Supervisors of a youth camp in Aswan transferred women campers to housing far from the housing of their male counterparts to prevent further sexual harassment, after cases were reported on Monday, according to a Tuesday statement by I Saw Harassment. … read more
The top leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood accused Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief widely tipped to become the country’s next president, of being a tyrant and predicted he would fail to stay in power. Speaking on Tuesday from a … read more
The vast majority of African countries are set to be without internet connectivity indefinitely after a ship ferrying agricultural goods from Kenya to Nigeria damaged submarine fibre optic cables landing on the continent. The ship, which departed Mombasa, Kenya at … read more
Days after ditching his army fatigues to run for president, former army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has made his first public outing in some out-of-the-ordinary civilian attire. Photos of the 59-year-old – who resigned as Egypt’s army chief and defence … read more
Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Monday that the ministry will stand at the same distance from all presidential candidates, pointing out that its duty is to secure polls, voters as well as conferences. Ibrahim explained in a press … read more
The Ministry of Interior released on its official Youtube channel a video containing “confessions” of Muslim Brotherhood member Ahmed Abdou Ali Afifi about spying accusations against Morsi. Afifi said in the video that he was contacted by the Palestinian … read more
Two people were killed on Sunday when a building collapsed in Cairo’s Sahel district, reported the state news agency MENA. Civil protection moved to the four-storey building to lift the rubble in order to make sure that there were no … read more
Egyptians will vote on May 26-27 in a presidential election that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win easily, meaning the former army chief who deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi could be sworn in as head of state by early … read more
Twenty-one detainees held at Wadi El-Natrun prison will face prosecution on Sunday in a detention renewal session, marking their fifth day of a hunger strike. The 21 detainees were arrested on 25 January in the backdrop of protests marking the … read more
Presidency received the draft law on harassment from the National Council for Women, Sekina Fouad, presidential adviser to women affairs, said on Saturday. Issuance of the law tops the priorities of the presidency due to the urgent necessity of the … read more