Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has sent the first group of its 'Know Your Country' domestic trips to Hurghada at a fee of EGP 1,500 per person, Al-Watan reports.
6 September 2026
The Red Sea governor has told officials to speed up the fit-out of Marsa Alam's new local unit building ahead of its opening, and issued directives on the town's nursing school and on money owed to the state.
6 September 2026
The Red Sea governor handed 97 housing units to the families entitled to them in Marsa Alam, Ahram Gate and Shorouk News report. Neither outlet names the housing scheme or gives a cost.
6 September 2026
A 30,000-tonne aluminium shipment from Indonesia has been unloaded at Safaga Port, which handled 40,000 tonnes of cargo in total, Egyptian outlets report.
6 September 2026
The Egyptian outlet Al-Nahar reports the launch of a solar-powered seawater desalination project in Marsa Alam with a design capacity of 10,000 cubic metres per day. Location, cost and start date were not given.
6 September 2026
Officials have three months to finalise the outstanding permits holding up the Marsa Alam Marina and to speed up construction, in a push to bring yacht tourism to the southern Red Sea coast, Egyptian outlets report.
6 September 2026
An evening enforcement campaign removed 17 cases of encroachment on El Pasha Street in Hurghada, Ahram Gate reported on 5 September with photographs. No businesses were named and no fines were listed.
6 September 2026
A damaged site on the Al-Ahyaa road north of Hurghada has been repaired, Ahram Gate reported on 5 September, publishing photographs. The report gives no cause, cost or contractor.
6 September 2026
A medical team at Hurghada Hospital intervened to treat kidney dialysis patients suffering clotting and blockage, the Egyptian outlet Sada El-Balad reported on 5 September. The report gives no patient numbers and no procedure detail.
6 September 2026
An inspection tour looked at whether work at the hospital is running to schedule and at the quality of its medical services, Ahram Gate reports. The report names no official and lists no findings.
5 September 2026
Crews brought a large blaze under control in Marsa Alam on 5 September. Youm7 and Al-Masry Al-Youm both report one injury; neither gives the cause or names the restaurant.
5 September 2026
Tourism companies have taken urgent action over boat excursions that chase dolphins off Hurghada, while the protectorates authority is sanctioning operators who break the rules, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
5 September 2026