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The toll and toil it took to cleave the Suez Canal through the Egyptian desert - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

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Image: Creative CommonsThe Suez Canal made headlines when a massive container ship, “Ever Given”, became wedged diagonally across the canal, creating a huge, expensive backlog of other vessels
For a little over a week the world’s attention zeroed in on the Suez Canal, an artificial channel connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas across Egyptian territory. The canal offers the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia, funnelling around 10% of global trade. And so it made the headlines when a massive container ship, “Ever Given”, became wedged diagonally across the canal, creating a huge, expensive backlog of other vessels. ....

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The toll and toil it took to cleave the Suez Canal through the Egyptian desert

For a little over a week the world’s attention zeroed in on the Suez Canal, an artificial channel connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas across Egyptian territory. The canal offers the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia, funnelling around 10% of global trade. And so it made the headlines when a massive container ship, “Ever Given”, became wedged diagonally across the canal, creating a huge, expensive backlog of other vessels.
I am a social and cultural historian who has studied the region and the people who live there. While the economic benefits of the canal are readily apparent, its history of technical mishaps and failed ambitions is mostly buried. ....

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Post-upheaval Egypt shifts course to mega-development

Cairo: A stroll in central Cairo is not complete without a visit to Tahrir, an iconic square that for long months grabbed headlines in Egypt and elsewhere.
Tahrir was the epicentre of a 2011 popular uprising that forced longtime president Hosni Mubarak to resign. The plaza, home to the Arab League, the Egyptian Museum and luxury hotels, was a site of the unrest that gripped the nation after Mubarak’s ouster.
In the lead-up to the 10th anniversary, the square was refurbished and re-emerged as an allure to local and foreign visitors.
The Dh35 million renovation project signals Egypt’s development-orientated drive that has picked momentum against all the odds since 2014 when incumbent President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi took office. ....

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Egypt Fast Facts - ABC17NEWS

Egypt Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel,Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
About Egypt
Population: 104,124,440 (July 2020 est.)
Median age: 24.1 years
Ethnic Groups: 99.7%, other 0.3% (2006 est.)
Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Christian (mostly Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2015 est.)
Unemployment: 7.9% (2019 est.)
More than 90% of Egypt consists of desert.
Egypt achieved full independence from Great Britain in 1952.
Timeline
332 BC-600s AD – Ruled by Greeks, Romans and Byzantines. ....

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More than 90% of Egypt consists of desert.
Egypt achieved full independence from Great Britain in 1952.
Timeline
332 BC-600s AD – Ruled by Greeks, Romans and Byzantines.
600s AD – The Arabic language and Islamic religion become dominant in Egypt.
1517 – Conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
1798-1801 – Briefly controlled by France.
1858 – La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal) is formed to dig a canal and operate it for 99 years. The company is privately owned by French and Egyptian interests and would become totally Egyptian-owned after 99 years.
April 25, 1859 – Excavation on the Suez Canal begins.
November 17, 1869 – The Suez Canal opens for navigation. ....

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