Supply Minister Bassem Oda on Monday told Al-Hayat satellite channel that Egypt’s current wheat reserves will cover public demand until 1 December. The government has also bought 3.5 million tonnes of wheat this season, he added. Egypt, the largest importer … read more
Munich-based Droemer Knaur publishing house on Tuesday said that the Egyptian author Hamed Abdel-Samad, who holds German citizenship, has disappeared following threats by Islamist websites. “He takes these calls seriously,” Knaur said in a statement on Tuesday. Knaur said Salafi … read more
Prosecutors in Daqahliya on Tuesday ordered the release of Dr. Aslan Hammouda, the man allegedly responsible for the death an Egyptian girl during a female genital mutilation (FGM) operation, pending investigation. Hammouda is charged with causing the death of 13-year-old … read more
Egypt’s groundswell opposition Tamarod campaign has almost gathered 15 million signatures, according to spokesperson Mahmoud Badr. The umbrella group, which means “rebel” in Arabic, originally set the goal of 15 million signatures for a petition which will rally for early … read more
Assem Abdel-Maged, a leading member of Egypt’s ultra-conservative Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya movement, asserted on Sunday that the anti-government ‘Rebel’ (Tamarod) campaign planned to kill its own protesters during planned 30 June rallies in hopes of turning public opinion against President Mohamed … read more
A Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of former president Hosni Mubarak. The two men are being re-tried on charges related to corruption and illicit gains. The president’s sons have been detained … read more
Egypt’s nationwide fuel crisis has sparked violence in provinces, with one teenager suffering gunshot wounds amid unrest over increasingly scarce diesel supplies. Eighteen-year-old Mohamed Zeyad suffered gunshot wounds to the arm during clashes in Minya. Locals also blocked the highway … read more
A man was tortured to death and dragged through the streets Sunday by vigilantes in the Menoufiya governorate village of Quesna. The unemployed man allegedly lured a 16-year-old girl to a stockyard, stole her jewelry, raped her and stabbed her … read more
President Mohamed Morsi should hold a national referendum to determine if Egyptians want him to finish his four-year term before the planned 30 June demonstrations that will press for early presidential elections, states former presidential legal aide Mohamed Fouad Gadallah … read more
Former MP Mustafa Al-Naggar has warned that the anticipated violence on 30 June could mark the beginning of a “full-scale civil war” in Egypt, calling on Islamists not to stage counter protests against anti-Morsi demonstrators. The Rebel campaign, a signature … read more