Former Menoufia governor sentenced to prison for graft

Former Menoufia governor Hesham Abdel Baset was sentenced to 10 years in prison and handed a EGP 58 mn fine for laundering EGP 28 mn, according to Egypt Today. The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) also separately arrested two officials at an unnamed construction company for allegedly accepting EGP 800 mn in bribes, according to Ahram Online.