The government has laid out a plan to withdraw its arm from select sectors of the economy, including large swaths of agricultural and livestock production, construction industries and hospitality.

Egypt’s prime minister issued a decree on Tuesday expropriating a hotel in the upmarket Heliopolis district, east of the capital Cairo, to secure the daily route of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s motorcade.

Egypt affirms its keenness to reach a legally binding agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam that achieves common interests, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said, on the official page of the Cabinet on Facebook.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stressed the need to urge citizens to rationalising water consumption.

Forty-one residents of Nazlet al-Semman, a neighborhood adjacent to the Giza pyramids complex, are trying to take the government to court for ordering the expropriation of their houses, lawyer Mohamed Abu Saleeb told Mada Masr.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said, on Monday, that Egypt has entered a new era towards hopes and prospects to start realizing the Egyptian nuclear dream.

A US judge has dismissed Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan’s lawsuit against former Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi that accused him of involvement in torture.

Egypt’s prime minister said on Thursday that diplomatic ties with Turkey could be restored this year if outstanding issues were overcome, signalling a cautiously optimistic tone amid ongoing efforts by the regional rivals to end a years-long rift.

Egypt’s intelligence director has claimed the US agreed to imprison Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan after he was released from prison in Egypt in 2015, Politico reported.

The Egyptian premier’s trip, at the head of a delegation of 11 ministers, was the first such visit to Tripoli since the installation of Libya’s interim government last month.