Africa Solar Outlook 2025
Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s
Egypt
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Egyptian women turn waste into "treasure" by recycling garbage
While passers-by try to avoid the bad smells of tons of piled-up garbage at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser slum in the capital Cairo, some women are working here to turn the waste into beautiful
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Egypt: Huge Dam Causes Worry in Egypt
Egypt was once called the "gift of the Nile" by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. But today, more than 2,000 years later, Egyptians fret about the existential threat of a faraway dam to their water
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Government will not sell lands of Petrified Forest: cabinet
The Egyptian government announced on Tuesday that it will not sell the land of the Petrified Forest Protected Area in New Cairo, according to a report issued by the Information and Decision Support Centre.
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Egypt to sign €300m loan agreement to develop Lake Qarun
The government plans to sign a loan agreement worth €300m to develop Lake Qarun by the end of February. Government sources said that three parties will finance the project, including the European Investment
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Chronic Diseases Take More Lives in the MENA Region than Infectious Diseases
Amsterdam – A shift has occurred in the MENA region over the past 30 years, seeing chronic diseases take more lives than their infectious counterparts. This same shift is taking place in developing
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Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agree to cooperate on Grand Renaissance Dam
Leaders of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to form a permanent committee to follow up on all issues of common concern particularly regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Status and drivers of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the Islamic world: a comparative analysis
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period saw dramatic gains in health goals MDG 4 and MDG 5 for improving child and maternal health. However, many Muslim countries in the south Asian, Middle Eastern,
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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to meet for Nile dam talks
The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile river. The dispute
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Finance Ministry to issue guarantees for solar projects in Aswan
EETC will buy energy from the solar power plants for 25 years at 8.4 US cents per kWh Mohamed Farag 48 mins ago 0 Comments The Ministry of Electricity sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance to issue
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Ethiopia rejects World Bank mediation in Nile water dispute
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile. The