Egypt is turning to information technology to create a knowledge-based economy. Near the pyramids at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt’s first technology park is changing the desert landscape. A ...

Location: A country in Northern Africa, Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea and is between Libya and the Gaza Strip. It’s roughly eight times the size of Ohio. Economy: With the second largest economy ...

Since the removal of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s president in 2011, Europe’s objectives and influence in the country have undergone a series of fluctuations. Under Mubarak, Egypt had a fairly ...

Jon Alterman: Hafsa Halawa is an independent consultant and a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute based in Dubai. She's the author of “Gulf Investment in Egypt, A Balance of Mutual Need.

Palestinians, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war have found a home in the country. But Cairo says newcomers are straining resources and is seeking financial help from the West. By Vivian Yee Reporting ...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday that Israel will declare its border with Egypt a closed military zone in an effort to combat smuggling. Israel has complained of smugglers in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic’s adverse effects on employment — which had decreased to 8% before the pandemic only to increase to 9.6% in the second quarter of 2020 — highlight the urgency of empowering ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Egypt has dug itself ...