President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree approving a deal enabling Egypt to receive EUR 40 million line of credit from Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) for the establishment of a power plant, state-run MENA reported on Sunday. The … read more
Security authorities in Minya killed 40 stray dogs on Sunday as part of another campaign to rid the streets of stray animals, further agitating animal rights groups across the country that have been critical of recent extermination campaigns. Minya security … read more
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said on Saturday that the government will announce additional security measures to safeguard tourists after an attack in the Red Sea resort of Hurgada left three injured on Friday. Tourism is critical to the Egyptian … read more
ISIS-affiliated “Sinai Province” claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel and a tourist bus in Giza’s Haram district in a statement that was circulated on social media Friday. In its statement, the group claimed the attack resulted in “deaths … read more
Security forces arrested a suspect on Thursday that allegedly attacked a group of tourists at the Three Pyramids Hotel on Haram Street, said a security source. The suspect is being interrogated by National Security Agency officers to see if he … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Religious Endowments Ministry distributed a leaflet to mosques on Monday that instructs imams to prohibit participation in protests on January 25 during Friday sermons. The leaflet quoted a fatwa issued by Dar al-Iftaa that says protesting on … read more
Egypt will sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday allowing it to receive $3 billion worth of Saudi loans and grants, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr told Bloomberg. Nasr, who is part of an Egyptian delegation currently … read more
The Egyptian Armed Forces’ media spokesperson announced Saturday that the “Third Field Army” found a weapons storage space belonging to “terrorist cells” in Northern Sinai. According to the military’s statement, a total weight of 1.5 tons of bombs and 32 … read more
Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it is “disappointed” by the shutdown and … read more
Egypt has now become the second country to shut down Facebook’s controversial free internet service after India did the same last week, according to a report from the Associated Press today. The service, called Free Basics, is part of Facebook’s … read more