Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, long a source of tensions among the three nations. Ethiopia this month announced the completion of the fourth and final...
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France arrests journalist for reporting on alleged French targeting of civilians in Egypt
France was accused of an "unacceptable" attack on press freedom Tuesday after a journalist was arrested for reporting on leaked documents that claimed French intelligence was used to target civilians in Egypt. Investigative website Disclose published a series of...
Egypt: With 2.2 million births in 2022, president Sisi urges lower birth rate
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most populous country, citing China's one-child policy as an example. "We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the country of 105 million...
Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapse
A building collapse on Wednesday killed four Egyptians from the same family in a Cairo neighbourhood where a similar tragedy occurred earlier this summer, state media reported. Five people were also injured when the four-storey building fell in a street in the...
Egypt releases political activist Ahmed Douma
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon. Douma, now 37, was a leading activist in the 2011 uprising that toppled...
Egypt: One missing after tug sinks in Suez collision with tanker
A Suez Canal tugboat sank and a crew member was missing after the vessel collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker, the authorities in charge of the key waterway said. A salvage team had located the wreckage following the accident Saturday and the waterway was being...
Egypt’s newest prisons considered “cruel and inhuman” by rights activists
One of Egypt's newest prisons, presented as a model by authorities, has only replicated "cruel and inhuman conditions"...
Saudi Arabia jails Egyptian men for attempt to organize remembrance event for the 1973 Arab-Israeli war
A Saudi judge on Monday sentenced 10 Egyptian men for up to 18 years for having tried to organise a remembrance event...
Egypt replants mangrove ‘treasure’ to fight climate change impacts
By Bahira Amin: On Egypt's Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to...
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