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Egyptian law to punish state employees who show dissenting views
Brief: Egypt steps up penalties for sexual harassment
Egypt's parliament on Sunday passed a law toughening sentences for sexual harassment to at least five years in prison, Egyptian media outlets reported. The amendment makes sexual harassment a criminal offence, as opposed to a misdemeanour, and raises the minimum...
Egypt: UN sees ray of hope in talks over controversial Ethiopian dam
Egypt: More tension in Egypt after Ethiopia resumes filling of its giant dam
Egypt’s conservatives working to reduce women’s rights with disgraceful medieval system of guardianship
Egypt’s foreign debt increases with more IMF loan
Egypt: The bizarre sentencing in Egypt of TikTok influencers
Egypt: Six girls killed in fire at detention center in Cairo’s Al-Marg district
Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday. The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district on Cairo's northeastern outskirts, a security official...
Economy: IMF to pump $5 billion more into Egypt
IMF staff on Tuesday announced they had reached an agreement with Egypt over an economic program that would release the final tranche of a $5.2 billion loan approved last year. Once approved by the board of the International Monetary Fund, the second performance...
Egypt softens stance against Shoei Kisen Kaisha in compensation claim over Suez blockade
Egypt seeks to appease concern over impact of Ethiopian dam on water supply
Egypt's foreign minister has said that moves by Ethiopia to resume filling its vast dam on the Nile in the coming months would not adversely affect water supplies to Egyptians. "(Egyptians can) rest assured that we have enough water supplies in the Aswan Dam...
Egypt: Suez Canal about to get bigger after stranded ship crippled traffic for nearly a week
Egypt cancels religious events amid resurgence of Covid epidemic
Egypt on Wednesday announced a partial shutdown of malls and restaurants and called off festivities for the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr to curb rising coronavirus cases. The closure of cafes, malls and restaurants from 9 pm will take effect from Thursday until May...
Egypt worsens its foreign debt to buy more French fighter jets
Egypt: Nine people executed over 2013 raid on police station
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula continues on its path to complete instability
Egypt’s crumbling train infrastructure: Nearly dozen killed in another accident north of Cairo
By Farid Farid - A train accident north of Cairo on Sunday left 11 people dead and 98 others injured, Egypt's health ministry said, in the latest rail calamity to hit the North African country. The ministry, in an updated toll, said that "11 people were killed and...
MENA region more vulnerable to Covid-19 with the start of Ramadan
Egypt: Journalists released from prison
Egypt bus-truck crash kills 20: officials
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