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Egypt: Human rights violations and attrocities reported in North Sinai
Beirut, May 28, 2019 - Human Rights Watch (see video below) on Tuesday accused both Egyptian security forces and insurgents of committing "war crimes" in North Sinai, the scene of a bloody years-long insurgency and military crackdown. "While Egyptian military and...
New Sudan ruler visits Egypt’s General Sisi
Cairo, May 25, 2019 (AFP) - The head of Sudan's ruling military council arrived in Cairo Saturday, an airport official said, the general's first foreign trip since taking power after the April ouster of president Omar al-Bashir. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's visit...
Egypt unfreezes assets of Habib al-Adly, one of Mubarak’s most ruthless security chiefs
Cairo, May 26, 2019 - Egypt has unfrozen the assets of its Mubarak-era interior minister, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month, a judicial source confirmed Sunday. The Illicit Gains Authority decided last Thursday to lift freezes on...
Egypt: Regime of General Sisi arrests more rights activists
Cairo, May 17, 2019 - Amnesty International voiced concern Friday of a new crackdown against rights activists in Egypt after authorities arrested two government critics this week. The rights watchdog said the arrest of labour rights lawyer Haytham Mohamdeen and former...
Egypt: War rages in northeast Egypt, 52 killed in latest clash
Cairo, May 16, 2019 (AFP) - Egypt's army on Thursday said 47 militants and five of its troops were killed as part of its military offensive in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where it is fighting the Islamic State group. The suspected militants had "guns of different...
General Sisi of Egypt confirms his support to Libyan warlord Haftar in his quest to destroy Tripoli
Cairo, May 9, 2019 - Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar was in Cairo on Thursday for the second time since he launched a military offensive on his country's capital, the Egyptian presidency said. Haftar has gained the ardent support of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
Egypt: New app tests streaming business in Egypt, challenges old media
Cairo, May 10, 2019 - By Aziz EL MASSASSI - Egypt's first video-streaming app launched this month just in time for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the high season for the television industry, but its debut has been panned by critics for high prices and technical...
Egypt: Debating woman’s rights in Egypt
Cairo, May 10, 2019 - by Farid Farid: A Coptic priest's comments about women's clothing being too revealing in churches has sparked a heated debate this week among Egyptian Christians, the largest religious minority in the Middle East. Father Daoud Lamei, a well-known...
Egypt: Trump’s gift to General Sisi, naming Muslim Brotherhood a terror organization
Washington, April 30, 2019 - President Donald Trump is considering placing the Muslim Brotherhood on a US blacklist of "foreign terrorist organizations," the White House said Tuesday. The Brotherhood, an Islamist movement with support across the Middle East, was...
Egypt Mufti OKs death penalty for monks over bishop killing
Cairo, April 24, 2019 (AFP) - An Egyptian court on Wednesday confirmed death sentences for two monks over the 2018 murder of a bishop, after the country's Mufti issued an opinion approving the punishment, a court official said. In a case that shocked the Middle East's...
Egypt: General Sisi consolidates his power
Cairo, April 23, 2019 - Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule extended to 2030, the electoral board said Tuesday. National Election Authority head Lashin Ibrahim told a Cairo press...
Egypt braces for long-term authoritarian regime
Cairo, April 17, 2019 - Egypt on Wednesday set a referendum for April 20-22 on sweeping constitutional changes including amendments that could extend President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule until 2030. The push to extend the former military chief's tenure is expected to...
Egypt: Teenage suicide bomber kills seven in Egypt
Cairo, April 9, 2019 - A teen suicide bomber killed four members of Egypt's security forces and three civilians Tuesday in restive North Sinai, the interior ministry said, with the Islamic State group claiming the attack. "The suicide bomber aged 15 blew himself up"...
Egypt: General Sisi names another general to clean up public transport mess
Cairo, March 10, 2019 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday tapped a senior military officer for the post of transport minister after a recent train crash at Cairo's central station killed 22 people. Speaking at a military gathering,...
Egypt’s Sisi frightened by Algerian protests, warns his people to not dare
Cairo, March 10, 2019 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Sunday against the dangers of protesting, in the wake of widespread demonstrations in Algeria and neighbouring Sudan. Sisi, who regularly evokes political stability to draw foreign investment, said...
Egyptian government likely using cyber-attacks against activists
March 6, 2019 - Amnesty International warned Wednesday that dozens of rights activists in Egypt have been put in "grave danger" by email phishing attacks that it says appear to be government orchestrated. "Dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders have been targeted...
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid released
Cairo, March 4, 2019 - Award-winning Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid was released on Monday after spending nearly six years in prison following his arrest while covering a bloody crackdown on protests. The photographer, widely known as Shawkan, faces five...
Egypt: Train crash in Cairo kills 20 as Egypt struggles with crumbling infrastructure
Cairo, Feb 27, 2019 - A hurtling locomotive crashed, derailed and caught fire at Cairo's main train station on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people in the latest disaster to strike Egypt's rundown railways. The country's transportation minister resigned hours after...
Egypt: Canadian national held in custody in Egypt on unknown charges
Feb 24, 2019 - A Canadian citizen has been arrested in Egypt, his family has told public news network CBC, asking that Ottawa secure his release. Yasser Ahmed Albaz, a 51-year-old engineer who was in Egypt on business, was stopped and questioned as he was about to...
Egypt: Opposition party members arrested by Sisi regime
Cairo, Feb 23, 2019 - An Egyptian opposition party founded by Nobel laureate Mohamed El Baradei denounced Saturday a "campaign of arrests" targeting its members after criticizing a bid to extend the president's powers. The Constitution Party was created in 2012 by...
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