The cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday concerning the development of industry and infrastructure in Sinai, and the transfer of population to the peninsula. The draft has yet to be submitted to the ruling military council for (...)
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen two deputies, Ali al-Selmy for political development and democratic affairs and Hazem al-Beblawy for economic affairs, said cabinet spokesperson Mohamed Hegazy on Saturday.
Hegazy said the choices represent a (...)
Saudi businessman Prince al-Waleed bin Talal will sign a new contract on 7 June for the agricultural lands in Toshka, located in southern Egypt, Egypt's agriculture and land reclamation minister said.
In statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Ayman Farid (...)
In what seems to be a possible solution to the Nile water quotas dispute between Egypt and upstream Nile Basin countries, Water Resources Minister Hussein al-Atfy has announced an initiative by the African countries to renegotiate the Nile Basin (...)
Egypt and Sudan have agreed to hold extensive negotiations with the upstream countries in the Nile Basin, with a view to signing a new cooperative agreement on Nile water quotas.
The two countries also said they would not sign the Nile Basin (...)
The main features of proposed legislation governing the sale of state land have been finalized by a state-appointed legal committee headed up by Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif.
The proposed law has been referred to the Ministry of Justice, which is (...)