Pakistan and Egypt have agreed to enhance cooperation in the health sector, particularly aimed at eliminating Hepatitis C. This agreement follows a high-level meeting between Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal and the Egyptian Ambassador. Both countries recognize the urgency of addressing this viral disease. During the meeting, they discussed various technical collaborations and initiatives to […]
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Egypt hikes fuel prices under IMF deal to ease subsidy burden
Egypt raised fuel prices for the first time in 2025, increasing rates by up to 15%, state media reported Friday. The move is part of the government’s agreement with the IMF to reduce subsidies under an $8 billion support package. Gasoline prices rose sharply, with 80 octane reaching 15.75 pounds and 95 octane rising to […]
Egypt banned mahraganat singers because of sexual innuendos?
Egypt’s state-affiliated musicians’ union on Sunday announced a temporary ban on electro-beat “mahraganat” singers, the cultural establishment’s latest move to crack down on the hugely popular genre. Mahraganat, often known as “electro-shaabi”, or popular electro, relies heavily on computer-generated and synthesised beats, and has a wide reach. Some purists in socially conservative Egypt — a […]
Wife pushes husband off 5th floor over second marriage dispute
Wife pushes husband off 5th floor over second marriage dispute. The unnamed deceased victim, who was a pharmacist, used to work abroad. He had come back to Egypt for vacation. His wife who came to know about the second marriage of the deceased pharmacist. Due to which she called over her brother, father and some […]
Ethiopia hits second-year target for filling Nile mega-dam
Ethiopia has attained its second-year target for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, an official told AFP on Monday. “The first filling already was done last year. The second one is already done today. So today or tomorrow, second filling will be announced,” […]
Egypt frees activists amid criticism of rights record
Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolution, just days after Washington warned Cairo over a crackdown on rights activists. Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014, the former army chief has overseen a sweeping crackdown on dissent. On Wednesday, the United States warned Egypt […]
US warns Egypt over crackdown on rights activists
The United States on Wednesday warned Egypt not to target rights campaigners after a prominent activist was indicted, saying the issue would be a factor in arms sales to the ally. Hossam Bahgat, executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, said this week that prosecutors indicted him and that his trial would start […]
Egypt steps up penalties for sexual harassment
Egypt’s parliament on Sunday passed a law toughening sentences for sexual harassment to at least five years in prison, Egyptian media outlets reported. The amendment makes sexual harassment a criminal offence, as opposed to a misdemeanour, and raises the minimum penalty from a year and half in prison plus a fine. It also imposes a […]
Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam
Ethiopia’s construction of a massive dam on a tributary of the Nile River, which the UN Security Council meets about on Thursday, is raising regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water supply. – Ten countries – At 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles), the Nile is one of […]
Megaship heads out of Suez after Egypt deal
The megaship MV Ever Given which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March headed out of the waterway on Wednesday as Egypt and the vessel’s Japanese owners signed a final compensation deal that lifted its arrest. The ship weighed anchor and started to move north from the central canal city of Ismailia towards […]