sanitation
World bank funds Egypt’s rural sanitation services with $300 mn loan
Egypt
September 22, 2018
World bank funds Egypt’s rural sanitation services with $300 mn loan
The World Bank has approved a $300 million loan to complete Egypt’s Rural Sanitation Services Program, expanding the government…
Government raises fees of drinking water by 50 %
Egypt
June 4, 2018
Government raises fees of drinking water by 50 %
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail signed a new decree raising the fees of drinking water and sanitation services by 46.5 percent ,…
LE572 million allocated to improve water quality, drainage: Planning Ministry
Business
May 30, 2017
LE572 million allocated to improve water quality, drainage: Planning Ministry
The Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform approved additional allocations of LE572.5 million to improve the quality of drinking…
UNICEF: Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict
Middle East
May 24, 2017
UNICEF: Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict
Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa threaten the lives of over 24 million children, most of…
Police confiscate spoiled chicken from Minya hospital
Egypt
April 17, 2017
Police confiscate spoiled chicken from Minya hospital
Police officers confiscated on Tuesday 48 chickens that had spoiled from al-Edwa Central Hospital in Minya, before these were cooked…
Egypt signs three cooperation agreements with Kuwait
Business
December 4, 2016
Egypt signs three cooperation agreements with Kuwait
International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr signed on Sunday three agreements of cooperation with Abdel Wahab Badr, general director of the…
On World Toilet Day, one billion people have nowhere to go
Health & Fitness
November 17, 2015
On World Toilet Day, one billion people have nowhere to go
Some 2.4 billion people around the world don't have access to decent sanitation and more than a billion are forced…
Morsy’s trash legislation falls short of fixing broken system
Environment
December 24, 2012
Morsy’s trash legislation falls short of fixing broken system
On 6 December, the president’s office issued a decision setting fines for the illegal dumping of construction waste and littering. Published…
Minister: LE80 billion needed to complete sanitary drainage network
Egypt
October 22, 2012
Minister: LE80 billion needed to complete sanitary drainage network
The government needs LE80 billion to continue building the country’s sanitary drainage network and about 15 years to implement the…