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Scholars protest to demand university jobs
Egypt

Scholars protest to demand university jobs

Dozens of citizens with Master’s degrees and PhD’s demonstrated in front of the Cabinet Wednesday to demand jobs at universities…
Choosy Omanis add to government’s unemployment headache
World

Choosy Omanis add to government’s unemployment headache

Rushing out of a bank door, Harith Mohsin smiled as he clutched a paper approving a US$50,000 state loan to…
Lessons from Iraq
Opinion

Lessons from Iraq

It is almost 10 years since the fall of the authoritarian regime of Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party. What…
Egypt and World Bank sign US$200 million loan aimed at creating quarter million jobs
Business

Egypt and World Bank sign US$200 million loan aimed at creating quarter million jobs

Egyptian Cabinet ministers and World Bank officials have signed off on a US$200 million project aimed at creating 250,000 jobs…
Unemployment surges to 3.3 million, statistics agency says
Egypt

Unemployment surges to 3.3 million, statistics agency says

Unemployment rates have risen to 12.6 percent, or 3.3 million people, during the second quarter of this year, the Central…
Finance minister: Negotiations with IMF resumed for $3.2 billion loan
Egypt

Finance minister: Negotiations with IMF resumed for $3.2 billion loan

The government is in contact with the International Money Fund to resume negotiations on a US$3.2 billion loan to Egypt,…
Southwest Tunisian town’s outrage over unemployment
World

Southwest Tunisian town’s outrage over unemployment

Southwest Tunisia has some of the world's richest phosphate deposits, but a recent series of violent protests by jobless residents…
Permanent appointment of temporary laborers costs LE3 billion, says finance minister
Business

Permanent appointment of temporary laborers costs LE3 billion, says finance minister

Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed told Parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee on Thursday that devising permanent contracts for 400,000 temporary workers…
Argument between minister, MPs disrupts parliamentary discussion of unemployment
Egypt

Argument between minister, MPs disrupts parliamentary discussion of unemployment

The evening session of the People’s Assembly Sunday was brought to a halt when MPs shouted at Supply and Social…
Egypt’s unemployment rate rises to 12.4%
Business

Egypt’s unemployment rate rises to 12.4%

Egypt's fourth quarter unemployment rate rose by two percentage points from the previous quarter, the government’s statistics office said on…
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