The Giza Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz to at least 34 years in prison for squandering public funds. The total length of Ezz’s sentence is unclear, as Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr reported he was sentenced to … read more
Hundreds of farmers in Minya blocked the Maghagha al-Adwa road linking Upper Egypt and the Western Desert on Tuesday to protest what they say was an unfair diesel fuel coupon scheme. The protesters had gathered at the gas station to … read more
Hundreds of Ultras Ahlawy members set fire to the outside of former Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Youssef’s apartment building in Dokki during a Tuesday protest. After, they headed for the residence of current Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, who lives on … read more
One person was shot in the head and two low-ranking police officers were stabbed during ongoing clashes in Port Said near its security directorate on Tuesday afternoon, reported Ahram Arabic news website. Clashes intensified again when three Central Security Forces … read more
Cairo on Tuesday saw renewed clashes between anti-government protesters, including members of the Ultras Ahlawy (hardcore fans of Cairo football club Ahly), and police. Hundreds of Ultras members besieged the Cairo residences of both the current and former interior ministers … read more
A delegation from Egypt’s southern Nubia region on Monday met with President Mohamed Morsi at the presidential palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis district to demand an end to the political and cultural marginalisation that they suffered under Egypt’s former regime. According … read more
Unknown assailants attacked dozens of protesters in Tanta on Monday evening. The protesters had just boarded a train at Samanoud Station en route to Mansoura to show support for protesters there. Mansoura residents have been demonstrating for the past week. … read more
Private security companies and banks may start transporting money in South Sinai via air due to the lack of security there, said Major General Adel Emara, the head of the security division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce. The governorate’s … read more
Protesters torched a police vehicle on downtown Cairo’s Sixth October Bridge on Monday evening. According to Ahram Arabic news website, the driver ran away from the vehicle before being caught by the protesters. Chanting “the ministry of interior are thugs,” … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general has issued an order to place a travel ban on Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) founder Onsi Sawiris and its CEO Nassef Sawiris, an official judicial source told state-owned news agency MENA on Sunday. According to the source, this … read more