- More than a week after crude oil washed up on the shores of Dahab on Aug. 14, patches of oil can still be found along the coast.
- It is not exactly clear where the oil spill originated from, but it most likely came from a ship that crossed through the port of Aqaba.
- The result is that the Egyptian Ministry of Environment is always underfunded when it comes to adequately responding to environmental disasters and is therefore not prepared.
<span>Oil spill darkens Egyptian tourist town</span>
