Egypt’s budget deficit jumped by 42 billion Egyptian pounds during the first five months of the 2014/2015 fiscal year, compared to the same period of time in the past year, the ministry of finance said on Saturday. The ministry said … read more
A rockslide occurred in the informal settlement of Manshiyet Nasser located near the Mokattam hill in Cairo at dawn Saturday, Khaled Mostafa, a spokesperson for the Cairo Governorate confirmed in statements to Daily News Egypt. “The part of the cliff … read more
Moroccan diplomats have dismissed reports that relations with Egypt are under strain after a report aired on Moroccan state television described Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi as the leader of a military coup. Morocco’s official Channel 1 recently aired a report … read more
Security forces dispersed at least three marches in Ain Shams, Helwan, and other Cairo neighbourhoods on Friday, state-owned Al-Ahram reported. The Anti-Coup Alliance, which is composed several Islamist parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, called for a wave of protests under … read more
AFP Since the night police stormed into a Cairo bathhouse and dragged out a group of near-naked men, Hassan Sherif fears a widening police crackdown on homosexuals in Egypt. The 32-year-old gay man, who lives with his boyfriend in a … read more
Two of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt have applied to be deported under a new law after the country’s highest court ordered their retrial but did not free them as their families had hoped. Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher … read more
Unknown assailants staged an RPG attack on a security checkpoint near Rafah in North Sinai, state news agency MENA reported early Friday. No deaths or casualties have been reported. Egypt’s army is currently battling a jihadist militant insurgency in North … read more
Pro-Mursi alliance rallies for Friday protests ahead of uprising’s anniversary read more
The Egyptian Court of Cassation ordered on Thursday the retrial of three journalists from Qatari news network al-Jazeera sentenced to seven to ten years in prison last year for charges including creating a “terrorist media cell”. The defendants are to … read more
