Category: Egypt

Lekela Power signs PPA for 250-MW wind project in Egypt

February 14, 2019

Lekela Power, a pan-African renewable energy generation company, has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co (EETC) for its 250-MW ... Read More

Egypt: Parliament fast-tracks vote on proposed constitution amendment to extend al-Sisi’s stay in power

February 12, 2019

The Egyptian parliament will meet Wednesday instead of Feb.17 to vote on the proposed changes to the constitution that would allow incumbent leader Fattah al-Sisi ... Read More

Egyptian President Takes up AU Top Leadership Position

February 11, 2019

Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi Sunday officially replaced his Rwandan counterpart as chair of the African Union (AU) headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The summit of ... Read More

Egyptian manufacturer to build 1,965 MW plants in UAE

February 7, 2019

The Egyptian El Sewedy Electric Co. SAE, through its subsidiary Elsewedy Power, has been awarded the construction of two power projects with a combined capacity ... Read More

Egypt: Production of Zohr oil field to hit 3bn feet per day in 2019

February 6, 2019

The production of Zohr oil field will reach more than three billion feet per day in 2019. The announcement was made Wednesday by Egyptian Minister ... Read More

Egypt: Constitutional Court nullifies government’s right to dissolve NGOs

February 4, 2019

Egypt’s Supreme Court has cancelled a parliament bill allowing the government to dismantle Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that it accuses of getting foreign funds or aligned ... Read More

Prosecutors General from Europe, Mediterranean committed to international judicial cooperation

February 2, 2019

EuroMed Forum 2019 (Banner) Prosecutors General from Europe and Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia) agreed on the ... Read More

Egypt: Former Alexandria deputy governor gets 12-year jail sentence

January 31, 2019

A Cairo criminal court Wednesday pressed a 12-year jail sentence against former deputy governor of Alexandria, the country’s second largest city, on corruption charges. Souad ... Read More

Egypt to promote natural gas-fuelled cars

January 29, 2019

I Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Monday held a meeting with the Ministers of Trade and Industry, as well as the authorities of the ... Read More

Egypt: TV anchor gets one-year prison sentence for interviewing gay sex worker

January 22, 2019

An Egyptian court has sentenced a TV anchor to one year in prison after his received a gay sex worker on his show last year. ... Read More