Ethiopia is about to finish 70% of construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), minister of the Ethiopian Government Communication Affairs office Getachew Reda said. In an interview with the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Reda added that the finished … read more
Aswat Masriya An Egyptian court sentenced Mubarak-era parliament speaker Safwat al-Sherif and his son to five years in prison for illicit profiteering and abusing power to make fortunes on Saturday. The Cairo Criminal Court also sentenced Sherif’s other son to … read more
By THE CAIRO POST CAIRO: A Cairo misdemeanor court on Saturday has sentenced an Egyptian actress and four other co-defendants to three years in jail over charges of inciting debauchery, Youm7 reported. The court has accepted an appeal submitted by … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Only 35 per cent of Egypt’s citizens have shown approval of the parliament’s performance, while 31 per cent have shown disapproval and 33 per cent were undecided, according to a poll. Baseera, the Egyptian Centre for Public … read more
A French naval vessel was en route to the eastern Mediterranean on Thursday to join the hunt for black boxes from a crashed EgyptAir jet, equipped with three specialist probes from a French company recruited to accelerate the search. France’s … read more
The chief investigator in the EgyptAir plane crash that killed all 66 people on board last week says search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the doomed aircraft. Ayman al-Moqadem says this narrows … read more
Hend El-Behary Pharmaceutical companies, distributors and pharmacies have been accused of taking taking advantage of the government’s recent decision to increase the price of medicines on sale in Egypt, bending the rules in order to overcharge customers. According to health … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s president ordered state institutions on Thursday to take the necessary measures to maintain order and restore properties after attacks on Christians in Minya, Upper Egypt, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros … read more
A French reporter was deported by Egypt’s airport authorities on Wednesday, just one day after President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with a French parliamentary delegation that included the president of the Egyptian-French Friendship Group, Philippe Folliot. Rémy Pigaglio was interrogated … read more
Egypt Independent The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is to print LE 500 million of one pound banknotes by the beginning of Ramadan, say prominent banking sources. The sources have said that CBE never stopped trading in one pound notes, … read more