Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Group is looking to expand its renewable energy footprint in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). According to media reports, Masdar’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ahmad Belhould, recently stated that Masdar Group is looking to invest aggressively in renewable energy projects in Egypt, Jordan, and …
Ministers of water and foreign affairs of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday (December 29) have reached agreements pertaining to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) following 3-day talks in Khartoum. The Agreement was one step forward towards finalizing and reaching agreement on the nomination of the two consultancy firms …
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan signed an agreement on Tuesday finalizing the two firms tasked with carrying out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile, their foreign and water ministers said. The three countries had initially picked French firm BRL and Dutch …
Egypt and Russia are going to sign a final contract on the Dabaa nuclear plant next month, after Russia made the best of three offers, Egypt's electricity minister told reporters Monday. Minister Mohamed Shaker said in a press conference that Egypt considered offers from Russia, China and South Korea but …
The Foreign ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are locked in a decisive meeting in Khartoum to iron out their technical differences regarding the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. The meeting began on Sunday amid tension over media reports suggesting that Ethiopia has started the second …
Kampala — The Egyptian minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Prof Hossam Moghazy, arrived in the country on a three-day visit on Tuesday and is expected to sign a grant agreement of $4.5 million (about Shs15 billion) aimed at mitigating flooding in Kasese District. Every rainy season, River Nyamwamba on …
Another complaint was filed on Sunday at the Alexandria Prosecution against Portland cement factory, known as Titan, one of the complainants told Daily News Egypt. By Menan Khater and Shaimaa Al-Badawy Another complaint was filed on Sunday at the Alexandria Prosecution against Portland cement factory, known as Titan, one of …
World Toilet Day was on Thursday, celebrated for the first time in 2013 since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Singapore’s decision to dedicate 19 November for that day. More than 50% of Egyptians are deprived of sewage services, while 1 million people are deprived of clean water sources, according …
The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) finalised operating five solar power stations as part of the authority’s gradual transition to using solar power solutions in new cities, NUCA’s Vice President Kamal Fahmy said in a statement. The transition is also part of the country’s bigger plan of activating the use …
Five people were killed in Alexandria (northern Egypt) on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said, as the inclement of the weather wreaked havoc across the country. Alexandria was flooded by heavy rains when a power cable from the Moharam Bek tram station became loose, electrocuting three people to death. According …
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has launched a 200 MW solar PV tender (on August 30). The tender represents a significant part of the country’s refreshed commitment towards increasing its share of renewable energy, an effort being spearheaded by the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA). Egypt Sunrise The …
Cairo — Three Egyptian electricity companies have secured $243 million fund from Japan, International Cooperation Minister Najla Ahwani said on Monday in an official statement. The fund will aim at enhancing the capacity of electricity distribution in Egypt, which is desperately short of power. Cairo targets 7.2GW of operating wind …
Highly flammable Mazut oil leaked from the cool water unit of Al-the Hamra electricity station in Assiut on Friday, causing 10 water stations to close Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy announced, Saturday, a four-dimensional plan for tackling the oil leaking from an electricity pipe into the River Nile. Highly flammable …
ROME — The Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. announced on Sunday that it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off the coast of Egypt, describing it as the “largest ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. Eni’s chief executive, Claudio Descalzi, met on Saturday in Cairo with President Abdel Fattah …
About 25 million birds are illegally hunted and killed or captured every year in countries bordering the Mediterranean, and many of these countries have adopted a policy of looking the other way when it comes to the mass killing of the winged creatures, a report released over the weekend by …
Nitrogen oxides, released from fossil fuel use and other combustion processes, affect air quality and climate. From the mid-1990s onward, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been monitored from space, and since 2004 with relatively high spatial resolution by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument. Strong upward NO2 trends have been observed over South …
About 25 million birds are being unlawfully shot, trapped and glued in a Mediterranean crime wave that is even affecting birds vulnerable to extinction, according to the first report of its kind. Conflict-hit countries such as Syria and Libya fare particularly badly in the study by BirdLife International, with Egypt …
Almost 100 people have died in Egypt as temperatures soared this month, including patients at a psychiatric hospital. Three people died and 206 were hospitalized on Saturday due to heat-related illnesses, the state-run news agency Mena reported, citing a health ministry statement. The death toll was 93 as of Friday. …
Cairo — Fifteen citizens died on Wednesday due to elevated temperatures, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, raising the death toll of the latest heat wave to hit Egypt to 76 this week. The ministry said in a statement that 447 citizens were hospitalised on Wednesday after suffering from heat-related …
A report issued by Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on International Youth Day said on Wednesday that 27.8% of young people in Egypt are poor and 24.1% live on the edge of poverty. The report said one of the contributing factors is that almost half of …
