Are Egyptian women getting the services they need from existing family planning programmes? What factors influence women's decisions about contraception? How can family planning services be improved to help meet women's needs? Research from the London School of Economics and the Egyptian National Population Council investigated the unmet need for contraception in rural Egypt.

Two hundred schools in deprived hamlets of Upper Egypt are sending ripples through the country’s education system, making girls and women the beacons of a new learning experience.

A former minister of finance, five customs officials and four businessmen have been charged with corruption in one of the biggest cases of its kind in the country, judicial officials said on Thursday.

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