Presidential contender Hamdeen Sabahi has said that social justice and the eradication of poverty are on top of his electoral platform. Saturday marks the start of electoral campaigning after the Presidential Election Commission officially announced Sabahi and his rival Abdel … read more
Rolling blackouts have already been hitting neighborhoods of Cairo daily throughout the winter, when electricity usage is lower. Now summer’s heat is coming, and Egypt’s crippling energy crisis is threatening to mount, creating an immediate political liability for the new … read more
An army air strike on North Sinai’s Sheikh Zoueid killed five extremists on Thursday night, security sources said. Apache helicopters raided Karm al-Qawadis area South of Sheikh Zoueid after the army had received information of extremists activity in the area, … read more
Two police officers were reportedly killed in an explosion outside the Heliopolis Court Friday, according to Youm7, making it the third bombing to occur on Friday. read more
An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison and fined him EGP 10,000 (1,427 US Dollar) for a verbal sexual assault. The defendant, who is in his 20’s, had harassed the victim at Dokki metro station … read more
A security source said Cairo Airport security applied the protest law to 120 policemen and dismissed them for participating in a strike. They also ordered the arrest of six others involved in the event. Abdel Hamid Darwish, the leader of … read more
Egypt’s Presidential Election Commission decided on Thursday to notify Hamdeen Sabahi that announcing his electoral program ahead of the official date for the campaigns to kick off is a clear violation, an official statement said. The commission will consider taking … read more
Recent mass death sentences in Egypt breach international law and raise concerns about Cairo’s commitment to upholding human rights, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has said. A court on Monday passed death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood leader … read more
Egypt’s authorities seized on Monday 10 artifacts that were stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the January 25 Revolution, said Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim, who announced Tuesday that Cairo will reclaim 11 other artifacts from the U.S. and Germany. The … read more
A Cairo criminal court will resume the trial of ousted President Mohamed Mursi and 131 others in the Wadi al-Natroon prison break case on Wednesday. The Muslim Brotherhood leaders are accused of collaborating with international bodies, the Palestinian Hamas and … read more