Cairo on Tuesday saw renewed clashes between anti-government protesters, including members of the Ultras Ahlawy (hardcore fans of Cairo football club Ahly), and police. Hundreds of Ultras members besieged the Cairo residences of both the current and former interior ministers … read more
A delegation from Egypt’s southern Nubia region on Monday met with President Mohamed Morsi at the presidential palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis district to demand an end to the political and cultural marginalisation that they suffered under Egypt’s former regime. According … read more
Unknown assailants attacked dozens of protesters in Tanta on Monday evening. The protesters had just boarded a train at Samanoud Station en route to Mansoura to show support for protesters there. Mansoura residents have been demonstrating for the past week. … read more
Private security companies and banks may start transporting money in South Sinai via air due to the lack of security there, said Major General Adel Emara, the head of the security division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce. The governorate’s … read more
Protesters torched a police vehicle on downtown Cairo’s Sixth October Bridge on Monday evening. According to Ahram Arabic news website, the driver ran away from the vehicle before being caught by the protesters. Chanting “the ministry of interior are thugs,” … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general has issued an order to place a travel ban on Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) founder Onsi Sawiris and its CEO Nassef Sawiris, an official judicial source told state-owned news agency MENA on Sunday. According to the source, this … read more
The sound of gun fire rang out in central Port Said into the early hours of Sunday night as several media outlets reported that police and army soldiers have been exchanging fire at the end of a tense day in … read more
Swarms of locusts attacked agricultural land in El-Raed and Youssef El-Sabae villages in Suez governorate on Sunday afternoon. Ahmed El Sharkawy, one of the farmers in Suez, told Ahram Arabic gate that the farmers were asking the governorate and the … read more
Violent clashes between police forces and civilians broke out late Sunday in front of the InterContinental Semiramis Hotel on Cairo’s Nile Corniche. Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language news portal reported that a number of rioters near Abdel-Moneim Riyad Square had set a police … read more
Clashes between police and protesters in Port Said have left 310 people injured, 33 of whom were shot with birdshot, said Helmy al-Afny, the Health Ministry’s undersecretary in Port Said. Port Said residents say a police officer ran over five … read more