Egypt’s Illicit Gains Authority on Sunday froze the financial assets of Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and his three daughters due to ‘inexplicable’ increases in their wealth. Shafiq’s trial on graft charges will begin on 2 December. Shafiq was put … read more
A French female television reporter was sexually assaulted during a protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, she told AFP on Saturday, the latest of such attacks on women covering unrest in Egypt. Sonia Dridi, a correspondent for France 24, said a … read more
The Salafist Front launched a political party, named the People Party, Saturday afternoon. Speaking at the launch news conference, party spokesman Ahmed Mawlana said that the People Party is a pro-civil state party with an Islamic reference. “We will pay … read more
Fifty-five children are injured with three left in critical condition when their school bus flipped into a stream on Saturday. Children of Al-Amal nursery in Kafr El-Manazla village were on their way to enjoy a field trip in the Mediterranean … read more
Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, protesting what they said were attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to impose its ideas on society. Nearly 30 political parties and movements marched across the capital for the protest, dubbed … read more
Egypt will begin the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s last premier, Ahmed Shafiq, on 2 December. Shafiq is wanted for alleged corruption, state media reported Friday. Shafiq, who narrowly lost a June presidential election to Islamist candidate Mohamed Morsi, … read more
The 100 days President Mohamed Morsi set aside to complete his five-point presidential program comes to an end on Monday after an eventful few months. The Egyptian head of state promised to address Egypt’s most pressing issues including its traffic … read more
Saad El-Katatni, former secretary-general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), won elections on Friday for chairmanship of the party. El-Katatni had served as speaker for the now-dissolved lower house of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak parliament. On Friday afternoon, … read more
Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi has vowed, during a press conference for his Popular Egyptian Current on Friday in Damietta, to back President Mohamed Morsi if he proves that he is working for poor, adding that he refuses any form of “Brotherhoodisation” … read more
The writing of the Egyptian constitution is proving to be as expected no easy matter as conflicting opinions and legal matters continue to complicate the process. In the latest, Cairo’s Administrative Court set the 23rd of October as the date … read more