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Egypt: Decade after anti-regime protests, General Sisi neutralized opposition, killed democracy
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 Qatar
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...
Egypt: first commercial flight from Qatar to Egypt in three and a half years
The first direct flights since 2017 between Qatar and its former rivals Egypt and the UAE took to the skies on Monday, following the end of a regional crisis. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in cutting ties with Qatar in June...
Egypt targets Muslim Brotherhood members, including late President Morsi, with asset seizures
Egypt makes a mockery of justice: it keeps social media influencers in prison, despite acquittal
Egypt: How Egypt is tormenting jailed journalists
A freelance Egyptian journalist who worked for pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera and was arrested on false news and terrorism charges is being denied medication in custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Aamer Abdelmonem is among at least 27 journalists the...
Egypt: Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine headed to Egypt, with late January rollout
Egypt has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start later in January, the health minister said. "The Egyptian pharmaceutical authority approved on Saturday the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine," Hala Zayed...
Egypt: Covid-19 deaths due to shortage of oxygen in Egypt
Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit allegedly due to lack of oxygen, which had sparked a public outcry. "The prosecutor's office in Al-Husseiniya (in the northern Sharqiya province)...
Egypt angry at Ethiopia after Ethiopian diplomat spoke of Egypt’s internal problems
Egypt: Anger in Rome after Egypt cleared policemen in Giulio Regeni murder case
Egypt: Seven patients killed in fire inside Obour hospital
Egypt: More unrest in Egypt with explosion of gas pipeline supplying El Arish
Egypt: No New Year celebrations allowed this year in Egypt
Egypt: Religious minorities vulnerable as court acquits men who attacked Christian woman
Egypt’s collective punishment of inmates
Human Rights Watch accused Egypt Thursday of imposing punitive conditions on hundreds of inmates at one of its most notorious prisons in collective punishment for a foiled September escape attempt. The New York-based watchdog said evidence including a leaked video and...
Egypt: How both the military and IS terrorize the people of Sinai
Residents of Egypt's restive North Sinai region ran for their lives when an Islamic State group affiliate occupied their villages. Now, they are returning to find their homes booby-trapped. "I lost my sister-in-law and her nine-month-old baby when an explosive device...
Egypt: Bloodbath in Sinai, army claims it killed 40 “takfiris”
The Egyptian army said Tuesday it had killed 40 suspected jihadist militants since September in air and ground operations in the Sinai region, site of an Islamist insurgency. In a video statement posted on Facebook, the army said its air force had "managed to...
Egypt: French President Macron fails to confront Sisi on Egypt’s human rights abuses
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday rejected criticism of his close ties with visiting Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying that to take a tougher line on respect for human rights would be "counterproductive". Macron hosted Sisi, whom he referred to...
Egypt’s crumbling infrastructure: three killed in building collapse in Alexandria
Three people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a security source said. "Ambulances and civil protection workers are at the scene" and search operations are underway, said the source, who did not want to be...
Egypt and Italy appear to abandon the pursuit of truth in murder of Guilio Regeni in Egypt
Egypt is to "temporarily close" its investigation into the murder in Cairo of Italian student Guilio Regeni, for which Rome named Egyptian security officials as suspect, the two countries said Monday. The judiciary services of the two countries, in a joint statement,...
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