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Egyptian policeman clashes with Israeli soldiers, kills threeF

Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt's security forces were killed Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries, official sources from both sides said. The Israeli army said an Egyptian assailant shot dead two soldiers "in the...

Jailed Egypt songwriter on hunger strike refuses waterF

Dissident Egyptian songwriter and poet Galal al-Behairy, who has been on hunger strike for three months in protest at his prison conditions, stopped taking water Thursday, a rights group said. Behairy, who began his hunger strike in March after five years in custody,...

Egypt: Sandstorm brings down billboard in Cairo, kills oneF

One person was killed and five others were injured Thursday when a billboard collapsed in a major thoroughfare as a result of a sandstorm that swept through Egypt's capital, state media reported. The storm "crushed" four vehicles on the October 6 motorway in the...

Egypt: Unsolved murder of Giulio Regeni continues to irk ItalyF

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Monday urged Egypt to cooperate with prosecutors seeking to try four Egyptian security officers over the torture and murder of an Italian student in Cairo. In a statement marking five years since Giulio Regeni went missing on...

Unable to govern, North African governments are using repression as their only tool in their toolboxF

This week (ending 21 January 2021), Tunisia made the front pages of global media with Tunisians clashing with security forces over the past days to complain about their living conditions. The riots, which are still underway, have been taking place in several regions,...

Egypt: Decade after anti-regime protests, General Sisi neutralized opposition, killed democracyF

The Muslim Brotherhood's existential fight: can it manage a comeback? The Arab Spring a decade ago gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood a brief shot at power, but today many of its followers are dead, in jail or in exile. Still, the Muslim Brothers vow to be back one day,...

Egypt: Saudi Arabia allows Egypt to restore relations with QatarF

Egypt and Qatar agreed Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations, Egypt's foreign ministry said, after a three-year-long Saudi led freeze on ties with Doha ended this month. Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, cut ties...

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