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  • PM: Population growth biggest challenge to state

    Date: 2020-02-07 09:45:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:8301649

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has asserted that the population increase represents the biggest challenge before the state. During a cabinet meeting to follow up family planning efforts, the prime minister said Egypt's ....

  • Egypt's committee reiterates rejection of Female Genital Mutilation

    Date: 2020-02-06 13:21:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:8300493

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Egypt's National Committee on the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation issued on Thursday a statement to reiterate categorical rejection of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), considering it the harshest form of violence ....

  • 13 killed, 3 injured in crash on Aswan-Cairo highway

    Date: 2020-02-06 13:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:8300648

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 6 (MENA) - Thirteen people were killed and three others injured on Thursday when microbus collided into with a truck on Aswan-Cairo highway. Fourteen ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the injured to hospital and ....

  • PM attends signing of deal on upgrading roads in 12 governroates

    Date: 2020-02-05 16:06:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:62 - ID:8299559

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attended on Wednesday the signing ceremony of an agreement between the ministries of transport and local development to improve the efficiency of roads in 12 governorates. The signing of the ....

  • Environment minister announces launch of bike-sharing program at Fayoum Univ.

    Date: 2020-02-05 13:19:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:8299061

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad on Wednesday announced the launch of the first phase of a bicycle-sharing program at Fayoum University in cooperation with several local and international organizations. During today's ....

  • Higher education min.: Decree establishing 'El Madina University in Cairo'

    Date: 2020-02-05 13:15:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:8298920

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister Khalid Abdel Ghaffar said that a presidential decree was issued to establish a new private university named "El Madina University in Cairo," with faculties covering a variety of disciplines including, ....

  • Sisi follows up gov't efforts to upgrade bread subsidy system

    Date: 2020-02-04 19:19:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:8298263

    CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday followed up the government efforts to improve the bread subsidy system. During his meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the ministers of supply, finance and interior, ....

  • Health ministry: State capable of providing healthcare for Egyptians

    Date: 2020-02-03 16:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:8296651

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Monday that the State is capable of protecting Egyptians and providing all possible healthcare for them. The minister was speaking to a group of Egyptian citizens returning from China at Al ....

  • Education Ministry: Schools to open for 2nd term on schedule after end of mid-year holiday

    Date: 2020-02-03 12:59:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:8296163

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Education Ministry dismissed reports about delaying the second term of the current school year 2019-2020. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said schools will open in accordance with the set schedule on Saturday, ....

  • Death toll from Aswan road accident rises to 3

    Date: 2020-02-03 10:25:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:8295943

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 3 (MENA) - The death toll from a road collision that took place at the entrance of New Aswan city, Upper Egypt, rose to 3. A taxi collided with a bus on the western desert road near New Aswan city earlier in the ....

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