Egypt

For the first time in 35 years, two women, Suzanne Mohammed, 32, and Hind Umar, 30, have become train drivers on a metro train in the capital, a role that had been inaccessible since 1987, the year the metro was opened in Cairo

First pouring of concrete for the construction of the second reactor of the Dabaa nuclear power plant has been set for 19/11; the construction of the reactors of the country's first power plant has been entrusted to the Russian company Rosatom

According to a report published by Mobile Worldwilde, Cairo came second for cities in terms of e-commerce volume

The government's willingness to empower and involve women is reflected in the financial declaration for fiscal year 2022/2023, and plans are underway to implement activities to empower girls and women in the poor villages listed in Haya Karima initiative

President Al Sisi officially welcome in Cairo to Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad on his first visit to Egypt over seven years after the two Arab countries resolved a long diplomatic dispute; the meeting is seen as an end to strained relations

The managing director and head of sustainable finance at the Institute of International Finance said she welcomes Egypt's efforts to host the UN Climate Change Conference in November, given the great global importance of the event

A programme for the economic and social empowerment of women, worth US$ 39 million over five years, has been launched in seven governorates with US support; it's implemented by the Pathfinder International Foundation

A major new archaeological find of 250 sarcophagi, 150 bronze statuettes of gods and goddesses and other antiquities in the Saqqara necropolis has been unveiled; the artefacts were displayed in an impromptu exhibition at the foot of the Djoser Pyramid