By Lincoln Feast SYDNEY (Reuters) – Al Jazeera reporter Peter Greste, deported after spending 400 days in an Egyptian jail on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, fears he will be found guilty in absentia at a retrial that resumes in … read more
After a three-hour meeting with the heads of the country’s mainstream political parties Wednesday, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed that the long-delayed parliamentary elections will be held at the nearest possible time and that Egypt will have a new parliament … read more
Hend El-Behary Despite a high prevalence of sexual harassment in Egypt, of which 85 percent of women say they have been subject to, according to the latest UN study, the majority of Egyptians say they blame the victim, criticizing her … read more
Heba Helmy According to the Egypt Demographic Health Survey of 2014, awareness against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has slightly improved among the new generations, one of the severe societal challenges facing the nation. The survey reveals that despite … read more
Seventy percent of poultry farms are unlicensed and bird flu has become endemic in Egypt, said President of the General Authority for Veterinary Services Ibrahim Mahrous. Egypt has been unable to fully control the bird flu outbreak because of the … read more
A power cut knocked Egyptian state television off air for the second time in a month, state news agency MENA reported. The electricity minister Mohamed Shaker told the privately owned CBC channel that the power outage was a result of … read more
Egypt’s ministry of electricity declared a “state of emergency” within all companies producing, transporting and distributing electricity, as it gears up for the summer heat, it announced on Tuesday. The declaration also comes as the holy month of Ramadan approaches, a … read more
A bomb exploded late Saturday in a road tunnel in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiya, killing one person, in the latest of a wave of bombings across the country, state news agency MENA said. The blast in Al-Shabab tunnel … read more
Two transgender men were referred to prosecution on Sunday over charges of prostitution and posting sexually explicit videos online. The Nasr City Prosecution extended their detention with four more days pending investigations. State media mentioned that the names of the … read more
Egypt is set to launch what will be a highly sought after tender in early June to buy up to $3 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over 2016 and 2017, senior state officials and trade sources said. Egypt has … read more