Following decades of authoritarian rule, in which power has been usurped by one strongman and his party, Egypt is considering a mixed political system, which would ensure a balance between state powers. The body in charge of defining Egypt’s political … read more
Younis Makhyoun, head of the Salafist Nour Party, has said that his party would only withdraw from the constituent assembly, which is entrusted with drafting amendments to Egypt’s suspended constitution, if articles addressing “Sharia and the Islamist identity of the … read more
Police hunted a veteran member of a former militant group in southern Egypt on Tuesday, security officials said, after he fled a town where the army and police deployed on Monday in an attempt to reimpose state authority. Assem Abdel … read more
A French citizen died after being attacked by cellmates in a Cairo police station, where he had been detained for breaking a night-time curfew, security officials said on Tuesday. Police arrested the man in the upmarket Zamalek neighbourhood of the … read more
Two Canadians jailed in Egypt have started a hunger strike to protest their “arbitrary” detention. Canadian filmmaker John Greyson and emergency room physician Tarek Loubani – detained in Egypt for about a month – declared on Monday that they will … read more
France’s foreign ministry says a Frenchman died while in police custody in the Egyptian capital. Ministry spokesman Vincent Floreani said Tuesday that French authorities were seeking details from Egyptian officials about the death in Cairo on Friday. The victim, whom … read more
Unknown assailants opened fire on a Damietta police station early on Tuesday before running away. A security source told Aswat Masriya that the attackers, who were in a red pick-up truck, fired several rounds of fire on the station, but … read more
Egypt’s Nour party on Monday walked out of a committee amending the constitution, to protest against moves to curb the influence of Islam in state affairs. The Salafist al-Nour party, which backed the army’s overthrow of the more moderate Mohamed … read more
The Egyptian government is holding talks with European countries in hopes of convincing the latter to reconsider travel advisories issued against Egypt as a result of recent domestic political unrest. “The government is seeking to have the ban lifted, or … read more
A group of professionals and former army officers launched Monday a petition urging Egypt’s military chief, who ousted the country’s first freely elected leader, to run for president, highlighting the yearning for a strongman to take charge after nearly three … read more