The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Cosco’s Egypt Terminal Project Enters Antitrust Review

Chinese shipping giant and partners Hutchison Ports and France’s CMA CGM plan to co-develop and operate a container unit at the Suez Canal

Caixin Global · Apr 25, 2023

Dodging bullets and paying thousands: How these British families escaped wartorn Sudan

Families watched as fighter jets roared overhead and bombs landed just a few kilometres from them as they were forced to hide, Bel Trew and Tara Cobham report

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Girl, 7, dies after being electrocuted by water fountain as she drinks from it

Little Ritage Ahmed El-Sayed, 7, was on her way to the Al-Fath Mosque in Faiyum, Egypt on April 21 when she decided to drink some water from a public fountain

Daily Mirror · Apr 25, 2023

Saudi Arabia Offers Condolences to Cairo on Death of Egyptian Official at Its Embassy in Khartoum

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's sincere condolences and sympathy to Egypt on the death of the Assistant Administrative Attache at the Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum, while he was on his way to the Embassy to follow up on the procedures of the evacuations of the Egyptian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2023

Egypt’s foreign ministry says embassy staff killed in Khartoum

Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the assistant administrative attache at its embassy in Khartoum has been killed amid fighting between rival military factions in the Sudanese capital.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2023

Fear and exhaustion: A family's flight from Sudan to Egypt

Rawan al-Waleed was expecting to fly from Khartoum to Cairo last week for a wedding. Instead, she ended up travelling from Sudan to Egypt in a bus her family chartered to escape a war.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2023

Sudan: thousands flee Khartoum as civilian casualties escalate

Lack of supplies and rising prices add to perilous journey by road to Egyptian border and Port Sudan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

Message from Cairo: unique audio of original Anzac recorded during first world war speaks across the years

Henry Miller Lanser made the shellac disc recording for his family in a ‘talking-machine shop’ while undergoing training in Egypt

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2023

How my family and I left everything and fled Sudan for Egypt

When a missile hit Noon Abdel Bassit’s home on day four of the conflict, her family made plans to leave the country.

Al Jazeera · Apr 24, 2023

Egypt Seeks to Attract More Tourists, $30 Bn in Revenues

Egypt is hinging on an expected increase in tourists during summer, as authorities seek $30 billion annually. Egyptian authorities confirmed Sunday that the number of inbound tourists is expected to increase, aiming for a "boom" in tourism revenues. Fitch Solutions expects an increase in tourist arrivals to Egypt in 2023…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2023