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Egypt’s economy stabilises, but poverty challenges persist

Investments boost Egypt’s economy, but rural poverty highlights unequal benefits from economic recovery efforts.
StamfordAdvocate

Poverty and inflation: Egypt's economy hit by global turmoil

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There's a waiting list to buy a new car.
WRAL

A new city is rising in Egypt. But is it what the country needs?

(CNN) — In an expanse of desert 30 miles east of Cairo, Egypt, a new city is rising. Already boasting the tallest tower in Africa and the biggest cathedral in the Middle East, the city is one of a ...
Human Rights Watch

Egypt: Repression, Rising Poverty in Sisi’s Second Decade

(Beirut) – The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt entered its second decade with wholesale repression, systematically detaining and punishing peaceful critics and activists, Human ...
Newsweek

Satellite Image Shows Construction of Egypt’s New Capital

In the vast deserts of North Africa, a new city featuring the tallest tower on the continent and the largest cathedral in the Middle East is taking shape. Thirty miles east of Cairo, Egypt, the ...