Taken earlier this year, the photos show the architecture and public spaces of Egypt's new capital city, which is being built 45 kilometres to the east of Cairo.

To ease overcrowding caused by decades of high birth rates, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is building a series of ambitious new cities. But even his new capital remains largely deserted.

Alaa Farouk, the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, announced that the New Administrative ... Arab Republic of Egypt and aims to restore the country’s leading position in this field at all ...