After almost two weeks of tectonic protests in Cairo that have rocked the Arab world, Christiane Amanpour sat down with five top journalists to look at a key question: what happens next? Veteran Egyptian journalist Nadia abou el-Magd said it … read more
Anti-government protesters swarmed over army trucks and armoured vehicles on Sunday to stop a move by troops to squeeze the area they have occupied in central Cairo for more than a week. The army wants to persuade protesters to leave … read more
The Egyptian central bank used military cargo planes to move 5 billion Egyptian pounds, about $853 million, to banks across the country before they open tomorrow, Central Bank Governor Farouk Okdah told state-run television. Egypt’s tourism industry has lost $1.5 … read more
Despite one estimate that the country has lost $1 billion in tourism revenue because of the rebellion, some Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the tourist trade are sympathetic to the protesters’ cause. The tourist camels are idle. The trinket shops … read more
Ultimately, only the military can tell President Hosni Mubarak — one of its own — that it’s time to step down. Egypt’s most powerful and most secretive institution has so far given no hint of whether it will abandon the … read more
The dramatic events in Egypt and the wider Middle East have inevitably overshadowed the meeting of policy-makers gathered at the annual Security Conference here in Munich. This was the first face-to-face opportunity for key figures like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more
Newscaster Anderson Cooper has decided to leave Egypt just days after he was attacked by an angry mob. Cooper, who works for CNN, was punched in the head ten times by supporters of the country’s president while reporting on the … read more
Egypt is braced for more violence this morning on what is being called the “Day of Departure”. Thousands of protesters are expected on the streets of Caril and Alexandria, calling for Egypt’s beleaguered president Hosni Mubarak to stand down immediately. … read more
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said he is “fed up” and wants to quit but fears that the nation will “sink in chaos” if he steps down. “He is fed up with being President and would like to leave … read more
Britain is sending a second chartered plane to Cairo to fly out Britons wanting to escape violence there and is advising its citizens to leave the city unless they have a pressing reason to stay. The plane will leave Cairo … read more