- Egyptians have begun a long-awaited parliamentary election, the first since the military-led ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
- One of the major issues in the ballot is the economy, which is beset by massive poverty, power shortages, high unemployment and attacks by militants that have hurt the tourism industry.
- The elections, repeatedly postponed, will take place over two rounds on October 18-19 and November 22-23. Results will be announced in early December.
- ETF: EGPT