Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to offer a combined $8 billion in financial aid to Egypt following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi, according to reports and UAE news agency WAM. The UAE contribution includes … read more
Hazem al-Beblawi, who was appointed on Tuesday to form a new government in Egypt, is a liberal economist. His appointment as interim prime minister has generally been well received, as he sets about steering Egypt through an increasingly tense period. … read more
The Salafist Nour Party proposed an initiative on Monday as an alternative to the army-imposed “roadmap” for Egypt’s political transition, which was unveiled last week by Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. … read more
Prosecutors have begun on Monday afternoon an investigation into the bloody clashes between the Egyptian army and pro-Morsi protesters at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo earlier in the day. The clashes left at least 51 civilians dead … read more
When he was 22, Yehia Hamed joined a banned organization whose members often wound up in prison. A decade later, Hamed was the campaign spokesman for the winning candidate in Egypt’s first democratic presidential election, going from persecuted to … read more
The Egyptian pound strengthened at a central bank sale of foreign exchange on Monday, hours after violence broke out between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy and the military, a banker said. The central bank sold $37.6 million to … read more
The news channel Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr saw 22 members of staff resign on Monday in Egypt over what they alleged was coverage that was out of sync with real events in Egypt. Anchor Karem Mahmoud announced that the staff … read more
(AP) — Egypt’s interim president has issued a swift timetable for the process of amending the constitution, setting parliamentary and presidential elections for early 2014. Under the constitutional declaration by Adly Mansour late Monday, he would create two appointed … read more
An election is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for democracy. That’s the takeaway from the continuing upheaval in Egypt. Last year, Mohamed Mursi became Egypt’s first freely elected president. Mursi won with 51.7% of the vote, slightly … read more
Governments have reacted strongly to the clashes between Egyptian troops and supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi that have left at least 40 people dead. TURKEY Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government, which had formed an alliance with the … read more