Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
The Egyptian daily Youm7 has published a photo feature on Erg Somaya, a dive site inside the Northern Islands Protected Area that it describes as world-class, with depths reaching 200 metres.
20 August 2026
The Red Sea Water Company says direct pumping is running normally again in Hurghada's Star City area, while a separate report points to desalination wells being built to serve villages across the governorate.
20 August 2026
The undersecretary of the Red Sea Health Directorate toured Hurghada General Hospital and met department heads, Ahram Gate reported, without saying what the inspection found.
19 August 2026
A free medical convoy has concluded in El Quseir after seeing 237 cases, according to Ahram Gate, which did not say which specialties the convoy covered or who organised it.
19 August 2026
The governorate has terminated its agreement with the company appointed to develop the Central Island at Magawish, south of Hurghada, Al-Ahram and Al-Masry Al-Youm report.
19 August 2026
A large enforcement drive in northern Hurghada removed 75 cases of encroachment on public space and inspected shop trading licences, Ahram Gate reports. The report does not name the streets covered or say how many licence violations were found.
19 August 2026
Youm7 reports five new projects to upgrade roads and rehabilitate curves across the Red Sea Governorate, while Al Borsa puts the Roads and Bridges Authority's Red Sea and Qena programme at EGP 600 million. Neither report names the roads or gives a start date.
19 August 2026
The Red Sea governor has instructed officials to resolve residents' complaints urgently, Bawabet Al-Ahram reports — though the report gives no detail on which complaints were raised or what deadline was set.
18 August 2026
The Red Sea Governorate has been granted usufruct rights to manage and operate the slaughterhouses in Safaga and Shalateen, according to Youm7.
18 August 2026
The Hurghada International Museum is marking Wafaa El-Nil, the traditional Egyptian festival celebrating the Nile flood, according to Sada El-Balad.
18 August 2026
The state-owned Future of Egypt Authority is expanding into the Red Sea, with 477 land plots allocated to it for investment projects valued at EGP 2 trillion, Al-Manassa reports.
18 August 2026
AlMasria is starting a Hurghada–Volgograd service in August 2026, according to the Arab Air Carriers Organization, adding another direct Russian link to the resort.
18 August 2026