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Egypt: Increase of minimum wage in public service to address rising cost of living

Egypt has increased the minimum wage in the public sector from 2,000 Egyptian pound ($101.3) to 3,000 in a move to help workers surf the increase in the cost of living, reports say. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly who announced the decision said the government will pay an exceptional bonus of EGP 300 for employees in […]

No Coronavirus Case Registered in Morocco

Morocco’s health ministry reassured again that no coronavirus has been registered in the country where screening and monitoring measures have been put in place. Only seasonal flu cases were registered so far in the country, the health ministry said while advising citizens to adopt precautionary measures by avoiding exposures to people with respiratory symptoms and […]

Egypt: Medical Staff Involved in Organ Trafficking Arrested

The Egyptian interior ministry announced it clamped down on a private hospital and arrested 12 people including medial staff involved in human organ trafficking, in Giza province, part of greater Cairo. The detained include three doctors, four nurses, three hospital workers and two agents. The ministry said the arrestees who form a network, “agreed with […]