The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Phil Corns says he faced a nightmare 24-hour wait for his son's passport ahead of a family holiday to Egypt later this year, amid long waits for travel documentation

Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said his country is preparing to issue its first sovereign Sukuk (Islamic bonds) based on exclusively state-own assets. In a statement published on the government’s official Facebook page on Tuesday, Maait said the state-ownership policy document includes a national strategy to empower the private sector…

Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) and H2-Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a waste-to-hydrogen facility at a greenfield site in east Port Said with an estimated cost of $4 billion, an SCZONE statement said on Wednesday. The project targets production capacity of 300,000 tons of…

The discovery, at a necropolis just outside Cairo, also included over 100 ancient artifacts.

In tonight's edition: Senior officials of state companies in Cameroon are accused of accepting bribes from Swiss-based mining giant Glencore. In Egypt, two months after opposition figure Alaa Abdel Fattah started a hunger strike, his supporters are demanding his release from captivity. And in Libya, traditional ceramics are not finding…

Network says verdict ‘irrational’ and part of campaign by Egyptian authorities ‘against Al Jazeera and its journalists’.

The incredible dig at a cemetery in Saqqara uncovered mummies as well as statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor - along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid

Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait reaffirmed that his country is looking to raise the private sector contribution to economic activity to 50% by 2025. Maait said that Egypt’s government is constantly working to encourage development investment to improve living standards, public services, economic growth, and job opportunities. Maait’s remarks came…

Premier League stars Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah head to Africa for 2023 Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers weary and disappointed after a 70-match season that ended with Liverpool's Champions League final loss. Mane-inspired defending champions Senegal host Benin and visit Rwanda in Group L and should secure maximum points…

Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities.

Egypt on Monday displayed a trove of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country's antiquities authorities said were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo. The artifacts were showcased at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24…