Meanwhile, traffic congestion in Cairo costs the economy up to 50 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8 billion, each year - about 4% of Egypt's Gross Domestic Product, according to a 2012 World Bank study.

With air pollution being one of the top five risk factors for disease and premature death in Egypt and the cause of an estimated 10 per cent of premature deaths, the findings could save many lives.

Egypt's capital city is blanketed by an inky haze of pollution that on its worst days can bring noxious, throat-burning fumes. Most people blame the black cloud on farmers burning agricultural ...

Egyptians on Monday began voting for candidates to the Senate, a consultative upper chamber of the parliament that helps a ...