Gathering failure
Five Arab countries — Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon — are among the 37 failed states that Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace singled out recently in…
The road to food security
ROME: Recently, I was on a road in the Southern Choma District of Zambia to meet with Rosemary Pisani, a smallholder farmer and mother of eight who struggled to feed…
Palestinians turn to educational reform
WASHINGTON, DC: In an important new move, the Palestinian Authority has recently begun highlighting education as one of the main centrepieces in the next phase of the state and institution…
Ahly, ‘Ultras Ahlawy’ to bury the hatchet?
CAIRO: Senior 'Ultras Ahlawy' members met with Ahly chairman Hassan Hamdi and club vice-president Mahmoud Al-Khatib in an attempt to clear the air. The radical Ahly fan group decided not…
Hepatitis study said to be exaggerated
CAIRO: A recent study released earlier this month concerning the severity of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Egypt has been refuted by the Egyptian Ministry of Health. The study,…
Consumer protection agency calls for better communication, cooperation to resolve power outages
CAIRO: Citing numerous complaints about power cuts, consumer protection bodies are calling for solutions that include better communication from authorities as well as consumers’ cooperation to ration consumption. The Consumer…
2010 university graduates to be assigned to public service, says minister
CAIRO: Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Moselhi said that university graduates exempt from military service this year will be appointed to work in public services. “Public service isn’t mandatory, but…
Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan, four others remanded for 15 days over stolen Van Gogh
CAIRO: Egypt’s Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud extended the detention of Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan and four employees at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum for 15 days in connection with…
Egyptian tycoon accused of beating brother in-law
CAIRO: Egyptian police are investigating a complaint filed by the brother-in-law of jailed politician and businessman Hisham Talaat Moustafa, in which he accused Moustafa of beating him, official media reported…
Wafd Party President purchases El-Dostor newspaper, says editor
CAIRO: Businessman and El-Wafd Party president El-Sayed El-Badawy has bought daily independent El-Dostor newspaper, editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa told Daily News Egypt Tuesday. Even though Eissa declined to mention the value…