Egypt’s long-despised police force, which deserted the streets during an uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, is being urged to come back to deal with rising crime. But the question of what to do about the police has put the country’s … read more
In the months since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, his successors have signaled a shift in foreign policy by reaching out to former adversaries. Egypt’s government has welcomed Iranian diplomats and embraced the Palestinian group Hamas. Many interpret such moves … read more
Clashes involving gunfire between families in Upper Egypt disrupted train movement on the Cairo-Assiut agricultural railway on Wednesday. The fighting involved the Selim and Makady families and led to two injuries. In what started as a photo dispute, the same … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court is due to issue verdicts on 5 July in a corruption case involving three senior figures from the former regime. Verdicts will be handed down on former Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, who has … read more
Egyptian workers on Wednesday took to the streets to demand better working conditions, defying the controversial anti-strike law, Ahram Online reported. Employees of Egypt’s state owned automobile company Nasr Car, along with tenant farmers, graduates of Al-Azhar University and staff … read more
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Tuesday reopened a church in the Cairo neighborhood of Imbaba that was burnt in religious clashes last month. Sharaf attended the opening of the Coptic church alongside the interior and local development ministers, as … read more
Egypt’s transitional government won’t end human rights abuses until it lifts emergency rule and ends military trials, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The New York-based organization also demanded in a report that the government investigate allegations of virginity testing and … read more
The Egyptian revolution that swept Hosni Mubarak from power threatens to hobble the real-estate developers that profited from their ties to the former president. Talaat Moustafa Group (TMGH) and Palm Hills Developments SAE, the biggest publicly traded builders by assets, … read more
This Tueday, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood became a legal political party for the first time since President Gamal Abdel Nasser banned it more than half-a-century ago. The military officers managing Egypt’s transition out of the Age of Mubarak approved the Brotherhood’s … read more
An official from the Egypt Gas Holding Company told Ahram Online Wednesday that gas is being pumped again from Egypt to Israel and Jordan after the pipelines were fixed. The pipelines have been bombed three times since the revolution. Conspiracy … read more