Egypt in the News on 25 February 2020

Egypt’s furniture craftsmen aren’t all that keen on relocating to the Damietta Furniture City, which the government spent EGP 3.6 bn to develop with a goal of creating a hub for all furniture makers, Reuters says. The craftsmen, who already own workshops in Damietta, say they don’t have the money to relocate to the furniture city, and complain that it is far from their homes. The government has so far sold around 400 of the 1,400 workshops in the new city.