Heavy rain overnight has caused schools and roads to be closed across Egypt. Storm conditions, which began in the south on Saturday, reached Cairo and Giza on Sunday night. At least 16 people have been killed across Egypt over the … read more
Former chief of staff of the Egyptian armed forces Sami Anan was targeted by an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Monday, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Unknown assailants opened fire at him while he was in Cairo’s Dokki district. According to Al-Ahram, … read more
Security Message for U.S. Citizens No. 10: Incidents of Armed Robbery Two armed robberies occurred on March 6th and 8th in Maadi. In the first, three young boys were reportedly forcibly placed in a vehicle by a group of men … read more
A spate of bad weather is taking its toll in Egypt, with over a dozen killed in weather-related accidents and heavy rains causing floods and damage in parts of the country. Egyptian authorities declared an emergency alert on Sunday … read more
Police fired teargas at a student protest organised by a pro-Mohamed Morsi grouping at Cairo University on Sunday. The teargas was reportedly fired after a vehicle owned by TV channel CBC was torched. Like much of the Egyptian private … read more
When a woman was anally raped in a hospital in December 2012, the incident revealed the wide and deep cracks that have long existed in the Egyptian penal code, after she was shocked to discover that anal rape in not … read more
A group of young people have launched a campaign to improve the speed and lower the cost of using the internet in Egypt. “It all started when I saw a video by Omar Wahid, the admin of a Facebook page … read more
A group of online activists claimed responsibility for scrambling the broadcast of Egypt’s most popular satirical show by Bassem Youssef late Friday. The “The Symbol of Justice-Egyptian Electronic Army” said it was behind the scramble of MBC Masr’s airing of … read more
Four ports in Suez shut down on Sunday due to the poor weather conditions, particularly the high waves, an official told the state news agency. The ports were closed for ten hours before they opened on Saturday evening. Egypt has … read more
A bus accident near Hurghada on Sunday morning killed eight people and injured 29, Egypt’s health ministry said. The bus rolled over in wet conditions on the Hurghada road, according to Hossam Gameel, head of the local ambulance service. “Ambulances … read more