🇪🇬 Egypt
North Africa
About Egypt
North Africa's most populous nation, anchoring the Nile, the Suez Canal and one of the world's oldest continuous civilisations.
- Population
- ~110 million
- Capital
- Cairo
- Languages
- Arabic (English and French widely used)
- Region
- North Africa
- Culture
- Cairo cinema and music shape the Arab world; Ramadan traditions, Coptic heritage and koshari street food define daily life.
- Main products
- Natural gasCotton and textilesSuez Canal transitFertilizersTourism
Happening now in Egypt
Most recent reports- The Egyptian Illusion of Guardianship Over Nile River Demolished Foreever
Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:56 · East Africa
- US-Egypt-Sudan Meeting in New York Discusses Peace Efforts
Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:35 · Conflict, Peace and Security
- Egypt to Train Angolan Archaeologists
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:25 · Angola
- Egypt Declares Suez Canal Secure As August Revenue Surges to $567 Million
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:36 · Economy, Business and Finance
- Egypt's Water Policy - Waste At Home, Coercion On Ethiopia
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:01 · East Africa
- President El-Sisi Meets the Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:22 · East Africa
- Bust of Agostinho Neto Inaugurated in Cairo
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:08 · Angola
- Egypt Says It Backs South Sudan's Fula Dam After Review, Renews Objections to Ethiopia's GERD
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:29 · Economy, Business and Finance
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