Initiatives launched to inform first-time voters
CAIRO: Much-needed campaigns and initiatives raising awareness about the elections and encouraging people to vote have mushroomed over the past weeks, as Egyptians headed to the polls to choose their…
Religious polarization clear in South Cairo, say voters
CAIRO: Voters in South Cairo said that religious polarization was evident at the polling stations, amid a high turnout of Coptic voters and excessive campaigning by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom…
Egypt voter turnout ‘higher than expected’
CAIRO: The head of Egypt's election commission said Monday that turnout in the first polls since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak was higher than expected and there had been…
Heated competitions under heavy rain in Alexandria elections
CAIRO: Parliamentary elections in Alexandria started early on Monday where 402 candidates are competing over eight individual seats while 33 lists are vying for 10 seats throughout the governorate. The…
Clashes in Assuit village triggered by disqualified candidate
ASWAN: Gunshots were heard in Assiut’s El-Badary village in Upper Egypt as clashes erupted when a disqualified candidate allegedly blocked the roads leading to the polling station. Abdallah Tammam, who…
Mobiserve signs wireless tower license with NTRA
CAIRO: Mobiserve Holding, a solutions provider for telecommunication infrastructure engineering services in the Middle East and Africa, signed a new cellular network tower sharing agreement with Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory…
EBRD launches food security initiative
LONDON: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched an initiative on Monday to boost food security through private sector investment to unlock the potential for producers such as Russia…
As Egyptians vote, economic policies remain murky
CAIRO: Ahead of the polls, parliamentary candidates laid out their economic visions for Egypt during the transition to democracy. But while many tout “social justice” as their main goal, what’s…
Azhar Sheikh joins queues of Heliopolis voters
CAIRO: Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb joined the long queues in Heliopolis to cast his vote in the first parliamentary elections since the January 25 uprising. Voters standing outside the…
‘Afghan Elvis’ gets Kabul women all shook up
By Katherine Haddon / AFP Dubbed the Afghan Elvis, Farhad Darya may be the only man in the most conservative country on earth who can reduce an audience of women in…