Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted on genocide charges, is visiting Egypt on Saturday for the first time since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013. Bashir is in Cairo on a two-day visit with a … read more
Egypt witnessed 138 incidents of violence and political terrorism in September that led to the death of about 25 people and the injury of 43 others. There have been 52 bombing attempts during September. Thirty bombs went off and 20 … read more
Egypt has witnessed 138 acts of violence and “political terrorism” in September, led by clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and security forces, the Cairo-based democracy index reported Friday. Explosions and violence in Cairo and other cities have surged since the ouster of … read more
Eleven people were injured Thursday evening in stampede after three sound bombs detonated in the vicinity of al-Sayed al-Badawy Mosque in Tanta, Mohamed Sharshar, the health ministry’s undersecretary in Gharbiya governorate said. Three sound bombs went off in front of … read more
Militants killed two policemen and injured eight others in Egypt`s North Sinai on Thursday night when they hit a patrol car with RPG fire. Local officials told state news agency MENA that unidentified assailants targeted the police vehicle in El-Masaeed … read more
The Carter Center has closed its Egypt office saying the country is “unlikely to advance a genuine democratic transition.” The organisation criticised in a statement Wednesday Egypt’s draft NGO law, saying it would put harsh restrictions on NGO activities … read more
Yemeni authorities have detained 62 Egyptians for fishing without a permit in its territorial waters, the head of a fishermen’s group in Suez said on Wednesday. Bakry Aboul Hassan told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that the fishermen were on … read more
Eighty seven percent of Egyptian citizens are satisfied with the performance of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after his first 100 days in power, according to an official survey made public on Wednesday. The poll was conducted by the Cabinet’s Information … read more
An explosion late on Tuesday struck an Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Jordan in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA reported — the latest in around two dozen such attacks since 2011. The blast, which occurred in … read more
U.S. oil and gas producer Apache Corp, one of the largest foreign investors in Egypt, hopes to reach an agreement with Cairo on higher gas prices by the end of the year and is encouraged by what it considers greater government transparency. President Abdel … read more