Monthly Archives: March 2013

With around 40 percent of the people in Egypt living on $2 a day or less, cheap bread is a social subsidy this country still cannot function without. There are many people in Egypt who do live on bread alone … read more

Unidentified assailants stormed Tahrir Square at dawn on Thursday, attacking protesters and opening the square for traffic. Eyewitnesses said that more than 100 people, some of whom were armed, riding motorcycles and pickup trucks stormed the square from the direction … read more

President Mohamed Morsi is unlikely to bow to a recent court ruling overturning his appointment of Talaat Abdullah, who replaced the Mubarak-appointed Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud as Egypt’s prosecutor-general last fall, according to sources from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party … read more

Nader Bakkar, spokesman for the ultraconservative Salafist Nour Party, condemned Thursday recent statements by Wasat Party leader Abul-Ela Madi against Egypt’s intelligence apparatus. Madi asserted Tuesday that parts of Egypt’s intelligence apparatus were employing tactics aimed at destabilising the administration … read more

Several youth movements announced Tuesday that they would perform Friday prayers outside the prosecutor general’s office at the High Court in Cairo. They are demanding the dismissal of Prosecutor General Talaat Abdullah, Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky and Interior Minister Mohamed … read more

Egypt’s coastguard caught three divers cutting through an undersea Internet cable on Wednesday, the army said, the first suggestion criminals might be involved in days of severed connections and disruptions online. A patrol stopped a fishing boat near the Mediterranean … read more

Egypt may hold parliamentary elections in October, state news agency MENA quoted President Mohamed Mursi as saying on Wednesday, dragging out the country’s turbulent political transition for at least six months. President Mohamed Mursi’s original plan was for a four-stage … read more

Journalists Syndicate Undersecretary Gamal Fahmy said he would not appear before the Public Prosecution to be interrogated over complaints he insulted the president. Fahmy said in a press conference held Tuesday that he sent a letter to the Cairo Appeals … read more

The Shura Council approved a draft law Tuesday that further restricts the right to demonstrate. The bill prohibits citizens from organizing protests that pose a risk to the nation’s security. To ensure this, organizers must submit a written notification to … read more

Security forces have arrested former MP and opposition figure Hamdy El-Fakhrany at a checkpoint in Beheira Governorate while he was visiting the area. The general prosecution has already issued an arrest warrant for El-Fakhrany, who is being accused of inciting … read more