In February and then again this month, security forces rounded up leaders from Cairo and Giza, as well as from governorates, including Alexandria, Asyut, Sharqiya and Gharbiya.
Despite the spread, however, the outbreak has been worst in six governorates, including in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, and Ibb, in the south of Yemen, according to Save the Children.
True, by a reliable if unofficial count, some 56% of voters said yes to the draft constitution in the first round, which covered ten of Egypt's 27 governorates, including the biggest cities of Cairo and Alexandria.
The head of the 24-member STC, Maj Gen Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, told the Guardian that his movement represented the bulk of the people in the south, and had far greater control of the south's eight governorates, including the port city of Aden, than the UN-recognised Yemen government.
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the spike, which comes two years after Yemen suffered its worst ever cholera outbreak, was concentrated in six governorates, including in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah and the Sana'a province, which is home to the capital.
In Yemen's 1994 civil war, President Ali Abdullah Saleh recruited Afghan veterans from across the Arab world to wage another victorious jihad against the Soviet-backed socialists of south Yemen.At its height, the Islamist network had its own school system, its own ministries, and even its governorates, including Hadramawt, the bin Laden ancestral home.
According to the distribution of the households and schools, the focus group discussions in groups of 7-10 persons were held in districts and villages selected from the governorates included in the study.
During the day, more than 200 tonnes of rubbish will be added to the mounds at Al Huseyniyat, which serves the surrounding Mafraq Governorate, including Za'atari.
Several irrigation canals cross the governorate, including the Sharqiyyah, which partly follows the bed of the old Pelusiac channel of the Nile.
In an effort to diversify Oman's sources of revenue, Omani officials have invested in large infrastructure projects across the Dhofar governorate, including the state-of-the-art Salalah International Airport that opened last year and the Sultanate's National Railway network.
The starting date of the study is based on the date of establishment of EMC as a special center for treating war-wounded in Erbil governorate including landmine victims.
