Egypt presidency announced on Thursday night that the first post-constitution elections for the house of representatives will start on 27 – 28 April. The elections will be completed in four stages nationwide. Earlier on Thursday, the upper house of parliament, … read more
A report from the Central Auditing Organization sent to the Public Funds Prosecution Thursday said the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority squandered some LE2 billion in state funds. The report said the mineral authority assigned Red Sea Mining, a private company … read more
CAIRO — An Egyptian opposition group is using a novel way to protest against President Mohammed Morsi: Sign him up for a chance to win a trip to space. The April 6 Youth Movement said on its official Facebook page … read more
General Hassan El Berdisy, director of Cairo’s Traffic administration, agreed to participate in a dialogue initiative with a delegation of revolutionary youth hoping to reopen traffic in Tahrir Square to the public for the first time since November. The initiative … read more
Sources close to the Muslim Brotherhood’s guidance bureau said tensions between the Brotherhood and Salafi groups are continuing to rise. The sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, said they witnessed a serious dispute Wednesday morning amid Brotherhood officials over whether … read more
Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has been meeting without its nominal head, President Mohamed Morsi, to discuss domestic developments amid concerns over Egypt’s ongoing political crisis, military sources told Ahram Online Wednesday. In the president’s absence, sources … read more
The Alexandria Administrative Court banned Wednesday the issuance of religious edicts or fatwas from organizations with the exception Al-Azhar and Dar al-Iftaa. The court also prohibited the use of mosques as partisan tools to promote political objectives. “The mosque is … read more
Several student movements announced they will march from Cairo University to Abbas Bridge in Giza on Thursday to commemorate National Student Day, according to a statement Wednesday. They are also demanding justice for those killed during the 25 January revolution, … read more
A new YouTube video purports to show yet another victim of police torture. Mosireen, a popular media group, posted a video on Wednesday where a teen, identified as 15-year-old Kamel Mostafa, accuses the police of shooting him in the leg … read more
Nine people have been killed and three have been injured after falling into an open sewer at a sewage plant in Meit Kanaa village in Qalyubia governorate in the Nile Delta, reported Al-Ahram Arabic website. According to security sources, four … read more