Ahmed Manna appointed Secretary-General of Egyptian parliament

Thursday's session also see election of heads, deputies of each special committee in parliament

Sarah El-Sheikh

Sudan delegation visits Cairo to discuss regional tensions

Visit comes amid troubled negotiations over GERD, border tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia

Daily News Egypt

Egypt, Italy discuss cooperation in digital transformation, post services

Italian Ambassador welcomes strengthening of cooperation between Italy’s fintech institutions, Egypt Post

Daily News Egypt

Egypt, Siemens to build EGP 360bn high-speed rail network spanning over 1,000 KM

The high-speed rail network first 460-km phase will connect Ain Sokhna to Alamein via the new administrative capital, featuring 15 stations

Daily News Egypt

Hiding in plain sight: Marital rape still not criminalised in Egypt

Many Egyptian women suffer marital rape yet are given no recourse to legal or religious protection

Nehal Samir

No sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery in MENA region without strong governance: IMF

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will be unable to envisage a strong and sustainable recovery following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, unless there is a strong governance…

Nehal Samir

UK Government announces business measures over Xianjiang human rights abuses

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced, on Tuesday, a package of measures to help ensure that British organisations are neither complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in…

Nehal Samir

World lives in digital age, with three pluses, one minus: IMF

One minus refers to inequality in access to technology

Nehal Samir

Central Bank of Egypt explores ways to salvage tourism amid COVID-19 crisis

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor, Tarek Amer, has held a high-level ministerial meeting to discuss methods of supporting the tourism sector during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Daily News Egypt

900k users access Fixed Solutions’ platform for electricity services

Company also launches ‘Study in Egypt’ platform to help foreign students apply to Egyptian universities

Mohamed Alaa El-Din