The Ministry of Health said on Sunday 7/4/2013 that 24 persons were injured due to violence that took place in Cairo, Fayoum and Gharbia governorates on Saturday, confirming that there are no deaths.

Health Ministry director for emergency care Dr. Khaled al-Khatib said that Cairo's 19 injuries were moved to Al Helal and Coptic hospitals, Nasser Institute, Mounira and Qasr al-Aini, Police hospitals.

One was moved to Fayoum Public Hospital and four were moved to Mahala Hospital in Gharbia governorate.

Deputy Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counsellor Nazih Al-Naggary stated that Egypt's Ambassador in Beirut Ashraf Hamdi, and an embassy team took part in delivering the humanitarian aid to the displaced Syrians in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in cooperation with the Egyptian Resala Charity Organization which collected the aid of food, blankets and clothes.

November 9, 2012

We are deeply saddened by the recent violence and displacement in Rakhine State. The latest resurgence of violence has led to the loss of life and property of thousands of innocent men, women, and children in Rakhine State. We urge all parties to work together to bring an immediate end to the violence.

Highlights

• While the price of food basket¹ declined slightly between April and June 2012, it grew annually by 5% from L.E. 455 in June 2011 to L.E. 476 in 2012. (Pages 4)

• To cover their needs, 43% of households reported having additional sources of income to their current job. Of these, pensions and Government assistance remained the most important accounting for 31% each of other sources of income, while family assistance accounted for 19% and community assistance for 9%. (Page 8)

Within the framework of continued cooperation between Egypt and the African brothers and seeking to increasing fraternal links between African peoples, the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa, upon instructions from the Foreign Minister, presented food aid of powder milk and logistic support of blankets to Jonglei Province, Southern Sudan.

The ceremony of delivering the aid was covered by the South Sudanese television in the presence of Mr. Hon Peter Lam Chairman of South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister Plenipotentiary Amr Roshdi stated that within the framework of the Ministry's efforts to strengthen Egyptian-African relations and assist African countries hit by the drought this year, Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr instructed the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa to send 120 tons of rice as a gift from Egypt to Burkina Faso.

Food problem tops the list of issues facing most countriesspecially developing ones. Successive food crises motivated concerned parties to examine causes of such crises & establish systems which help forecast any future crises to evade or mitigate their occurrence.

Lt. General Samy Anan, the deputy chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said presidential elections will be held on time and power will be handed over on June 30.

Anan said the armed forces have no power ambitions and their main goal is piloting the country to safety. This came on 21/4/2012 in statements by Anan during a meeting with professors of constitutional law and deans of the Egyptian faculties of law.

03/10/2012

Egypt provided an urgent aid of two ton medicines to Congo Brazzaville to help them face the aftermath of the blasts that hit the capital Brazzaville last week, leaving a large number of victims.