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Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapseF

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 DoumaF

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 tankerF

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: Rights activists decry choice of Egypt to host next environmental summitF

Human Rights Watch criticised Monday the choice of Egypt as host for the next climate summit, warning the government would use it to "whitewash its appalling record of human rights abuses".  "Egypt is a glaringly poor choice to host COP27 and rewards the repressive...

Egypt: The business of money-pooling apps in EgyptF

By Hager Harabech Cash-strapped Egyptians fearful of banks have long relied on a "gameya" to access money in time of need, but now tech startups are cashing in on the age-old money-pooling association. Navigating an app with strangers is "easier and safer" than the...

Egypt: Access toll on Suez Canal increases by 6%F

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it will hike transit tolls on the key waterway by six percent, after netting record revenues last tax year even amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new fees will come into place from February 2022, but tourist vessels and...

Egypt’s repressive regime wants to punish rights advocate over single tweetF

An Egyptian court is to issue a verdict on November 29 in the case of Hossam Bahgat, one of the country's most prominent rights advocates who is being tried over a tweet. At the conclusion of his trial on Tuesday Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for...

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