Ministers in the new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf were sworn in by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Monday. Some ministers of the previous government headed by former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq remained, and eight … read more
Less than a month after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s caretaker government faces a new crisis: what to do about thousands of documents that protesters seized from State Security Agency offices over the weekend. The military-led interim authority has … read more
Thousands of Christians, joined by many Muslims, have been staging sit-in since March 5 in front of the Egyptian TV building on the Nile Corniche in Cairo, protesting the attack on the church in the village of Soul and the … read more
In a phone conversation with Egypt’s new Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton stated that the US is willing to assist the country in its transition to democracy and supply it with economic aid. In their conversation … read more
U.S. military aircraft flew 640 Egyptians home today and yesterday from the Tunisia-Libya border where the refugees fled to escape the violence that continues between government forces and rebels in Libya. Three U.S. Air Force C-130Js and one U.S. Marine … read more
Interim Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed a new caretaker Cabinet Sunday, accentuating the country’s break from its past under Hosni Mubarak. A key appointment was that of Nabil Elaraby, a former United Nations ambassador and ex-judge on the International … read more
Thousands of protesters stormed buildings belonging to Egypt’s internal security forces over the weekend, seizing what protesters described as a treasure trove of documents related to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Mobs of several thousand people broke in … read more
Pro-democracy protesters in Cairo have been attacked with swords and petrol bombs by a mob of plainclothed men, according to reports. Dozens of men armed with knives and machetes came face to face with demonstrators at the headquarters of Egypt’s … read more
Hundreds of members of four unions that have organized (illegally ) over the past three years, as well as workers’ rights activists, attended a planning meeting of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Labor Unions last Wednesday evening. The new labor … read more
Two people were killed and a church burnt on Saturday due to disputes over Christian-Muslim relationship in Egypt’s Helwan Governorate in the south of Cairo. Egyptian Interior Ministry agencies received a complaint on Friday night about a fight in the … read more