The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Egypt’s president has appointed a caretaker governor of the central bank amid a grinding economic crisis triggered by the Russian war on Ukraine

Two nurses and a young man have been released after they paid a significant bail fine. The three were jailed for filming the body of murdered student Naira Ashraf, killed in a shocking femicide in Egypt

'Abbie' from West Yorkshire was unable to sunbathe or relax because of the medication she was asked to take and when using the hotel swimming pool in Egypt she was left embarrassed when she was asked if she had an infectious disease

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday accepted the resignation of central bank governor Tarek Amer and named him a presidential adviser, the Egyptian leader' office said in a statement. The brief statement offered no reasons for Amer's resignation. He had been appointed as governor of the central bank in November…

Egypt’s central bank governor resigned as the country has struggled to address its economic woes

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria joined government calls to move churches in overcrowded areas to “wider places,” days after a major fire engulfed a church in the Giza governorate, killing dozens. “There are small prayer places compared to the number of Copts in the area, and the church…

Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry will focus on developing the local industry, increasing the proportions of the local component, providing raw materials and production requirements, encouraging modern technologies, and localizing several sectors. Newly-appointed Trade and Industry Minister Ahmed Samir said the ministry would work to restore the status of…

The newly appointed Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, said the upcoming COP27 climate summit is "an opportunity" to introduce the world to Egypt's water poverty. Swailem indicated that Egypt depends on boosting its cooperation with the Nile Basin countries to benefit from its resources and reduce…

If you want an image of subsidised food in the world, you might think of Egypt, where the price of flatbread is fixed and more than half the population lives on loaves costing just 0.05 Egyptian pounds (8 baht) thanks to heavy government support.

Mohamed Salah has sent his condolences after a deadly fire which broke out at a Coptic Christian church during Sunday Mass killing at least 41 people in his native Egypt

A lawyer says a French backpacker who had gone missing in Egypt a year ago has safely returned home to Paris