Anti-sexual harassment campaigns in Egypt say that Thursday’s verdict sentencing two men to life in jail and another to 20 years for sexual assault is a “good step” on the long road to combating sexual violence — but that more … read more
Justice Organization for Development and Human Rights (JODHR) issued a report of leaked documents from the Rescue Childhood Association confirming the existence of sexual assault on the children there, Youm7 reported Friday. The leaked documents revealed that there are no … read more
Newly assigned British ambassador to Egypt John Casson arrived on Friday to take up his appointment, Egypt’s state-run MENA agency reported. Casson, who was the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, will succeed ambassador James Watt following his retirement from … read more
Egypt Air cancelled its flight on Saturday to the city of Arbil in Kurdistan Region of Iraq for security reasons, a source at the airlines said. “Passengers were notified hours before the flight was suspended,” the source added, citing unrest … read more
A British energy expert has warned that Egypt is facing a humanitarian crisis that is fueled by energy problems. In an article published in the Financial Times on Sunday, former chairman of the Cambridge Center for Energy Studies, Nick Butler, said that … read more
Minister of Health Adel al-Adawy issued Tuesday executive rules to implement Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab’s decision which orders private and public hospitals to provide free medical treatment for emergency cases, Youm7 reported Wednesday. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued on July 3, the decision according … read more
The Electricity Observatory said in its daily bulletin that consumption reached 27,00 MW on Wednesday and that outages of peak times reached 18 hours. The bulletin also said that the maximum load expected on Thursday is 27,250 MW, calling on … read more
Mohamed Ayad of the Salafi Nour Party said donating to the “Long Live Egypt” fund is a legitimate duty because President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is taking the right steps toward economic reform. He explained that according to Islam a ruler … read more
Unknown assailants blew up an Egyptian pipeline in the restive Sinai Peninsula that carries gas to Jordan early Thursday, in the eighth attack of its kind this year, Aswat Masriya reported. Security sources said a remote-controlled bomb planted under the … read more
Cairo criminal court has sentenced two men to life in prison and another one other to 20 years in jail on charges of sexual assault during the celebrations of President El-Sisi’s presidential inauguration in Tahrir square. More to follow read more