Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said on Monday he would not give up his position, and accused the media of ignoring his Cabinet’s accomplishments. “Resignation is the easy way out,” Qandil wrote on Facebook, replying to questions posed to him by … read more
Egypt’s Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has ordered the Interior Ministry to set up a hotline for sexual harassment reports. Qandil instructed the ministry to have female officers answer the phone to make the caller comfortable when relaying her account, stressing … read more
More details were released on Thursday regarding the three divers accused of cutting an internet cable off the coast of Alexandria. The SMW4 maritime cable was allegedly cut at 8 am on Wednesday about 750 meters north of Alexandria, dramatically … read more
United Nations human rights experts have slammed Egypt’s draft law regulating NGOs, which many activists decry for its potential restrictions on civil society. “We are seriously concerned that numerous provisions contained in the draft law may be used to hamper … read more
Clashes on Thursday evening between activists holding a sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and unknown assailants reached Talaat Harb Street, which is located adjacent to the flashpoint square. The clashes come one day after the square was raided by police. … read more
The National Salvation Front (NSF), Egypt’s leading opposition umbrella group, has called for Friday protests to show solidarity with political activists charged by the prosecutor-general with inciting violence during last week’s clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood’s Cairo headquarters. “We’re calling … read more
With around 40 percent of the people in Egypt living on $2 a day or less, cheap bread is a social subsidy this country still cannot function without. There are many people in Egypt who do live on bread alone … read more
Unidentified assailants stormed Tahrir Square at dawn on Thursday, attacking protesters and opening the square for traffic. Eyewitnesses said that more than 100 people, some of whom were armed, riding motorcycles and pickup trucks stormed the square from the direction … read more
President Mohamed Morsi is unlikely to bow to a recent court ruling overturning his appointment of Talaat Abdullah, who replaced the Mubarak-appointed Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud as Egypt’s prosecutor-general last fall, according to sources from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party … read more
Nader Bakkar, spokesman for the ultraconservative Salafist Nour Party, condemned Thursday recent statements by Wasat Party leader Abul-Ela Madi against Egypt’s intelligence apparatus. Madi asserted Tuesday that parts of Egypt’s intelligence apparatus were employing tactics aimed at destabilising the administration … read more