The US and the UK hitting Houthi targets in Yemen is largely the result of a sense of panic taking place in commercial and business circles. The Houthis have clearly identified that there is a choke point that they can squeeze even more to get their positions heard....
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Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year
Bread has always been a source of concern for rulers and leaders. When their prices increase, watch out for the public reaction. In history, bread riots brought down rulers who dared to make bread or its byproducts like flour hard to reach. In modern times, we often...
Six more years: Egypt’s al-Sisi gets “reelected” with “nearly 90%” of the vote as the economy faces freefall
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the Arab world's most populous nation, the national election authority said Monday. The outcome of the December 10-12 poll was widely expected after the former army chief with...
Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized
@northafricajournal #Egypt downs #drone in #Sinai Peninsula near #Israel ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal The Egyptian air force shot down a drone off the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday down the coast from the Israeli border, state-linked media reported....
Egypt: Italy sets new trial for Egyptians accused of student’s murder
A court in Italy on Monday set a February date for a new trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officers accused of murdering an Italian student in 2016. Giulio Regeni, 28, was researching his doctorate at Cambridge University when he was abducted while in Cairo....
Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized
@northafricajournal #Egypt downs #drone in #Sinai Peninsula near #Israel ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal...
Egypt: Italy sets new trial for Egyptians accused of student’s murder
A court in Italy on Monday set a February date for a new trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officers accused...
Turkey welcomes Palestinian cancer patients after they entered Egypt
More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment...
US pressured to use its influence to advance human rights in the Arab world
By Inès Bel Aiba: Relatives of imprisoned or recently released activists in the Middle East, including in Egypt and...
Environment: Rights and environmental groups say Egypt is not fit to host major climate summit
A month before Egypt hosts the UN climate change conference, Cairo is finalising the list of world leaders coming as...
Egypt: As it prepares for major climate summit, Egypt criticized for “growing repression of dissent”
Egyptian authorities "have continued to stifle freedoms" in the year since launching a national human rights strategy,...
Defense: US offers more military aid to Egypt
President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday approved most military aid to Egypt for a second straight year...
Egypt: Mada Masr journalists facing legal troubles for allegedly “spreading false information”
The editor-in-chief and three journalists from independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr were interrogated by...
Egypt: Case of monkeypox confirmed in Egypt
Egypt has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus, in a man who travelled regularly to Europe, the country's...
Egypt: Nile islanders face eviction to make way for Egypt’s latest grand plan
By Sofiane Alsaar Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking...
Egypt: Tanker blocks Suez canal
An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that...
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach...
Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train drivers
By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has...
Egypt faces growing economic hardship
The governor of Egypt's central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab world's...
Egyptians saddened by loss of so many children in church fire
Mourners in Egypt attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of a Coptic church fire in Cairo that killed 41...
Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in Giza
By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through...
Egypt’s assembly OKs cabinet reshuffle
An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt's first major reshuffle since...
Egypt detains three over viral video of mosque dancing
Egypt has detained three men after a video clip allegedly showing one of them singing and dancing at a mosque went...
Egypt: Sister of jailed dissident announces hunger strike
Egyptian activist Mona Seif announced Wednesday that she had begun a hunger strike in solidarity with her jailed...
Energy: EU turns to Egypt and Israel for more natural gas
Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the...
Egyptian migrant dies in France after police shootout
An Egyptian migrant has died after being shot at by French police who tried to stop a van that had rammed through...
Egypt: Family of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah says he is on hunger strike, regime denies
Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it has footage of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah that "disproves" a report...
Egypt: Regime pardons 11 political prisoners, but keeps 60,000 others in jail
A presidential pardon on Wednesday saw Egyptian opposition figure Yahya Abdelhadi released from jail after three...
Egypt: Businessman Mohamed el-Amin jailed for sexually assaulting children
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced a businessman to three years in prison for trafficking and sexually assaulting...
Egypt: Facing crippling economic crisis, Egypt says it will sell dozen state companies
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced Sunday a string of planned privatisations of state-owned companies,...
Despite dismal human rights abuses, Egypt to acquire advanced F-15 fighter jets
A senior US general told Congress Tuesday that the United States will sell Egypt advanced F-15 fighter jets, despite...
Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stability
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and...
Egypt: Russians and Ukrainians tourists stranded in Egypt
Egypt said Thursday it would look after any Russian and Ukrainian tourists stranded in the country because of flight...
Egypt and France in joint naval exercises
Egypt has kicked off joint air and naval drills with France, one of its biggest arms suppliers, in the Mediterranean,...
Egypt: In a break with tradition, Egypt’s new head of the Supreme Constitutional Court is a Coptic Christian
Egypt's first ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country's highest court was sworn in on Wednesday, an...
Egypt charges five after another teen suicides over blackmail
Prosecutors in Egypt charged five people after a teenager committed suicide over alleged blackmail using doctored...
Egypt accuses businessman El-Amin of human trafficking and sexual assault
An Egyptian businessman was charged on Saturday with "human trafficking" and "sexual assault" a month after he was...
Security: Egypt ups its military hardware with US and South Korean purchase spree
Egypt has signed a $1.66 billion deal for South Korean howitzers, the military said Wednesday, a week after Washington...
Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into Nile
Two people died and eight others are missing in Egypt after a truck carrying 24 people plunged off a ferry while...
Business: Egypt says it earned more than $6 billion in Suez Canal transit fees
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said the key waterway netted record revenues last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic...
Egypt: Italian parliamentary commission accuses Egypt security services of murdering Italian student Giulio Regeni
Egypt's security agency is to blame for the 2016 torture and death of an Italian graduate student in Cairo, according...
Egyptian court sentences 22 Jihadists to death by hanging
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the...
Egypt: France reportedly supplied Egypt intelligence that led to the murder of civilians
Egypt has used intelligence supplied by the French military to target and "kill civilians" suspected of smuggling,...
Covid-19: Egypt bars unvaccinated employees and students from accessing public facilities
Egypt on Monday barred officials and students not vaccinated against Covid-19 from government offices and universities...
Egypt: Rights activists decry choice of Egypt to host next environmental summit
Human Rights Watch criticised Monday the choice of Egypt as host for the next climate summit, warning the government...
Egypt: The business of money-pooling apps in Egypt
By Hager Harabech Cash-strapped Egyptians fearful of banks have long relied on a "gameya" to access money in time of...
Egypt: Access toll on Suez Canal increases by 6%
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it will hike transit tolls on the key waterway by six percent, after...