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

The country will return to daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year hiatus, the latest in a series of government efforts to save energy; clocks will be advanced by one hour starting on the last Friday in April

The Shia mosque of Al Ḥakim bi Amr Allah, in central Cairo, has been reopened after renovations began in 2017; work on the more than 1.000-year-old building included repairing water damage and cracks in the walls

A renovated wing of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - which houses a 16-metre papyrus scroll recovered last year - has been inaugurated; it is the first phase of wider renovations to the ancient complex

Annual inflation was 25,8% last January in Egypt, up from 21,3% in December, making it the highest rate in more than five years, according to data released by the Capmas statistics agency