Sohag
Luxor’s Nile cruise ordered shut after 31 struck by food poisoning
Egypt
January 22, 2018
Luxor’s Nile cruise ordered shut after 31 struck by food poisoning
Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat announced on Monday that an investigation will be opened into a food poisoning incident during…
Fragment of Black granite statue of King Amenhotep III discovered in Sohag parking lot
Archaeology
January 8, 2018
Fragment of Black granite statue of King Amenhotep III discovered in Sohag parking lot
The Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of an artifact in a parking lot in Akhmim, Sohag governorate, during a…
7 killed, 13 injured in fatal Sohag collision
Egypt
October 27, 2017
7 killed, 13 injured in fatal Sohag collision
A crash occurred on Friday at kilo 70 on the eastern desert road in Akhmim, Sohag, killing seven people and…
PM, governors approve counter-flood plan
Egypt
September 27, 2017
PM, governors approve counter-flood plan
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail discussed with Minister of Local Development Hesham Sherif and representatives from the Ministries of Irrigation and…
3 killed, 2 injured in Sohag highway collision
Egypt
August 25, 2017
3 killed, 2 injured in Sohag highway collision
Three people were killed and two others were injured, suffering wounds and fractures, in a collision between two cars on Sohag-Red…
Main perpetrator in Esna terrorist attack, Tanta and Alexandria church bombings identified
Egypt
August 8, 2017
Main perpetrator in Esna terrorist attack, Tanta and Alexandria church bombings identified
Security authorities in Luxor have identified the alleged perpetrator of the Esna terrorist attack, which occurred a few days days…
160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC
Health & Fitness
August 4, 2017
160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC
The National Population Council’s (NPC) Anti-Circumcision National Program announced on Tuesday that over the next five years 160 villages will…
5 killed in illegal ancient artifact excavation in Sohag
Egypt
August 1, 2017
5 killed in illegal ancient artifact excavation in Sohag
Five people were killed, in two separate incidents, while illegally digging for antiquities beneath houses in Upper Egypt’s Sohag governorate,…
New discovery of stone block dates back to 30th Dynasty King Nectanebo II in Sohag
Science
May 20, 2017
New discovery of stone block dates back to 30th Dynasty King Nectanebo II in Sohag
The Egyptian archaeological committee from Al-Belinna inspectorate in Abydos town in Sohag governorate has stumbled upon a stone block engraved…
8 militants killed in Sohag: Interior Ministry
Egypt
May 9, 2017
8 militants killed in Sohag: Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry announced that 8 militants were killed in armed clashes with security forces on Monday in the mountainous…