President Sisi suggests regional troubles may force Egypt to re-evaluate IMF accord
According to reporting by Reuters, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned that Egypt may be forced to re-evaluate its $8
Egypt's government has extended daily power cuts to three hours, one hour longer than usual, in response to a surge in domestic electricity consumption because of a heat wave, a cabinet statement said.
The three-hour power cut was originally scheduled for Sunday and Monday, but they have now been extended until the end of the week.
The electricity and petroleum ministries attributed the prolonging of the load shedding plan to an "extreme rise in temperatures above the normal levels for this period".
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