The Central Bank of Egypt intervened to save the dollar from its free-fall last week. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports on the reasons and repercussions of the move

Southern African countries are reaching for more economic cooperation with their northern neighbours, Sherine Nasr reports

To cope with local shortages in wheat, the government should pay farmers more for their crops, the Higher Committee for Wheat recommended in a meeting last week...

Mona El-Fiqi takes stock of the competition among local, Arab and foreign companies to secure licences for new cement factory ports