Africa Egypt UN Security Department is investigating allegations of surveillance and misconduct by the Egyptian police against delegates attending the COP27 climate summit in Sharm al-Sheikh, dismissed by the Egyptian COP27 chairmanship
Africa Egypt Installations by artists from around the world are displayed in the necropolis of the pyramids of Giza during the second edition of the Art D'Égypte "Forever is Now" exhibition running for the entire month of November
Africa Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh's largest solar power plant will start operation in November, beginning to produce 20 megawatts of energy
Africa Egypt Leading Egyptian archaeologists have renewed their call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum in Egypt, 200 years after the decipherment of the slab marked the birth of Egyptology
Africa Egypt A total of 119 agritech and foodtech companies have raised funds in past year but only 3 countries on the continent have captured 87,6% of these deals: Egypt is the top African country in this regard, with US$186,1 million distributed, or 38,6% of total
Africa 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
Africa Egypt The export ban on a number of food staples, such as wheat, flour and broad beans imposed last March has been lifted
Africa Egypt 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
Africa Egypt According to a report published by Mobile Worldwilde, Cairo came second for cities in terms of e-commerce volume
Africa Egypt 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
Africa Egypt Engineer Sara Sabry has become the first Egyptian national to head into space; Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has launched six crew members as part of Mission N-22 on 4 August
Africa Egypt 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
Africa Egypt Once again the Suez Canal has announced a record $7bn profit for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, after repeatedly raising transit fees