After a spike in violence during protests Friday evening, clashes between anti-Morsi protesters and police forces in front of the presidential palace and around several governorates have subsided by Saturday morning. Police forces at the presidential palace dispersed a sit-in … read more
Egypt’s prime minister faces accusations of being out of touch with the country’s crisis after televised comments blaming rural infant sickness on mothers not washing their breasts. Hisham Kandil, a former irrigation minister widely seen as a stolid technocrat, was … read more
Security forces at the presidential palace fire shots into the air Friday evening to ward off hundreds of anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters who have managed to remove the barricades surrounding one of the palace’s gates. Hundreds of protesters chanted “Down, … read more
Sheikh Mazhar Shaheen, preacher at the Omar Makram mosque in Tahrir Square, called on opposition forces and activists to preserve the revolution and continue their determination to achieve its goals in his Friday sermon at the mosque. “The people responsible … read more
A protester died on Friday afternoon after succumbing to diabetic shock during a march from Shubra to Tahrir Square, Ambulance Authority head Mohamed Sultan reported. “The demonstrator fainted in 26 July Street and demonstrators took him to Al-Helal Hospital, where … read more
Mass marches and demonstrations took place across the governorates on Friday, which political movements have called the “Friday of Departure.” The demonstrations demand the safeguarding of the objectives of the revolution, the dissolution of the Cabinet, the formation of a … read more
Hundreds have gathered in Tahrir Square in preparation for the anti-government protests called for by a number of political groups, including the National Salvation Front (NSF). Only one stage has so far been erected in the square, located at the … read more
Egypt’s justice ministry held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss a new draft law regulating the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Egypt. The Cairo Institute for Human Right Studies (CIHRS), which attended the meeting, voiced its opposition to the … read more
Members of the April 6 Youth Movement blocked the road in front of the Giza municipality headquarters on Thursday, declaring Giza an autonomous governorate. They denounced police brutality and the beating of Hamada Saber outside the presidential palace last Friday. … read more
The Foreign Ministry has slammed US Senator James Inhofe’s remarks made during discussions over a bill on military aid to Egypt, calling them unacceptable and tantamount to interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. Inhofe called for an end to all military … read more