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News & Current Events Apr 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM

Cairo goes dark as Egypt struggles to cope with fall out from Iran war

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Cairo goes dark as Egypt struggles to cope with fall out from Iran war | Africanews
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Cairo goes dark as Egypt struggles to cope with fall out from Iran war | Africanews
Normally bustling with activity until the early hours of the morning, the streets of Cairo have gone dark. Soaring fuel costs have pushed the Egyptian government to issue a month-long early-closing order. Now shops are shuttered at 9pm during the week and 10pm on weekends.
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Rapa_Nui Apr 7, 2026 +187
It's insane that they haven't invested more in solar energy after all these years.
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Long-Draft-7128 Apr 7, 2026 +124
We are a reactionary society not a proactive one.
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Typical-Blackberry-3 Apr 7, 2026 +60
That's because the rich and moronic poor parts of populations don't want their "tax dollars" going to anything that doesn't directly benefit them, immediately.
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lestofante Apr 7, 2026 +4
This is not the first time something like this happen.
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toeknn Apr 8, 2026 +3
Good reaction to this would be capitlize on all the solar rich landscape your country has.
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Elrond007 Apr 7, 2026 +37
Egypt is a full on corrupt military junta. There is no investment beyond the standard authoritarian monuments
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GayGeekInLeather Apr 7, 2026 +24
Military juntas are not well known for being the best at long term planning
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imanchats Apr 8, 2026 +7
They are such a poor country. I visited last winter and it is poorer than I could have imagined.
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LeadingPretender Apr 8, 2026 +2
Yeah Cairo was genuinely an awful city to visit when I went. Couldn’t wait to get out. Desert was cool though. 
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hueythecat Apr 8, 2026 +1
It’s like our government officials f*** our future over backhanders
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Adultery Apr 7, 2026 -4
How many solar panels would you need to cover the pyramids? How much energy would that provide their country?
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Imbendo Apr 9, 2026 +1
In the grand scheme of things not very much.
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Kady_ Apr 7, 2026 +47
Extremely misleading title, egypt is asking non Essential/ non touristic places to close by 9 pm. This is in an effort to reduce energy consumption. This is an approach that led them to not increase fuel prices and try to maintain inflation. Supermarkets/hospitals/touristic places/pharmacies etc... all are operating 24/7 as usual
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Common-Method2202 Apr 7, 2026 +14
You would think that they would have the brains to use solar but no 💀
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Dry_Click6496 Apr 7, 2026 +10
Wouldnt want the people to get too independent and be able to communicate without the goverments power to shut of electricity. There is a reason Egypt is still building New Cairo, where the new government places are, and it is built to limit personal mobility as well as ensure you can deal with any uprising by having very vide streets for your military.
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Common-Method2202 Apr 7, 2026 +4
I meant government controlled solar plants
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1_21Giggawattss Apr 8, 2026 +2
Thank you.
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try_repeat_succeed Apr 7, 2026 +70
Reminds me of this quote: "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it." I think it applies here if you change a word or 2 or extrapolate.
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gordonjames62 Apr 7, 2026 +13
I'm a little concerned that reporters and writers might want to avoid using the term "Fallout" for a few more days.
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neroselene Apr 8, 2026 +1
*I don't want to set the world on fire....*
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[deleted] Apr 7, 2026 +3
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I-always-argue Apr 7, 2026 +4
This is a great depression on steroids because it will be accompanied with extreme inflation.
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ponylicious Apr 7, 2026
How old are you? The last one ended in the 1930s.
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OrangeSpaceMan5 Apr 7, 2026 +8
Lovely a second great depression in my lifetime I hope we all can agree COVID counts
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Zanadar Apr 7, 2026 +35
No? Not even a little? COVID was really bad, not arguing that, but comparing it to the Great Depression? Unemployment did not hit 25%, GDP did not fall by half, hundreds of thousands of Americans did not suffer from malnutrition, massive shantytowns of the homeless were not erected, it's just an insane comparison to make.
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mangabalanga Apr 7, 2026 +15
We have to compare everything to the most extreme things today to feel anything apparently
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Maximum_Overdrive Apr 7, 2026 +6
Take an economics class!
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olosen Apr 7, 2026 -1
How young are you dude? This is the 3rd one
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NewManufacturer4252 Apr 7, 2026 -8
I think unfortunately covid was a dry run, just to test the population. I hope I'm wrong.
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yosisoy Apr 7, 2026 -1
Egypt have a lot of natural gas, this is strange
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