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Egypt: Case of monkeypox confirmed in Egypt
Egypt has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus, in a man who travelled regularly to Europe, the country's health ministry said Wednesday. "The first case of monkeypox has been detected in Egypt. The 42-year-old man has a residence permit from a European...
Egypt: Nile islanders face eviction to make way for Egypt’s latest grand plan
By Sofiane Alsaar Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking measurements of their houses -- a final step before enforcing demolition orders. Since then, people from Warraq -- some of whom have been on the...
Egypt: Tanker blocks Suez canal
An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year's major blockage of the global maritime route could be repeated. The Affinity V "ran aground in the Suez Canal at 19:15" (17:15 GMT)", a...
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday. A rescue unit official told AFP that the boat with 27 people on board -- all Egyptians -- capsized off Tolmeta in...
Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train drivers
By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs. Since April, commuters on the network's newest line...
Egypt faces growing economic hardship
The governor of Egypt's central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab world's most populous country in the grip of a deepening economic crisis. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi accepted the resignation of Amer, who took up his post...
Egyptians saddened by loss of so many children in church fire
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 Giza
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’s assembly OKs cabinet reshuffle
An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt's first major reshuffle since 2019, with 13 ministers moved, the National Media Authority reported. A statement said the House of Representatives had approved "all the...
Egypt detains three over viral video of mosque dancing
Egypt has detained three men after a video clip allegedly showing one of them singing and dancing at a mosque went viral online, the prosecutor's office said. In the footage, a man can be seen dancing, jumping and singing with a microphone in a mosque to a song by...
Egypt: Sister of jailed dissident announces hunger strike
Egyptian activist Mona Seif announced Wednesday that she had begun a hunger strike in solidarity with her jailed brother Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has reportedly gone for 75 days without food. Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime Egyptian...
Energy: EU turns to Egypt and Israel for more natural gas
Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the European Commission president as the bloc seeks to wean itself off Russian gas. Ursula von der Leyen also pledged relief worth 100 million euros ($104...
Egyptian migrant dies in France after police shootout
An Egyptian migrant has died after being shot at by French police who tried to stop a van that had rammed through immigration controls on the Italian border, prosecutors said Thursday. The issue of police violence has been thrust into the heart of a tight French...
Egypt: Family of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah says he is on hunger strike, regime denies
Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it has footage of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah that "disproves" a report from his family that he has been on hunger strike for 10 weeks. The footage, recorded inside his cell, "was delivered to the public prosecution", the...
Egypt: Regime pardons 11 political prisoners, but keeps 60,000 others in jail
A presidential pardon on Wednesday saw Egyptian opposition figure Yahya Abdelhadi released from jail after three years, a lawyer said, making him the country's latest political prisoner to have his sentence curtailed. The pardon for Abdelhadi -- a key figure in the...
Egypt: Businessman Mohamed el-Amin jailed for sexually assaulting children
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced a businessman to three years in prison for trafficking and sexually assaulting seven underage girls at an orphanage he founded, judicial sources told AFP. Media and real estate tycoon Mohamed el-Amin was arrested in January on...
Egypt: Facing crippling economic crisis, Egypt says it will sell dozen state companies
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced Sunday a string of planned privatisations of state-owned companies, as Cairo grapples with an economic crisis and inflation at almost 15 percent. Following years of accusations of state companies crowding out private...
Despite dismal human rights abuses, Egypt to acquire advanced F-15 fighter jets
A senior US general told Congress Tuesday that the United States will sell Egypt advanced F-15 fighter jets, despite concerns in Washington over Cairo's human rights record. "In the case of Egypt, I think we have good news, in that we are going to provide them with...
Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stability
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing power of consumers in Egypt, a leading importer of wheat from the former Soviet states. For the first time since he took office, President Abdel Fattah...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world where millions already struggle to survive. The region is heavily dependent on wheat supplies from the two countries which are...
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