Egyptian inflation accelerated in March on rising food prices, one of the causes of the unrest that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The inflation rate in urban parts of Egypt, the gauge that the central bank monitors, rose to 11.5 per … read more
Egypt’s ruling generals said on Saturday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people. Soldiers and police had used … read more
Egypt’s vital tourism industry, crippled by political turmoil, will suffer a 25 percent drop in revenue in 2011 and will need until September to get back on track, the tourism minister said in an interview on Thursday. An 18-day popular … read more
Egypt has lifted a gold export ban that had been due to last until June 30 because of improved conditions in the country, the ministry of Trade and Industry said Saturday. The ministry cited ‘the stability of the stock exchange … read more
Several hundred protesters who staged an overnight demonstation in Cairo’s Tahrir square after a deadly military crackdown remained in the square on Sunday after the army backed down on a threat to disperse them. The protesters, who have barricaded the … read more
Egypt has made progress on human rights since the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak earlier this year, a United Nations team reported, while noting a number of challenges that need to be tackled such as combating impunity … read more
Two months after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egyptian politics are a dervish of confused agitation. Each day, it seems, a new party forms to fill liberal, Nasserist, Marxist, Islamist and other niches. A joke has it that 10% of Egyptians plan … read more
A blogger was jailed recently for “insulting the military.” Human rights advocates say that thousands of people have been arrested and tried before military courts in the last two months. Protesters have been tortured and female activists subjected to so-called … read more
Throngs of people crowded into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in an effort to inject new life into Egypt’s revolution and push the country’s ruling military council to prosecute the former president, Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down under immense popular … read more
Hundreds of protesters demanding that Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, be put on trial for alleged corruption, have retaken Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, hours after security forces attempted to disperse them. By 7am (local time) on Saturday morning, army … read more