Egypt will be getting at least EUR 108 mn from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to install wastewater utilities in rural Luxor after cabinet greenlit the recent financing agreement during its weekly meeting yesterday. Cabinet also authorized a decision made by AfDB governors in October 2019 to increase the bank’s capital by more than double. Egypt is among the AfDB’s major shareholders.

Also approved during the meeting: The rollout of the second phase of a government program to issue ID cards that make it easier for people with special needs to indicate their disability and a government committee recommendation to regularize the status of 82 churches and their affiliated buildings.

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