Will the fate of new political developments in Egypt be determined by energy? That is the question in the minds of many observers as the people cast their votes to elect their president later in May and the new regime … read more
An Irish citizen locked up in an Egyptian jail has considered a hunger strike amid fears that he will be executed. Teenager Ibrahim Halawa is forced to drink water from a toilet, endure threats of violence from guards and spend … read more
The Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare have an urgent message to people boarding their pets in Cairo. EFAW was informed that the owners of Paws and Claws shelter have not been to the place for the past 10 days, rent … read more
Goadventure has now also canceled its package tours to Egypt, citing possible unrest and the travel warning issued by the Foreign Ministry on Monday. GoAdventure said in a release last night that in place of the canceled tours, it would … read more
Egyptian security officials say two roadside bombs have targeted riot police deployed outside Cairo University’s engineering faculty, killing at least one person and wounding four. The officials say the bombs went off seconds apart on Wednesday. Their target was the … read more
The vast majority of African countries are set to be without internet connectivity indefinitely after a ship ferrying agricultural goods from Kenya to Nigeria damaged submarine fibre optic cables landing on the continent. The ship, which departed Mombasa, Kenya at … read more
A policeman has been referred to the criminal court by Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat for sexually assaulting a Russian tourist in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. The accused, a member of the South Sinai Tourism Police, saw a … read more
A court in Egypt has sentenced to death more than 500 supporters of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood following violence that broke out in the southern city of Minya last August. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry puts the number of those sentenced … read more
Amnesty International has censured Egypt for handing down death sentences to more than 500 supporters of the country’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi in a “grotesque” ruling. In a statement issued on Monday, the UK-based rights group described the mass death … read more
A British holidaymaker has allegedly been raped in her hotel room by a security guard at the popular Egyptian resort where she was staying. The guard had been escorting the lone woman back to a five-star hotel in Sharm-el-Sheikh when … read more