered the temporary closure of Cairo’s Al-Shuhada elementary school after a pupil who was brutally beaten by his teacher there three days ago died on Sunday, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The suspension is effective … read more
Power outages extending to up to five hours on Sunday provoked the wrath of the Gharbiya province residents. The power cuts alternated between different villages and cities throughout the governorate. The lack of electricity stopped work at hundreds of factories in … read more
Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity signed with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP)an agreement to carry out a deal to combat child labor via supporting and developing education systems, announced WFP officer in Cairo Amina AlKorey Sunday. Signing the … read more
An improvised explosive device went off in the coastal Alexandria city’s Semouha neighbourhood early Monday, leaving no injuries, a security official said. Mohamed al-Sharqawy, Alexandria’s security director, said the blast occurred near a mobile operator shop. It led to the … read more
News is spreading that Egypt’s gas prices will yet again rise by July 2015. George Ayad, a Petroleum expert in Egypt, just confirmed that prices will see an increase of at least 30 to 40% by the beginning of the … read more
A student died on Sunday after three days of battling injuries sustained when a school teacher beat the child inside a school in Cairo’s Sayeda Zainab neighbourhood. The head of Sayeda Zainab prosecution, Ahmed al-Abraq told Aswat Masriya prosecutors had … read more
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said in an interview aired on the privately-owned channel ONTV on Saturday that every person should be penalized for their actions and not for what their identity cards say. “[Ousted president] Morsy should be tried, like Mubarak was. … read more
Egypt wants to attract foreign direct investments worth $60 billion and to get an average growth rate of 7 percent over the next four years, the country’s planning minister said. Ashraf al-Arabi also said Egypt was targeting lowering unemployment — now at about 13 … read more
One person was killed and five others were wounded when two IEDs went off outside a mega mall in eastern Alexandria. The two bombs were planted next to a sidewalk outside the Carrefour hypermarket and exploded when a microbus was … read more
British oil company BP expects to invest around $12 billion with its partners as part of a finalised West Nile Delta concession deal to develop 5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources and 55 million barrels of condensates. The supply … read more