European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Cairo late on Tuesday, in a visit to promote reconciliation between Egypt’s interim administration and the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. On previous visits, Ashton and other Western envoys … read more
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi protested in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday for the first time since the army forced him from office in July, a Reuters witness said. Around 100 protesters gathered in the square, chanting: … read more
Egypt saw at least 969 demonstrations during September, 80 percent of which were staged for political reasons, according to a Democracy Index report issued on Wednesday. The report cited that around 42 percent of the protests were arranged by the … read more
Three soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded in North Sinai on Tuesday. The explosion hit an area while armoured vehicles passed along the international road between Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed near al-Shallaq, Anadolu news agency reported quoting security sources. … read more
Egypt’s Suez military court sentenced on Monday Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mongey to ten years of imprisonment on charges of inciting violence and vandalising military property in August. Egypt’s interim government has launched a crackdown on the 85-year-old Islamist group … read more
Third Field Army Commander Staff Bregadier General Osama Askar said the highest security measures have been taken to secure the Suez Canal. On the eve of celebrations of the 40th anniversary of 6 October war victory, Askar was referring to … read more
A man divorced his wife after 10 years of marriage when he saw her in a Muslim Brotherhood march in Fayoum. The husband saw his wife in a pro-Brotherhood demonstration in Tamiya, Fayoum, by coincidence when he happened to be … read more
With the popularity of Egypt’s armed forces chief General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi at a peak, speculation is growing about whether the military leader could be the next president. Talk shows and newspaper columns have, for the past month, been advocating the … read more
Egypt’s tourism minister, Hisham Zaazou has said the number of tourists visiting Sharm al-Sheikh and Hurghada dropped by 25% compared with the same period last year, since the dispersal of the Rabaa al-Adaweya and al-Nahda square sit-ins, Egypt Independent has … read more
Negotiations are ongoing between the Dostour Party and the Social Democratic Party over the possibility of merging into one, Dostour Spokesman Khaled Dawoud said, considering that the merger would be an important step forward. “We are not talking about an … read more