Over 100 people have been hospitalised with food poising in Assiut governorate after eating food provided by a charity. The victims, residing in Assiut’s Manfalout, were given a meal of chicken, rice and water to break their fast on the … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) on Monday called on its supporters to stage an “uprising of anger” on 3 July to march from all mosques to all squares nationwide. “That day will mark the beginning of the end,” … read more
Egyptian billionaire construction tycoon Samih Sawiris said he has no plans for new investments in his country while political oppression and legal failings continue to obstruct economic revival. The largest Arab state is in urgent need of major stakes from magnates like … read more
Energy subsidy cuts will save Egypt around 40 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.59 billion) in the 2014/15 budget that comes into effect on Tuesday, Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said. Egypt‘s president approved a tightened budget for the next fiscal year on Sunday, … read more
Two explosions near the Presidential Palace on Monday June 30th, the anniversary of Egypt’s uprising in which former President Mohamed Morsi was ousted, left at least three injured and two police officers dead. In the first explosion, a police colonel died while defusing … read more
The Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) barred 26,000 Muslim Brotherhood members and Salafists from giving Friday prayer sermons, according to Al-Shorouq. An informed source at the Religious Endowment Ministry who requested anonymity told Al-Shorouq Saturday that Minister of Religious Endowment Mohamed Mokhtar … read more
An Egyptian police officer was killed and three others wounded in a small explosion near the presidential palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis district on Monday, security sources said. State newspaper Al-Ahram reported that security forces were defusing one makeshift bomb found … read more
Unidentified assailants shot four soldiers dead on Saturday night in North Sinai’s Rafah, security sources at the army said. The attackers stopped a bus the soldiers were taking by force and shot the four soldiers, the sources added. Security forces … read more
The Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency called on citizens on its official Facebook page to reduce consumption Saturday to avoid power outages. It urged citizens to rationalize the consumption of electricity by reducing the number of lit … read more
