Egypt is to adopt electronic payment of electricity bills under the auspices of “Bee”, an electronic payment solutions company. This new service is a collaboration with South Cairo Electricity Company and Egyptian company “e-finance”, said Bee in a statement. The company … read more
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Int’l Schools Terror Threat A recent anonymous posting on a Jihadist website encouraged attacks against American and other international schools in the Middle East, including western teachers employed at these schools. That … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued on Monday a new law which refers crimes committed against the state’s public and “vital” facilities to the military judiciary. The law, passed shortly after the death of at least 33 security personnel in … read more
UAE-based Al Dahra Agriculture is looking to produce 300,000 tonnes of wheat from an investment in Egypt‘s southern desert by the year 2016, the vice chairman of the firm said on Monday. Al Dahra, a privately held Abu Dhabi agricultural firm with farmland across Europe, the Americas and Africa, … read more
Vodafone Egypt, the country’s largest mobile carrier, said on Sunday it was negotiating a 4 billion Egyptian pound ($560 million) credit line with a consortium of seven banks. “The company is currently in the process of completion of the signing of … read more
Egyptian diplomats are set to to meet with foreign ambassadors posted to Cairo to ask for their support in Egypt’s “fight against terrorism,” as Egypt escalates action against militants following attacks on Friday that killed 31 soldiers in Sinai. … read more
Egyptian security forces killed on Sunday evening “two of the perpetrators” in the most recent attack in Sinai’s Sheikh Zuwied, a security source from the army told Aswat Masriya. At least 30 military personnel were killed in a suicide blast … read more
Egypt’s Islamist ousted President Mohamed Mursi stressed on Saturday that he does not “recognise the coup,” that he will not “retreat from the revolution” and that there will be “no negotiation over the blood of the martyrs.” Mursi posted a … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued presidential decree on Friday declaring state of emergency in parts of North Sinai for three months, upon National Defence Council’s recommendations. During a meeting on Friday, Sisi met with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb, ministers of … read more
The former UN Secretary General and former honorary president of the National Council for Human Rights, Boutros Ghaly told Al-Masry Al-Youm that he cannot judge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s performance until after at least two years in office. Ghaly refused to speak about … read more