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Egypt: Suez Canal chief seeks to dispel fears over draft Egypt lawF

The chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday affirmed the waterway is "not for sale", in a bid to allay fears over a draft law under discussion in parliament. On Tuesday the legislature approved in principle a bill proposed by the government seeking to establish a...

Egyptians saddened by loss of so many children in church fireF

Mourners in Egypt attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of a Coptic church fire in Cairo that killed 41 people -- among them many children, including twins and triplets. The electrical fire on Sunday ripped through the Abu Sifin church in Imbaba, a working...

Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in GizaF

By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church...

Egypt holds doctors in prison for speaking out on health crisisF

Amnesty International demanded Thursday that Egypt stop its "harassment and intimidation" of frontline medics for speaking out during the coronavirus pandemic. The rights group documented the cases of eight healthcare workers, including six doctors and two...

Egypt: Nile dam talks getting complicated, experiencing deadlockF

Egypt said Saturday that tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam on the River Nile were deadlocked because of Addis Ababa's "intransigence". The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin...

Cairo and Doha finally show some humanity: They are now allowing Egyptians stranded in Qatar to return homeF

Doha, June 15, 2020 -  Egyptian workers stranded in Qatar in the coronavirus lockdown have flown home, a community group said Monday, in the first of 18 repatriation flights that have overcome restrictions under a regional boycott. The flight with 174 passengers on...

Egypt’s virus infections on the rise, government maintains curfewF

Egypt will extend a night-time curfew by a further two weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Information Minister Osama Heikal said Thursday, as infections rise. Heikal told a news conference the measure would be enforced from 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) to...

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