Egypt’s presidential elections: a formalityfor another six years of El-Sisi in power

Vehicles drive past election campaign banners of Egyptian incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, 06 December 2023. EFE/EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

International Desk, Dec 8 (EFE).- With a weak political opposition and a constitutional reform that enables him to remain in power until 2030, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has all the necessary conditions to win the Egyptian presidential elections that will be held on December 10-12, despite popular discontent over the severe crisis that the country … Read more

Egypt says tunnel in Great Pyramid could lead to Khufu’s lost tomb

A handout photo made available by Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MOTA) shows a picture of a corridor in the pyramid of Cheops that could lead to the funerary, presented at a press conference to announce the results of the ScanPyramids project, in Giza, Egypt, 02 February 2023. EFE/EPA/EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES / HANDOUT

Cairo, Mar 2 (EFE).- Egyptian antiquities authorities on Thursday said they had detected a corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Giza that might lead to the funeral chamber of the pharaoh Khufu, which to this day has never been found. The minister for tourism and antiquities Ahmed Issa told a press conference that scientists from … Read more