Four female police officers were promoted to the rank of major general in a recent security reshuffle in the first week of August, in what many activists are calling a positive step towards a culture change in the Interior Ministry. … read more
An American employee of Texas-based energy company Apache Corp was killed last week in an apparent carjacking in the western Egyptian desert, officials said Sunday. ‘The victim was a long-time employee who works with production operations and we are deeply … read more
Egypt’s High Administrative Court ordered on Saturday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the liquification of its assets. Its parent organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood, was ordered to be dissolved last October in a similar ruling, … read more
Habib El-Adly, interior minister under Hosni Mubarak, said on Saturday that the United States was behind the 2011 revolution against Mubarak as part of its “new Middle East plan.” El-Adly is being retried, along with six of his aides, … read more
Cairo’s Central Traffic Department (CTA) announced Saturday that trucks won’t be allowed in the capital’s main streets during daytime hours, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. The move is intended to ease traffic jams, for which Cairo is renowned. Cairo’s CTA will … read more
Social media users mocked Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashry, who called on the Egyptian authorities to deport Armenian belly dancer Safinaz on claims she insulted Egypt by wearing an outfit fashioned after the Egyptian flag and that she does not … read more
Anti-sexual harassment campaigns in Egypt say that Thursday’s verdict sentencing two men to life in jail and another to 20 years for sexual assault is a “good step” on the long road to combating sexual violence — but that more … read more
Justice Organization for Development and Human Rights (JODHR) issued a report of leaked documents from the Rescue Childhood Association confirming the existence of sexual assault on the children there, Youm7 reported Friday. The leaked documents revealed that there are no … read more
Newly assigned British ambassador to Egypt John Casson arrived on Friday to take up his appointment, Egypt’s state-run MENA agency reported. Casson, who was the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, will succeed ambassador James Watt following his retirement from … read more
Egypt Air cancelled its flight on Saturday to the city of Arbil in Kurdistan Region of Iraq for security reasons, a source at the airlines said. “Passengers were notified hours before the flight was suspended,” the source added, citing unrest … read more